Toiannie Odom, 32, was fatally shot near her vehicle off Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans on the evening of August 24, 2022. Police pronounced her dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. Friends and family remember her as a compassionate, empathetic sweetheart.

New Orleans Police detectives identified Nickolas Ducktape Stackpoole as a suspect and developed evidence tying him to the killing, including witness statements documenting a history of domestic violence and cell phone data placing him near the scene. Investigators recovered a 20-gauge shotgun from Stackpoole’s vehicle; forensic testing linked that firearm to the shooting. Stackpoole was arrested on March 29, 2023, and charged in connection with Odom’s death.