Seventeen-year-old Lacole Odum disappeared from her Winter Haven, Florida, home on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, after a dispute with a family member led her to leave the residence on foot. Her family did not know where she intended to go, and there has been no public information about what she was wearing or whether she took any personal belongings.

Lacole is described as a Black / African American female with red or auburn hair and brown eyes, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing about 250 pounds. The Winter Haven Police Department opened an active investigation under case number 2026-4203, and the case was entered into NamUs as MP160252.

No confirmed sightings or communications have been reported publicly since she left. If anyone in Winter Haven or the surrounding area saw Lacole on or after July 7, 2026, or has information about where she may have gone, please share what you know.