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‘I Can't See Him Doing It': Girlfriend of Man Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

A woman is grieving and in shock after the man she planned a future with not only killed his estranged wife, but his own child, before killing himself, according to Hialeah Police.

Juan Carlos Cantos Padron's estranged wife was found dead this week inside her Hialeah apartment. Records show she had filed for divorce 10 days ago.

Ivette Lopez remains in shock, "I can't see him doing it. I really, I can't. I can't picture it."

She said she started dating Padron three months ago after he became estranged from his wife, Raiza Dominguez Mateo. He started working at the apartment complex where Lopez lives.

"We were going to open up a company. A remodeling company," Lopez said.

But those dreams were dashed after police found the bodies of Padron and his 6-year-old son, Yoan Sebastian Cantos, dead inside his vehicle in southwest Miami-Dade after an Amber Alert was issued for the boy.

The other victim, Padron's estranged wife, was found dead in her apartment.

"I kept telling him, I said, 'Just walk away,'" Lopez said.

Court records show, back in 2013, Mateo had asked the court to protect her from domestic violence involving her husband. The order expired but Lopez exclusively told NBC 6 there was trouble recently over the boy.

"Every time he dropped the boy off, there was a struggle because the little boy didn't want to stay with her. He wanted to go with him," Lopez said.

The landlord where Padron was living told NBC 6 he appeared to have a good relationship with his son. Lopez doesn't know if the recent divorce filing triggered something in Padron.

"We talked a lot about the emotional stages that the child could go through and the promise that he made to him because his son kept telling him that he didn't want another dad, that he only wanted one mom and one dad," Lopez said.

Lopez said she last saw the boy and his father on Sunday at a gas station with no red flags arising.

Detectives said they are still investigating the case. 

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