Authorities give update on the missing Choc family investigation

Published: Feb. 24, 2026 at 11:43 AM CST

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, FBI and HSI will hold a press conference with updates on the investigation of the missing Choc family today at 2:30 p.m.

Aurelia Choc Cac, 40, and her two children, Niurka Zuleta Choc and Anthony Garcia Choc, have been missing since Jan. 31 after they were last seen at their home in Theodore.

The Choc family has been missing since Jan. 31.
The Choc family has been missing since Jan. 31.(Foto provista por la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Mobile)

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office arrested Juan Carlos Argueta-Guerra on Feb. 10 in connection to the case. He is charged with three counts of kidnapping, according to the MCSO.