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Despite a pair of arrests, a frantic search continues in Mobile County, Alabama, after a mother and her two children vanished from their home in what investigators describe as a violent abduction.
Aurelia Chuck-Cock, 40, her 17-year-old daughter, Norika Zuleta-Chuck, and her two-year-old son, Anthony Garcia-Chuck, have not been seen since January 30th.
The alarm was raised the following day by a neighbor leading deputies to a gruesome scene inside their residence at Lloyd's Mobile Home Park, where signs of a struggle and pools of blood were discovered.
A mattress had also been scrubbed from the home, fueling fears of a life or death struggle.
On February 9th, authorities made a major breakthrough, arresting 31-year-old Juan Carlos Arguera, a homeless man now hit with three counts of first-degree kidnapping.
His arrest follows the earlier detention of 60-year-old Silverio Garcia, CAC's boss.
Here's Mobile County Sheriff Paul Birch at the news conference.
Garcia was reportedly in a romantic relationship with Koch's 21-year-old daughter and was living with that daughter at the time of the family's disappearance, according to the sheriff's office.
He's currently being held on a Homeland Security detainer and weapons charges.
Both Garcia and Guerra, like Koch, worked as painters, but the exact motive behind the suspected snatching remains a dark mystery.
The investigation reached a fever pitch on February 10th
as FBI agents swarmed the Azalea Grove mobile home park to execute a search warrant.
Despite the arrests, the whereabouts of the family remain unknown.
Sheriff Birch has pleaded with the public for leads, emphasizing that the family's pending deportation orders should not stop anyone from coming forward.
While Anthony is a U.S.
citizen, his mom and sister were facing a final deportation order from April,
complicating the emotional search.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Mobile County Sheriff's Office.
As of now, the two suspects remain behind bars at the Mobile County Metro Jail.
And finally, a family reunion turned into a family feud in Miami, Florida, when Jacqueline Rodriguez, 41, found out the father of her children really was keeping it all in the family.