{"id":2264338,"date":"2024-06-10T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T22:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hospital-director-4-year-old-son-dead-after-ex-boyfriend-turns-breakup-into-an-unimaginable-tragedy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T18:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T22:04:43","slug":"hospital-director-4-year-old-son-dead-after-ex-boyfriend-turns-breakup-into-an-unimaginable-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hospital-director-4-year-old-son-dead-after-ex-boyfriend-turns-breakup-into-an-unimaginable-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital Director and Young Son Killed by Ex-Boyfriend in Tragic Breakup Fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhospital-director-4-year-old-son-dead-after-ex-boyfriend-turns-breakup-into-an-unimaginable-tragedy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2264338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-teenage-boy-allegedly-kills-9-in-school-shooting-in-serbia\/\" title=\"Teen boy reportedly kills 9 in Serbia school shooting.\">tragic incident occurred<\/a> when\u2062 Odalys Bancroft, 43, and her 4-year-old son Theodore Couto were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunman-opens-fire-at-church-christmas-concert-police-rush-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Gunman Opens Fire at Church Christmas Concert, Police Rush To Intervene\">fatally shot<\/a> by Michael Andres Pineda Lozano,\u2062 41, at a Chase Bank ATM in West Kendall,\u200d Florida. Lozano, identified as \u200dBancroft&#8217;s\u2063 ex-boyfriend, subsequently committed suicide. The murder-suicide \u2062incident took place as Bancroft and her son were in their minivan at \u200dthe bank&#8217;s \u200bdrive-thru ATM.\u200c Following the event,\u2064 devastated\u2062 family members expressed their grief and disbelief, with Bancroft&#8217;s brother, Michael\u2064 Trujillo, stating there were\u2062 no prior signs indicating \u200ca threat of such violence, despite some concerns about Lozano. Bancroft was a\u200c director at Jackson Health System\u200d and had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-teachers-union-drops-demand-that-all-students-get-covid-19-vax-but-still-supports-vax-mandate\/\" title=\"L.A. Teachers Union Drops Demand That All Students Get COVID-19 Vax, But Still Supports Vax Mandate\">previously obtained<\/a> a restraining order against Lozano. The community and Bancroft&#8217;s family are \u2064mourning the unimaginable loss, emphasized by emotional statements and\u2062 a GoFundMe page established to\u200d support Couto&#8217;s father with funeral\u200d expenses. The family remembered Theodore as a bright and joyful child and\u200b spoke highly of \u2063Bancroft&#8217;s caring nature.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 10, 2024 at 12:42pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A woman and her 4-year-old son were gunned down Friday at an ATM in West Kendall, Florida, by a man who then killed himself.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Michael Andres Pineda Lozano, 41, who fired the shots, was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jury-rules-family-8-died-murder-suicide-lesbian-couple-drove-6-adopted-children-off-cliff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ex-boyfriend<\/a> of Odalys Bancroft, 43, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/police-identify-gunman-who-killed-woman-her-4-year-old-son-in-murder-suicide-outside-chase-bank\/3332998\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTVJ-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bancroft and her son, Theodore Couto 4, were in a minivan that had pulled up to a Chase Bank ATM when the shooting took place.<\/p>\n<p>Lozano pulled up alongside her, and fired, killing Bancroft and Couto, before<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/update-tragic-story-8-month-old-dies-woman-allegedly-strangles-children-murder-suicide-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> turning the gun<\/a> on himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Devastated loved ones opened up and shared their grief, one day after, police said, Odalys Bancroft and her 3-year-old son Theodore were fatally gunned down at a drive-thru ATM in Southwest Miami-Dade by a man who then turned the gun on himself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VpK7qhEPzD\">https:\/\/t.co\/VpK7qhEPzD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wsvn\/status\/1799807412855042442?\">June 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere were some concerns about him, but nothing that stuck out like this,\u201d Bancroft\u2019s brother, Michael Trujillo, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were going through a breakup, but no signs that I was aware of that there was fear like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever in a million years would I expect anything like this to happen,\u201d Trujillo added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is America becoming more dangerous?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just can\u2019t imagine any situation that would bring a normal person to do this sort of thing to a woman and her child,\u201d a shell shocked Trujillo said.<\/p>\n<p>Bancroft was the director of regulatory affairs at Jackson Health System.<\/p>\n<p>Bancroft had obtained a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woman-stabbed-death-restraining-order-estranged-husband-rejected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restraining order<\/a> against Lozano, according to the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13513585\/Odalys-bancroft-theodore-couto-murder-suicide-florida-chase-bank.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Family speaks after woman, 4-year-old son are killed in murder-suicide outside Chase Bank\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g3QDF9saMgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, our family is facing an unimaginable tragedy. Vicente Couto has lost his only son, Theodore Couto. There are no words to express the depth of our sorrow. Theodore was a bright light in our lives, and his sudden departure has left us shattered,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/assist-in-theodore-coutos-funeral-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a> page set up for the child\u2019s father said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease keep our family in your thoughts and prayers. Hold your loved ones close, and cherish every moment together,\u201d the page said.<\/p>\n<p>The slain boy\u2019s aunt, whose name was not used, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-doctor-indicted-exposing-secret-transgender-surgeries-childrens-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSVN-TV<\/a> that the two \u201cdidn\u2019t deserve to die like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy nephew, he was the best kid in the world. He was fun, smart, everything that you can imagine about him,\u201d the woman said, noting that the boy had just celebrated graduating from pre-K.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was so excited, and he was asking, \u2018Why is everybody giving me gifts? Why do I look so pretty today?\u2019\u201d his aunt said.<\/p>\n<p>The aunt described Bancroft as \u201ca great mom, she was a great nurse, she was a great sister, she was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman and her young son were fatally shot at a West Kendall, Florida ATM by her ex-boyfriend, who then committed suicide. 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