and how, just imagine what jennifer just described to us, the moment when chad littlefield s father, had to sit in that courtroom and listen to eddie ray routh say i didn t even know the guy s name i pumped bullets into him, i didn t even know his name he looked at eddie ray routh and says his name is chad littlefield and he spelled it for him. in a wish that he would remember that name for the rest of his life. we know the rest of that life will be spent behind bars. it s a waste. this entire situation of these two men s lives who were spending the afternoon trying to help someone. when you think about the fact on the way there they felt something wasn t right and texted this guy is straight up nuts, chris kyle said watch my six said chad littlefield. watch my back. boy, both of them surprised and
referring to those text messages that were sent back and forth remember as chris and eddie ray routh and chad were on their way to the gun range. they suspected that something wasn t right. and chris texted chad and said this dude is straight-up nuts. to which chad replied, i got it. watch my back. so there was something there that just didn t seem quite right. and that s what the prosecution i m sorry, the defense was saying. that s what angered taya so. hang on a second, casey. i believe this is judy littlefield, if i m not mistaken. we might have lost her and lost that shot that we just had. here we go. we ve waited for years to get justice for us on the death of our son. and as always god has proved to be faithful. and we re so thrilled that we
compassionate, and treating us with respect and honoring us. thank you very much. you are hearing right there a mo ther s anguish. that is judy littlefield, chad littlefield s mother speaking out after the verdict had been rendered for the sentencing that eddie ray routh would spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. we rare back with the breaking news, and that is eddie ray routh found guilty of the american sniper trial. are you surprised for the verdict? no. i am very relieved that the littlefields and the kyle familys can find peace and closure here for this. it has been drug out for a couple of years now, and it is a relief to me knowing that the
have been going through his mom spoke about two years offing aonof agony. i had a chance to look at taya kyle. there are moments they d just sit there and sob. judy littlefield would sit there and rub her husband s leg i d see them exchanging glances and that is what we experienced tonight once getting word the jury had reached a verdict. they were holding hands and there were tears shed as the judge read what the 12 member jury decided, guilty on a capitol murder charge. it s just been a fascinating night in terms of the way this panned out, martha. and no doubt we re hoping to hear from more of the victims families in the days, and weeks,
wait until the boy independent of corrections find out you killed a texas hero. then, a group called boot campaign. a texas jury finds eddie ray routh guilty in the murders of chris kyle and chad littlefield maybe the most important statement might have come between don littlefield as well as eddie routh. he says he wanted to become a real man but destroyed the community. told eddie he was trying to help you. he gave you this time because he liked you and he spelled his name. eddie ray routh said he did not know his name before he huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that.