Michael Ray Cooper Jr. was 28 when he died on January 14, 2012. Funeral services took place January 21, 2012, at Genesis Church in Houston, officiated by Pastor Taylor Dimas, and he was interred at Houston Memorial Gardens.

Available notices and memorials list basic biographical details but give no information about how he died.

Does anyone have information about Michael’s death or remember news or local records from Houston in January 2012 that could shed light on what happened?