A San Marcos man has been reunited with his stolen dog after a stressful three-day search in Corpus Christi, a reunion he said he didn’t expect would ever happen.

Albert Soto and his girlfriend were staying at the Motel 6 off SPID and Nile Road during a weekend trip to the Coastal Bend. Soto said they left their three dogs inside their room while they went downtown. But when they returned later that evening, their door was open, the lights were on, and only three of their four dogs were there.

The couple immediately noticed that their small dog, Chiquita, was missing.

Soto said a maintenance worker at the motel told him someone had used a key to enter his room about two hours after he left. However, Soto said he never received a clear explanation about who accessed the room or why.

“It

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