In this precarious and sensitive time, people going missing is a terrifying thing to hear. ICE agents are terrorizing neighborhoods and cities across the country, snatching people from their homes and off the streets. It’s seemingly easy for them to make it look like people disappeared, even if they were taken. A family of three recently went missing in Mobile, Alabama. Mom Aurelia Choc Cac, her teenage daughter, and toddler son have disappeared suddenly, and no one can figure out what may have happened. It appears that their disappearance was sudden, which leads to a lot of questions.
Forty-year-old Cac, her 17-year-old daughter Niurka Zuleta Choc, and her 2-year-old son Anthony Garcia Choc, were last seen on January 30, 2026, at around 3 p.m., the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on January 31. Police were called to their home for a “suspicious disappearance.”
“Upon further investigation into the matter, there were signs of a struggle that occurred inside said residence,” the release said. “We do believe the mother, daughter and son were taken against their will and we believe they could be in danger.”
Cac has black hair, is 5 feet tall and 140 pounds. She was last seen wearing a maroon jacket with tan joggers. Her daughter has black hair and is 5’1″ and 100 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black top and plaid pants. The toddler has black hair and weighs 30 pounds. He was last seen wearing a cartoon character hoodie with blue jeans.
In their initial statement, the sheriff’s office cited a 30-year-old Hispanic man as a “person of interest.”
However, in a follow-up post on February 1, the investigators said they had spoken with the person. He “is no longer a suspect in their disappearance.” During a press conference on February 2, Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch, gave additional details about their disappearance.
“It was blood throughout the house but not large quantities. There was obviously some kind of struggle, based on the scene. Mattress was gone, clothes throughout the bedroom that appeared to be dumped out and hampers missing,” WALA reported him saying.
Burch said there were no signs of forced entry. The FBI and Homeland Security are also helping search for the family.
Neighbors Maurice and Kim Simmons told the outlet the family moved to Mobile about three years ago. Cac, who is a painter for a local subcontractor, doesn’t drive, so they sometimes take the children to school or help with other errands.
“Anything your neighbor would do for you. If you had a good neighbor, she’d do it for us, we’d do it for her,” Maurice Simmons said. He was the one who reported the family missing.
“Let me know where they are. Any kind of information. Please all the community help us out. Please. I beg you,” Cac’s other daughter, Lorena, said to the outlet through a translator.
During the press conference, Burch disputed the narrative that the family had been deported, despite receiving their deportation orders in April 2025, AL.com reported.
“We’ve obviously known where this person is, but they weren’t suspected of being involved in any violent crime,” Burch said. “So, they’ve had their order out since April, and they could have deported them then.”
According to the sheriff, it’s up to “federal authorities involved in deportation” to make the decision about deporting Cac and her daughter if they are found safely. Her toddler son is a U.S. citizen.
