Days of Our Lives leaves fans hanging with no closure on Sophia Choi’s (Rachel Boyd) fate, because her body hasn’t been found, dead or alive. And now, we’ve got Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) and Arianna Horton (Vico Escorcia) heading out to the family cabin for some vacay time.
Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) offered the girls the cabin after Amy Choi (Shi Ne Nielson) had just terrorized Holly again. So, we’re going to talk about whether Holly and Ari along with Tate Black (Leo Howard) and Aaron Green (Louis Tomeo) will find Sophia at the cabin one way or another in one form or another.
Days of Our Lives: Holly & Ari’s Cabin Vacation & Sophia’s Mystery
Now, let’s get into it. So, Sarah knows how stressful it’s been on Holly with the accusations that Amy is making about Holly’s role in Sophia’s alleged suicide. But Ari and Holly’s fun in the sun trip to the cabin with the guys could turn into a nightmare if they find Sophia Choi while they’re out at the family cabin together.
You know, 2026 has been a rough year so far for Holly and for Ari, especially when it comes to their former best friend Sophia. And yes, she targeted Holly and nearly burned down her and Ari’s dorm room. But nothing compares to losing their ex bestie Sophia to this apparent suicide.
Their backstory is that Ari, Sophia and Holly were thick as thieves growing up, but then at the time of Sophia’s alleged death, she was on the outs with both Holly and Ari because of how Sophia tried to ruin Holly’s life. It was all about Sophia’s ongoing obsession with Tate. And because Ari and Holly said unkind but accurate things about Sophia on social media, Amy blames them both, but Holly more so, for Sophia’s death because of that.
Amy Choi Furious on DOOL
Now, Amy didn’t even back down when Belle Black (Martha Madison) told Amy there wasn’t enough evidence to arrest Holly for manslaughter. And then Amy got even angrier when Belle pointed out that her investigators found out it was Sophia herself who started that post on social media inviting people to say hateful things about her. That wasn’t something that Amy would accept or believe and is clear she remains in denial about her daughter.
Days of Our Lives: Amy’s Civil Lawsuit and EJ’s Vow
And this week, Sophia’s mom had a heart-to-heart talk with Melinda Trask (Tina Huang). And with criminal charges off the table, Amy now wants to bring a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Holly. But after Amy confronted Holly and EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) found his ex-stepdaughter crying in the square, he made a vow. So EJ told Holly he would take care of Amy himself. And that was before Xander Cook Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) inserted himself into the conversation uninvited and was trying to chase EJ away from Holly.
Then when Ari and Holly were at Brady Pub, that’s when Sarah heard about the nasty confrontation with Amy Choi. And then Holly also told Sarah about EJ saying that he would take care of Amy for her. Also that Xander jumped in being all protective as well. Sarah knows that Holly needs some time to just have fun and not think about all this extra trauma drama that Amy is trying to inflict on Holly.
So, for right now, Ari and Holly are super eager to head out to the Horton cabin for a little R&R. I also suspect that Tate and Aaron are going to go along for a little mini teen scene vacation. You know, teen scene, young 20s. But when Ari and Holly head up there, they may find an unexpected and unwanted guest lurking. And we have to wonder, will the girls find Sophia Choi there?
Days of Our Lives: Is Sophia Alive or Dead?
Now, we still don’t know if Amy’s daughter’s dead or alive. After Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) gaslighted Sophia into trying to kill Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) and promised her that fresh start and that she could leave town, things went sideways really fast because Kristen got Sophia to meet her in that remote spot out by the river.
And then, of course, Kristen smashed a rock into Sophia’s skull. And then Kristen had her goons throw Sophia over the edge into the water. and the Salem PD have searched. They also sent out search and rescue divers, but nobody has yet found Sophia’s body in the Salem River or found her alive somewhere.
Sophia Alive on Days of our Lives?
So, this could mean Amy’s daughter somehow survived or, you know, Sophia may have floated away downstream from where Kristen had her thrown into the chilly water. And we have seen a glimpse of Sophia a couple of times since then, but that was basically Kristen hallucinating her. And I think she was seeing Sophia because of Kristen’s guilty conscience.
But we also know that Sophia’s portrayer, Rachel Boyd, was taken off contract in late April and her name was removed from the closing credits. However, that’s common practice for soaps to do that. Even if a character is not gone for good and they’re just gone for now, sometimes they do that.
Plus, as you know, Days of Our Lives is a revolving door of characters in and out. And at the Peacock soap, like with Lexie Carver (Nikki Crawford) and EJ and Will Horton (Chandler Massey) and many others, even death is not an obstacle to returning back to the soap. So even if Sophia is dead, she could still come back, but she may actually be alive.
Days of Our Lives: The Cabin Discovery and EJ’s Discovery of Kristen’s Plan
It would be nice to have some closure, though, and Holly and Ari may find her at the cabin. I would not be surprised if Sophia somehow survived the ordeal that Kristen put her through and she’s been hiding out and just biding her time to strike when the time is right. Plus, Sophia would have needed time to recover from being bashed in the head with a big old rock.
We also have more coming on this from the summer promo because if you think about it, only a couple of people know that Kristen made a deal with Sophia for her to take out Johnny. There was the two of them and there was the henchman, you know, but in the long promo, we’ve got EJ going ballistic on Kristen and you’ll see EJ blasting his sister for trying to kill his son Johnny.
And you got to wonder, how does EJ find out what Kristen was up to? You know, it could be that Holly and Ari’s little vacation out to the Horton cabin either turns up Sophia or turns up her body. I don’t know the geography around Salem for where the river is versus the cabin, but if it’s downstream, it would make sense.
Proof of Foul Play Rules Out Suicide on Days
After Kristen cracked her in the head and her goons tossed Sophia into the water, the Salem River should have slowed the bleeding from the head wound and she might have just floated right down and bobbed up on shore and then Sophia might have crawled to the cabin if she survived. Or Sophia might have gotten stuck downstream and Holly, Ari, and the guys might stumble upon her corpse while out hiking or boating near the cabin, which would be disturbing.
But an autopsy would show that Sophia was the victim of homicide, not suicide, because of the crack on the back of the skull. So, they might realize it was foul play and circle back to the gun that a girl like Sophia shouldn’t have access to. And if she died from head trauma instead of drowning, that’s another red flag. There may be some text or some calls between Kristen and Sophia on that burner phone she had. And bottom line is there could be evidence that links Kristen to Sophia. Or maybe she somehow survived and she rats out Kristen.
It kind of feels way too random for Sarah to just up and send Ari and Holly to the Horton cabin for nothing to happen. So, I feel like that’s out of left field. We haven’t seen that cabin in a good long while. And especially since we know that EJ finds out soon that Kristen tried to have Johnny killed. I feel like this is what sets us on that path. Hopefully, they’ll find Sophia alive because if she’s a corpse, it’s going to be a whole horror show at that point and you’d hate for the kids to stumble upon that.
