By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
A tarp covers a disturbed patch of earth in June at a home in Spring Hill where the body of Sean Eckard, 19, was found buried.
BROOKSVILLE — By the time Stanley Eckard buried his brother's body in the yard of the family's Spring Hill home in June, years of resentment already had begun to fester, court documents show.
At 19, Sean Eckard was the youngest child and the favorite of his parents, Stanley told investigators the day his brother's body was found. Sean would do things, and Stanley, 21, would get the blame.
"Stanley felt Sean was to blame for most of his problems," an investigator wrote in a post-interview report.
The discovery documents provided to the St. Petersburg Times by the State Attorney's Office on Wednesday provide details of events that led up to Sean ...