Arrest made after woman's body found at McKinney home

A McKinney man is in jail after police found a woman's body at a home on Sunday morning. 

According to the McKinney Police Department, detectives received a tip that a body may be located at home in the 600 block of Pearson Avenue. 

Authorities said they secured a search warrant and went to the home, where they encountered 42-year-old Chad Christopher Stevens. 

"I woke up this morning, and all I heard was helicopters and police telling someone on Pearson Ave. to come outside with their hands up," said Carolina Murillo, whose family woke up to the presence of McKinney Police on their street.

"I was freaking out because, like, this is supposedly supposed to be like a quiet neighborhood, you know?" said Murillo.

She said officers blocked off the roads, and a SWAT team called out commands to their neighbor inside the home across the street. Neighbors said police were there from around 7 a.m. to about mid-afternoon on Sunday.

“Everybody's like, 'Oh my God.' They ere carrying out a whole bunch of things. So like, I can't believe this happened. Like, you know, we've been saying, 'Hi' to him or whatever it is. It's scary," expressed Murillo who would also greeted her neighbor over the years.

“I mean, we've lived here for like the past few years. So a few times probably, like every day after I got home from work, say, 'Hey,' to him, and that was as much interaction as we had," said Murillo.

A neighbor's video showed the moment police arrested Stevens and also removed evidence from the home.

While executing the search warrant, detectives found the body of 35-year-old Heather Louise Schwab. Stevens was arrested at the scene and charged with tampering with evidence with the intent to impair a human corpse.

“My parents and my brothers saw like someone carry out like a fridge and also from the neighbor. I also heard they took out like a black bag per se, like a body bag," described Murillo.

In a news release sent out to media, police said Schwab had been missing, but a spokesperson couldn't confirm details on Sunday.

"It could have been a different woman, but a few months back, there was like a woman like you know, around him. She kind of like followed him around. Just like did whatever he did, but she was like always around, and then a couple of months later, you know, I like stopped seeing her and I was like, 'Okay, well, maybe they broke up or whatever happened, and that was it," reflected Murillo.

She described Stevens as 'awkward' and always outside.

“He was like up at all times. Like anytime I was going out leaving the house or coming in, like he was always outside. Just walking around doing stuff around the yard," said Murillo.

The investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Detective Monte Robertson at 972-547-2724.