Brother of Todd Whitley. Eric was never better than his brother at anything, that is until he managed to make the wrestling team, something Todd failed at. However Todd's natural need to be better than his brother at everything refused such a reality and resulted in him stealing Eric's Letterman jacket and claiming it as his own. In 1976 Eric watched his brother murder Jill Shelby with a tennis racket, but did nothing to stop it. The two covered it up and kept it a secret to 2003, likely because he knew he would be the one blamed.