REMEMBER Odalys
Odalys Bancroft
43 YEARS OLD ·
West Kendall,
Florida
Odalys Maria Bancroft was 43 years old when she and her 4-year-old son, Theodore “Teddy” Couto, were killed in West Kendall, Florida, on June 7, 2024. She was a devoted mother and an accomplished healthcare professional who dedicated years of her career to Jackson Health System. Family members and colleagues remembered her kindness, compassion, and commitment to helping others. Her son Teddy had recently celebrated his pre-kindergarten graduation.
Odalys was a nurse and healthcare leader who worked for Jackson Health System beginning in 2015. She most recently served as director of regulatory affairs, a position reflecting her professional experience and dedication to healthcare.
In 2022, she earned a master's degree in nursing from the University of Central Florida.
Her family remembered her as a loving mother whose son, Theodore “Teddy” Couto, was central to her life. Teddy was four years old and had recently celebrated his pre-kindergarten graduation.
Following their deaths, relatives, friends, and colleagues shared tributes remembering Odalys for her compassion, kindness, and the impact she made on those around her.
THE RECORD
On June 7, 2024, at approximately 7:37 a.m., Odalys Bancroft and her 4-year-old son, Theodore Couto, were inside a minivan at the drive-through ATM of a Chase Bank in West Kendall, Miami-Dade County.
According to Miami-Dade police, Odalys's former boyfriend, Michael Andres Pineda Lozano, drove alongside their vehicle and opened fire, fatally shooting both Odalys and Theodore.
Pineda Lozano then fatally shot himself.
A Miami-Dade police sergeant who heard the gunfire responded to the scene. All three individuals were found deceased.
Police confirmed that Theodore was not biologically related to Pineda Lozano.
RELATIONSHIP CONTEXT
Ex-boyfriend
Odalys previously had an intimate relationship with Michael Andres Pineda Lozano, 41. Miami-Dade police identified him as her former boyfriend.
The relationship had ended before the homicide. Available reporting does not establish precisely when the separation occurred or provide a sufficiently documented account of the relationship's history.
CHILDREN / ADDITIONAL VICTIMS
CHILDREN PRESENT — DOCUMENTED YES
ADDITIONAL VICTIMS
ADDITIONAL VICTIMS DOCUMENTED
Theodore was Odalys's son. He was killed alongside his mother during the shooting at the Chase Bank ATM. He had recently celebrated his prekindergarten graduation.
PATTERNS DOCUMENTED IN AVAILABLE RECORDS
These indicators reflect what could be established from available sources. Absence from this list does not establish that a behavior did not occur.
LEGAL / SYSTEM RESPONSE
Miami-Dade police investigated the deaths of Odalys Bancroft and Theodore Couto as a double homicide followed by the perpetrator's suicide.
Investigators identified Michael Andres Pineda Lozano as the person responsible for the shootings.
Because Pineda Lozano died at the scene, no criminal prosecution followed.
The reviewed reporting does not establish previous IPV-related arrests, protective orders, or other formal law-enforcement intervention involving Odalys and Pineda Lozano before the homicides.
SOURCES
INFORMATION LIMITATIONS
Available reporting establishes the former intimate relationship, the firearm homicides, and the perpetrator's suicide. It does not establish when the relationship ended or whether there was a documented history of prior intimate partner violence, stalking, threats, protective orders, or other pre-homicide risk factors. These indicators remain unknown rather than absent.
TRANSPARENCY / RECORD NOTE
Miami-Dade police identified Michael Andres Pineda Lozano as the person responsible for the fatal shootings of his former girlfriend, Odalys Maria Bancroft, and her 4-year-old son, Theodore Couto. The shooting occurred at a Chase Bank drive-through ATM in West Kendall on June 7, 2024. Pineda Lozano subsequently died by suicide at the scene. Because he died, there was no criminal prosecution.
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