#Eddie ray routh 2020 trial#

Mitchell Dunn said his opinion was that Routh’s “psychosis was not substance-induced.” Randall Price, a forensic psychologist who testified as the prosecution’s medical expert, said Routh’s heavy marijuana use caused a “substance-induced psychotic disorder,” Dr. The arguments are in direct contrast to one another. Prosecutors argue Routh is a “troubled man” who struggles with a “personality disorder,” not insanity. Routh’s attorneys say the former Marine suffers from psychosis, paranoia and schizophrenia. Instead, the jury has heard a series of bizarre explanations for why Routh allegedly turned the guns on Kyle and Littlefield.

Littlefield was shot five times in the back.

Kyle was shot four times in the back and once in the face. Yet Routh hasn’t revealed a clear reason in the fatal shootings. Kyle sounded “irritated,” she has testified, then he never responded to a text asking if he was OK. Kyle secretly texted Littlefield, sitting next to him in a pickup, to say Routh was “straight up nuts.” Kyle’s wife, Taya, “could tell something was up” that afternoon when she spoke to her husband. Marine to a gun range for an afternoon of bonding and helping Routh cope with what his family members believed was post-traumatic stress disorder. We know Kyle sensed tension as he and Littlefield drove the former U.S. There have been a series of confusing and incoherent explanations for Routh’s motives the afternoon of February 2, 2013. Why were the two men killed while trying to help Eddie Ray Routh?

#Eddie ray routh 2020 trial#

STEPHENVILLE - After eight days of testimony, the murder trial in the “ American Sniper’s” death has not answered the one question that still haunts the families of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.