Although this may be easy to some, for begginers can be hell looking for the right answer. Heck, I do not know if I do have the GOOD right answer, but this works for me.
$ocd = _Ocd:: where("nutcase", 4)-> first(); if (count($ocd) <= 0){ echo "No record found"; }else{ echo "Found"; }
I wish Laravel documentation where better.