2 to be Chris Kyle Day, saying, "We honor our military heroes. And a month prior, Texas Governor declared Feb. She did, however, represent her late husband at the 2015 Academy Awards just days prior, where American Sniper picked up one trophy. Kyle's widow, Taya Kyle, was not present for the reading of the verdict. "We just want to say that we've waited two years for God to get justice for us on behalf of our son, and as always God has proved to be faithful, and we're so thrilled that we have the verdict that we have tonight," she said. He was deployed to a base near Baghdad in September 2007, where he worked for six months as a prison guard and repaired weapons. He had wanted to join the Marine Corps since he was thirteen years old, and did so after high school. And in an interview with reporters that same night, Littlefield's mother, Judy Littlefield, expressed relief. Eddie Ray Routh was born on September 30, 1987, in Lancaster, Texas, to Raymond and Jodi Routh. "You took the lives of two heroes, men who tried to be a friend to you," he said. I'm sure they've forgiven me."Īfter the verdict was announced, Littlefield's half-brother Jerry Richardson addressed Routh. I feel bad about it, but they wouldn't talk to me. They were just taking me to the range, so I shot them. "I was just riding in the back seat of the truck, and nobody would talk to me. "I shot them because they wouldn't talk to me," a sheriff's deputy recalled Routh saying four months after his arrest, per The Washington Post. After being charged with double murder, Routh pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but jurors didn't buy that defense. Routh had also been diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychosis. Kyle and Littlefield were reportedly helping Routh, a former Marine, with his post-traumatic stress disorder.
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