Michael Odoms Jr., 23, died on Thursday, February 1, 2018. A native and resident of Marrero, Louisiana, he worked as a cook at the Flamingo A-Go-Go Restaurant and was the son of Michael Odoms Sr. and the late Shondanell Lewis, and the grandson of Ulyesses Jr. and Murdlia Odoms, and Rudolph and Phyllis Pelrean.

The cause and manner of death have not been disclosed, and there is no public information about any investigation, suspects, or arrests connected to his passing. His family and community were left without a public explanation for his death.