CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) – Every day, you can find Thomas Eckert walking in the neighborhood with his dog, Giant, a stroll becoming a sacred part of his routine.
“As the years go by and you work, sometimes you don’t think to take care of yourself,” he said.
The Chesterfield man worked as a corrections officer at Pamunkey Regional Jail for nearly three decades before retiring in 2024.
At work, Eckert would have medical assessments, where tests revealed potential red flags…