HOLLISTER, Calif. -- The small, tight-knit community of Hollister came together Saturday night for a vigil at Dunne Park to mourn its loss.
This comes after Hollister Police announced a body found inside a home on Cerra Vista Drive is believed to be that of Heather Carroll, 25, who disappeared Wednesday after dropping her son off at school.
Police said it stemmed from a fallout that morning.
On Thursday, her car was found torched.
Then Friday, there was an 11-hour-long standoff inside David Quiroz's home.
He has been arrested for murder and booked into San Benito County Jail.
"They had gotten into an argument and after the argument, or during the argument, she died as a result of things that occurred during the argument," said David Westrick, Hollister Police chief.
Now a community that united to find the mother and wife is broken.
Her father, holding back tears, thanked everyone for their support.
"She's a wonderful little girl," he said. "I think of her as my little girl, but she's a wonderful woman."
Friends said while Carroll and Quiroz were close friends, even took part in her wedding, they wouldn't put it passed him to do something like this.
Carroll's friends said Quiroz has an aggressive nature, is suicidal, and often unpredictable.
Still, what hurts most, he was someone for years they thought, and Carroll thought, could be trusted.
Police said what's most disturbing is Quiroz even helped in the search to find Carroll, when all along he knew she was dead.
On Saturday night, the community is holding each other tight, hoping it can pull through together.
"She really touched everybody's souls that she was friends with," a friend said.
While police believe the body is Carroll's, the coroner has yet to identify it.
