PALM BAY, Fla. – The trial starts this week for a man deputies say burned and dismembered a woman he was dating in a well-known, undeveloped part of Brevard County, where a total of four people were killed within a year.

The state attorney’s office said jury selection could start Wednesday in the trial of Daniel Stearns.

Two years ago, sheriff’s deputies said Stearns, 35, shot Nancy Howery, 44, and then burned and dismembered her body in the Compound.

When he was arrested, Howery’s friend, Yascara Tom, told Palm Bay Community Correspondent James Sparvero a lot more about Stearns’ and Howery’s relationship.

Tom said they were dating and had an argument over Stearns not making special plans for Valentine’s Day.

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