Hollister police: Body found in standoff home presumed to be Heather Carroll
David Jose Quiroz, 30, surrenders to police around 3 a.m.
UPDATED 1:20 PM PDT Oct 13, 2012
Hollister police said the body of a woman found inside the home where a man had a 10-hour standoff with officers is believed to be Heather Alaina Carroll.
Hollister police arrested David Jose Quiroz, 30, on a murder charge following a standoff with officers and a SWAT team at his house in the 2100 block of Cerra Vista Drive.
Investigators found the body at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday. It is presumed to be Carroll, but the woman's exact identification has not been determined yet by the coroner. Carroll, 25, is a Hollister mother who was reported missing on Wednesday after she failed to pick up her son from school.
Quiroz directed officers to the woman's body during interviews after his arrest. He told officers the victim died Wednesday morning after he and the woman got into an argument at his home, according to police.
Police Chief David Westrick said officers had gone to the house just before 5 p.m. Friday to interview Quiroz to gain more information about Carroll's disappearance.
However, just before officers arrived, dispatchers were called by a person saying Quiroz was suicidal and possibly armed. The SWAT team surrounded the house because of the unfolding incident’s high risk, Westrick said.
Quiroz surrendered to authorities at 3 a.m. Saturday. Police said Quiroz was one of the volunteers who helped search for Carroll on Thursday.
Carroll was last seen when she dropped her 5-year-old son off at Ladd Lane School in Hollister Wednesday morning.
The usually responsible mother did not return to the school that afternoon to pick up her son, nor did she pick up two additional children whom she takes care of daily. Carroll was first reported missing by a family member at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Westrick said.
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