He put in long hours as a property developer.
But whenever Rosalio Gutierrez Jr wasn’t working, he loved spending time with his two young kids.
The 40-year-old single dad from Wisconsin – known to friends and family as ‘Junior’ – was an avid baseball fan.
He’d followed the Chicago Cubs for years.
Even volunteered to coach his boy’s Little League baseball team.
By early 2020, Junior had also found love – with single mum Sadie Beacham, a social worker.
She had three kids with her ex-boyfriend.
Families entwined, the new couple were happy.
Junior certainly had a lot to smile about.