He also served in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, according to AP.Įric Pfahler and Gavin Stern are national digital producers with the Scripps National Desk. Eddie Ray Routh, center, was convicted Tuesday night of capital murder in the slayings of American Sniper Chris Kyle and his friend Chad. Routh, 27, is accused of murdering former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield in February 2013. Routh was a former marine, who served in Iraq. The trial of Eddie Ray Routh begins today in Texas. Kyle and Littlefield met with Routh after Routh’s mom asked Kyle to help her son, according to AP. The film is based on Kyle’s memoir after his four tours in Iraq. 16 and drew national attention to the case. Eddie Ray Routh was 25 when he murdered Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield in 2013 Credit: AFP Where is Eddie Ray Routh now Routh is thought to be serving his sentence at the Ramsey I Unit in. The movie “American Sniper” starring Bradley Cooper debuted in North America on Jan. His lawyers argued Routh suffered from schizophrenia, but prosecutors said any issues Routh had were created by drug and alcohol abuse, according to The Associated Press.ĭefense attorneys, however, argued Routh was not intoxicated when he killed Kyle and Littlefield. Routh, 27, admitted he killed Kyle, a former Navy SEAL officer and Chad Littlefield in 2013 at a gun range.īut Routh pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole by Texas State District Judge Jason Cashon. Under Texas law, even if a person was suffering from a mental illness, they can be found guilty as long as they understood that what they did was wrong.Eddie Ray Routh was found guilty in the murders of Chris Kyle, the author of “American Sniper” and another man. 2, 2013.ĭuring the 9-day trial, the prosecution and the defense have presented dueling testimony from mental health experts about whether Routh was insane when he committed the murders. Routh pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and his attorneys have argued that the former Marine had mental disorders and was in the grips of psychosis when he fatally shot Kyle and Littlefield during a trip to a gun range on Feb. The trial of Eddie Ray Routh has drawn intense interest, in part because of the blockbuster Oscar-nominated film based on former Navy SEAL Chris Kyles memoir about his four tours in Iraq. State prosecutors have made it clear that they would not be seeking the death penalty in the case, and while the sentence for murder is life in prison, Routh's sentence officially will come at a later court hearing. The judge instructed the jury of 10 women and two men that they were to consider three possible decisions: guilty, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity.Īfter they found Routh guilty, Littlefield's mother, Judy Littlefield, thanked reporters "for being so compassionate" and added, "We're so thrilled that we have the verdict that we have tonight." Routh has been on trial for the February 2013 murders of Kyle and Littlefield at a Texas gun range. After an intense round of closing arguments that at one point caused Chris Kyle‘s widow, Taya, to storm out of the courtroom, her husband’s killer, Eddie Ray Routh, was found guilty of capital. He began to think they were half-pig and half. A Texas jury has found a former Marine guilty of murdering famed Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and Kyle's friend Chad Littlefield.Įddie Ray Routh showed no reaction in court as the guilty verdict against him was read, The Associated Press reported. Eddie Ray Routh believed the government was out to get him, his neighbor was in the Mexican mafia and his co-workers were cannibals.
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