Testimony from Eddie Ray Routh Trial for Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield Murders, February 16 - 19, 2015

February 16, 2015

Erath County Sgt. Kenny Phillips on witness stand. Works at the jail. Booked in Routh in Feb. 2013 after slayings

Phillips testified that he received an assignment to pick up Routh and transport him from Lancaster to Erath County jail. At 2 or 3 AM on February 3, 2015, he arrived at Lancaster and picked up Routh. He testified that he cuffed Routh himself but did not question him. Phillips drove about an hour and fifteen minutes back to Erath County. He said Routh was irritated with him for not letting him have a cigarette. Phillips said they "changed him out" (Routh) and kept his clothes and boots as evidence. Phillips says his first impression of Routh was that he was "under the influence." [This would have been 16 hours after Routh smoked marijuana with his uncle (his uncle later testified that they smoked around 11 AM the morning of February 2nd.)] Phillips testified that Routh was different in the days following his arrival to the jail, which he attributed to "detox." 

Philips: Routh wanted a cigarette on drive from Lancaster to Erath County jail. Was acting irritated.

Philips: Routh seemed under the influence when he was first booked into Erath Co. jail. 'He was in a detox situation for awhile.'

Texas Ranger Ronald Pettigrew now on the stand. Investigated the shootings of Chad Littlefield and Chris Kyle.

Pettigrew was rerouted to Midlothian to talk to Routh's sister. Then he was sent to Routh's Lancaster home. Took Kyle's truck to evidence.

Pettigrew: Found firearms, cell phone inside Chris Kyle's stolen truck. Took cell phone to Secret Service to check call, text history.

Pettigrew: Took Kyle's cellphone to Secret Service too. Phone was found at the gun range where Kyle, Chad Littlefield were shot.

Pettigrew describing what makes 'wet' marijuana, dipped in formaldehyde or PCP. Routh is suspected of smoking wet weed before the shootings.

Routh to Kyle in 1st voicemail: “Just giving you a call Chris and seeing how you’re doing today.” Asked Kyle to call him back.

Routh to Kyle in 2nd voicemail: “Hey brother, give me a shout man. Talk to you later, bye.”

Routh in 3rd: “Kind of a sad day when it rains. It’s good but it’s sad. Rains will come and rains will leave. I guess that’s what they do.”

Routh to Kyle in 4th voicemail: “Hi, uh, this is Eddie if you can give me a call back.” All calls made between  1/26/13 - 2/2/13.

Shaffer detailing calls between Routh and Kyle. Spoke several times. Calls range from 2 minutes to 15 minutes in length.

On February 2, 2013, Kyle's call logs show that in addition to receiving two calls from his wife, Taya, he had missed calls from people close to Routh. Routh’s girlfriend attempted to call Kyle at 1:37 p.m. on the day he was killed, along with Routh’s mother who called Kyle at 6:06 p.m.

Prosecutors showing the texts bet Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield on way to gun range the day they were shot.

Texts about Routh: CK: "This dude is straight up nuts" CL: "Sitting behind me, watch my 6" CK: "Got it."

Routh's girlfriend called Chris Kyle's phone twice 2/2/13. Taya Kyle also called 3 times that day. Chris Kyle missed 2 after 5 p.m.

Briley responded to the Rough Creek Lodge where Chris Kyle & Chad Littlefield were found. Heard there was a 3rd man in Kyle's truck.

Briley on trying to find out which shell casings were connected: “It’s very complicated to work a scene at a gun range.”

Briley: "This was a brutal killing. There was no question that I was dealing with someone very violent."

Briley says he could see the number of bullet holes on bodies, a lot of blood showed how gruesome the killings of Kyle, Littlefield were.

Briley: "You can't accidentally shoot someone that many times."

Briley was told before he got to the scene that Chris Kyle had been killed. Briley recognized the famous military sniper.

Briley learned about Routh so that he could interview him after the shootings.

Routh went to Red Oak Taco Bell at 6:50 p.m. Texas Rangers were already at Rough Creek lodge crime scene.

Briley on need to interview Routh quickly: "The sooner you can interview them, the more and better information you can obtain from them."

When interviewing, Briley says officers should "Deal with the person very straightforward, asking simple questions."

Briley, who got Routh's confession, said: "Murder, it's not easy to get confessions on that because it's a very large, serious crime."

Briley to Routh: "I know you had a tough day. I'd like to talk to you."

Briley: Discussed Routh's drug usage that day. Who was shot first. "very basic questions." Routh responded in "very philosophical manner."

Briley: "Some of the stuff, I had no clue what we were talking about."

Briley: “I wanted to know, did you know what you were doing was wrong? ... Clearly, he knew what he was doing was wrong.”

“He stated that he knew it was wrong to kill them, that he wished he hadn’t done it, that if he could apologize to the families he would.”

Routh can be seen yawning in the taped interview. It's about 11:30 the night of the killings.

Routh interview begins. He asked to take off his handcuffs. Mentions looking at computer screens in Iraq. Rambling a bit.

Briley reads Routh his rights. Explains why he's there. "I know what you went through today has been very difficult for you."

Routh: "I keep talking to Chris." mentions several Chrises. like "talking to the wolf." "I can smell bullshit."

Briley: “What was his last name?” Routh: “It was Kyle.” B: “And what’s that other guy’s name?” Routh: “I couldn’t even remember.”

Routh: "I try to be as normal and as reasonable as I can... I'm pretty damn reasonable." "I was reasonable and fair with them boys."

Routh: Met Kyle and Littlefield that day. “I imagine they’re headhunters, trying to hunt everybody down.”

Routh: “I’ve got tons of people eating on my soul right now.” Says the world is a "soulless place."

Routh: "The warlords aren't very happy with me. I know that. Everyone knows that in town."

Routh told his sister: "I told her I had to kill a man today." "I had to to get out of that situation today."

Briley: How many did you have to kill today? Routh: Two.

Routh: "Their training wasn't as good. My training's better." on whether Kyle and Littlefield could tell he was going to shoot them.

Routh said he shot "the one he could clearly identify" first. "If I did not take down his soul, he was going to take down mine."

Routh mumbles a bit, so he's hard to understand at times.

Routh says he was running on adrenaline, had trouble sleeping.

Briley: After you killed them, what did you do next? Routh: Fled. I didn't know what else to do. My adrenaline was going.

Briley asks Routh if he knew it was wrong to kill the men. Routh resonds, "Right." Routh asks Briley if he should've stayed. He says yes.

Routh is saying weed in Texas is usually laced with other drugs. Briley asks what he thinks his weed was laced with. Routh: "Something wet."

Routh: "I've got so many abandonment issues and trust issues." Says he's had the problems since he was a boy.

Briley: was the other guy named Chad? Routh: yeah.

Routh is asking to see his parents. Asking if they've arrived yet. "I'd like to see them. At least talk to my mom one last time."

Routh: "I'm just sorry for what I've done."

Routh said the shootings occurred around 3 p.m. Then he drove to his sister's house.

"I would tell them I'm so sorry for what I've done," Routh says after Briley asks what he would say to the families.

Briley asks Routh if he knows the difference between wrong and right. Routh responds: "Yes sir."

Briley: What're you going to tell your mom? Routh: That I love her. Briley: What about your sister? Routh: That I love her too.

Briley: Did you notice blood on your boots? Routh leans forward to look at his boots and says, "Uhhh... a little bit."

Routh asking for a cigarette. "Does anybody smoke anymore?"

"Eat shit and die," Routh is saying during videotaped confession. Continuing to say no one can eat his soul.

Videotaped confession just ended. Judge asking for a 20 minute afternoon break.

Court testimony has resumed. Briley still on witness stand. Discussing Routh's videotaped confession.

Briley: Intoxication is not a defense in a capital murder case. Officers did not do a blood draw to determine Routh's drug, alcohol use.

Briley now being cross-examined by defense. Going over timeline of Feb. 2, 2013. Routh, Kyle left Routh's house after 1 p.m.

Around 3:15 p.m. Kyle drives them into Rough Creek Lodge. They head to the firing range. Around 5 p.m., Kyle, Littlefield bodies found.

Routh goes to his uncle's house at 5 p.m. Around 5:45 p.m., Routh goes to his sister's house. She calls 911, which leads Rangers to Routh.

Routh buys burritos at Taco Bell at 6:50 p.m. At 7:53 p.m., Routh is sitting in front of his house in Kyle's truck. Lancaster PD is there.

Defense atty asking Briley if he knew that Routh's sister had said he was psychotic on 911 call. Continuing to question what info Briley had.

Briley says he didn't know about Routh's ramblings about voodoo and "hell on earth" that he made to Lancaster PD.

"The information I had was that he had anti-government views and a possible drug problem," Briley said of what he knew before interview.

Briley: there was a lot of initial misinformation about Routh. That he was a combat vet and a sharpshooter.

Def. atty asking if Briley knew about Routh's mental illness history, prescribed anti-psychotic meds before interviewing him about murders.

Briley: My purpose was to expose the truth. Tim Moore: Your purpose was to interrogate Eddie Routh? Briley: I went there to interview him.

Tim Moore asks Briley if he knows arrestees must understand Miranda rights before talking to police. Briley says that Routh knew his rights.

Briley says he talks to suspects to make sure "we understand each other."

Briley on Routh: He says things, that to him, mean something.

Moore reading back Routh's quotes to Briley "There's towns and there's squares. But there's no real square towns."

Briley responds: "It was philosophical talk and he was still avoiding what we were there to talk about at that point."

Briley: "Things aren't good in his life. ... He's having a rough time, or at least that's what he's conveying to me."

Moore is continuing to read quotes from taped confession. Seems to be trying to poke holes in confession.

Moore asks if Briley knew Kyle before he was killed. Briley said he knew of Kyle but didn't know him personally.

Texas Ranger Danny Briley has been on the witness stand for almost 5 hours. Def. atty Tim Moore still questioning confession.

Briley to Tim Moore on re-read quotes from confession: "You skipped a large portion, but yeah. That's accurate."

Briley: "There were some unusual statements. Statements that don't surprise me from someone who may have use drugs or alcohol."

But, Briley says, he didn't smell alcohol on Routh's breath. No blood sample taken from Routh to test for drugs, alcohol.

Moore: "You're entitled to use deadly force if you, in your mind, think that that other person is going to use deadly force against you."

Prosecutors asking to meet before judge about Moore's line of questioning.

Prosecutor questioning Briley in redirect. Briley says Routh accurately described murder weapon. Routh said he was close when he shot them.

Briley: "There were some unusual statements. Statements that don't surprise me from someone who may have use drugs or alcohol."

Prosecutor rehashing confession with Briley. Pointing out times Routh said he knew actions were wrong.

Alan Nash: "Is it your opinion that Chad Littlefield was down on the ground when he was shot in the head?" Briley: "He was."

Nash: "Is intoxication a defense to capital murder?" Briley: "It is not."

When Briley asked Routh about how Kyle, Littlefield were helping him, he said, they "talked to me pretty shitty."

Routh thought he was target: "If I did not take down his soul he was going to take mine."

Prosecutors suggested drug and alcohol abuse were to blame for Routh’s bizarre behavior. In cross-examination at the end of Monday’s court session, Briley conceded no blood-alcohol test was ordered at the time of Routh’s arrest to verify the cause of his behavior. Routh’s defense lawyers recapped the taped interview with Maj. Briley line-by-line and questioned why Briley did not probe deeper into the bizarre remarks Routh made. Briley said much of what Routh said were just “philosophical” remarks that did not pertain to the crime.

The first witness Monday was Erath County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Kenny Phillips who transported Routh from the Lancaster Jail to the Erath County Jail. Phillips said Routh appeared to be “under the influence” at the time and said Routh spent a while after that in “a detox situation.” Phillips said Routh now receives daily medication at the jail. Other law enforcement witnesses Monday spoke about telephone and text message records and other physical evidence that link the victim to the crime.

Routh’s lawyers claim a history of mental illness left him unable to determine right from wrong at the time of the crime. Defense evidence will be presented after the state rests. As the first week of the trial wound to a close Friday, Routh's uncle, James Watson, said he smoked marijuana with his nephew the morning of the killings and quoted the 27-year-old defendant as saying later that day, "I'm driving a dead man's truck," when referencing Kyle's pickup.

A former Erath Sheriff's Deputy told jurors about a jailhouse confession he overheard months later from Routh. Former Deputy Gene Cole, now a Belton police officer, said he heard Routh speaking in the Erath County Jail in June 2013 about the Feb. 2, 2013 murders. "I shot them because they wouldn't talk to me," Cole quoted Routh as saying. "I was just riding in the back seat of the truck and nobody would talk to me. They were just taking me to the range, so I shot them. I feel bad about it, but they wouldn't talk to me. I am sure they have forgiven me."

Defense attorney Tim Moore said in opening statements Wednesday that Routh was suffering from severe mental illness at the time of the crime and could not tell right from wrong. Moore said Routh was repeatedly treated by the Veteran's Administration and released with antipsychotic drugs. Armstrong said that antipsychotic medications were found in the search of Routh's home.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/American-Sniper-Trial-Resumes-Monday-292060891.html

Before resting, prosecutors played a recorded phone call between Routh and a reporter from the New Yorker magazine on May 31, 2013.

During the interview, Routh describes the events surrounding the slayings of Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield, at an Erath County gun range in February 2013.

“I had to take care of business. I took care of business, and then I got in the truck and left,” Routh said in the recorded phone call.

Routh complained about the smell of cologne in the truck with Kyle and Littlefield while the men drove to Rough Creek Lodge on Feb. 2, 2013. Routh also said that he was annoyed at the gun range because Littlefield wasn’t shooting.

“Are you gonna shoot? Are you gonna shoot? It’s a shooting sport. You shoot,” Routh said in the phone call. “That’s what got me all riled up.” 

Earlier in the day, Judge Jason Cashon denied a request for a mistrial after prosecutors said they mistakenly said glass vials presented during previous testimony belonged to Routh. The vials were stored in evidence boxes containing drug paraphernalia seized from Routh’s house.

Prosecutor Alan Nash said “inartful” questioning probably made jurors believe those vials belonged to Routh. Crime lab workers put the vials in the evidence boxes to preserve drug evidence, according to court testimony.

Defense attorneys for Routh asked for a mistrial after Nash told Cashon about the vials. Cashon said that the error could be corrected during testimony before the jury. Cashon instructed the jury to disregard the vials.

In a rambling taped confession played for jurors, Routh admitted killing Kyle and Littlefield on Feb. 2, 2013, at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range. He said he had smoked marijuana before the men picked him up.

“If I didn’t take out his soul, he was going to take my soul next,” Routh said in the videotaped confession.

Routh went on to say that he’d like to apologize to the victims’ families.

“I’d tell them I’m sorry for what I’ve done,” he said. “If I could have done it differently, I would have done it differently.”

Prosecutors played a video that was recorded inside a Lancaster police cruiser after Routh was arrested. Officers can be heard telling Routh several times to “relax” and “take a breath.”

During the video, Lancaster police officer Flavio Salazar said, “Hey Marine, you alright back there?”

Routh responded: “I’ve been so paranoid and schizophrenic all day. … I don’t even know what to make of the world right now. I don’t know if I’m insane.”

A forensic scientist with the Texas Department of Public Safety testified that a loose, leafy substance seized with drug paraphernalia at Routh’s home after the slayings tested positive as marijuana.

Another forensic scientist said that blood found on one of Routh’s boots was a DNA match to Littlefield. Guns connected to the slayings also had Kyle’s and Routh’s blood on them. [All Routh's clothing was collected for evidence but only his boots had blood on them?]

Prosecutors say Routh understood that killing Kyle and Littlefield was wrong, but defense attorneys argue that he wasn’t in his right mind when he shot the two men.

If convicted, Routh would automatically face life in prison without parole. If found not guilty by reason of insanity, he would face up to life in a state mental hospital.

http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/prosecutors-expected-to-rest-case-today-in-american-sniper-murder-trial.html/

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Prosecutor Alan Nash said vials presented in court Friday as drug paraphernalia found in Routh's house were actually put in by crime lab.

Defense atty is saying that the Texas Ranger testifying Friday committed perjury by saying the vials were Routh's.

Nash: "This witness committed no perjury at all. He responded to inartful questions by counsel." Says jury shd be asked to disregard vials.

Judge Jason Cashon says he believes the erroneous admission of the vials is curable by telling jurors to disregard vials.

Judge says Texas Ranger did not commit perjury during testimony. He says the Ranger merely described what was being pulled from evidence bag.

Jurors in courtroom. Prosecutor Nash is explaining that the vials were not among the items seized from Routh's home.

Judge is instructing the jury to disregard the glass vial shown in evidence. Forensic scientist now going over drug items found at Routh's.

Forensic scientist with Texas DPS crime lab on the witness stand.

Forensic scientist explains why DPS crime lab leaves vial in evidence. It's to preserve evidence for future testing, shld def ask for it.

Forensic scientist is explaining the process to test for marijuana/THC.

Forensic scientist: analyzed plant substance found in Routh's home. Was marijuana. Didn't find any meth.

Forensic scientist showing pipe found at Routh's home. Looks like cigarette but is used to smoke weed.

Lancaster police officer Flavio Salazar recalled to witness stand.

Salazar: whenever a crowd was close to Routh while he was in police cruiser, he was agitated. When alone, he was calm inside car.

About to play video of Routh inside police cruiser after arrest.

Officer to Routh: "It's OK. We're here to help you out. ... Just relax and take a deep breath."

Police cruiser video of Routh often inaudible. It's hard to clearly hear what he's saying to officers.

"I don't even know what to make of the world right now. I don't know if I'm insane," Routh says after officer asks if he's alright.

Routh silent on car ride to jail. Sit slumped in backseat of police cruiser.

Video of Routh in car over. Salazar said they took him back to the Lancaster police station.

Salazar is a former Marine. He emphasized this to Routh while he was in back in police cruiser. Prosecutor asking aboutt his military history.

Routh has access to watch TV and make phone calls from his cell in Erath County jail.

Recorded telephone call between Routh and reporter Nicholas Schmidle from the New Yorker.

Routh talking about the morning of going to the gun range. Said they stopped at Whataburger. "I didn't tell them I was hungry."

"It was the smell in the air that morning, you know. It smelled like shit," Routh says on phone call.

On phone call, Routh says Littlefield wasn't shooting at the gun range, which annoyed him. He's saying that he shot Littlefield first.

Routh said in car ride: "it smelled like sweet cologne." Judy Littlefield testified on first day that Chad always wore nice cologne.

Phone call over. Took place May 31, 2013.

Upshaw: since jailed, Routh has been calmer, less erratic. Stays consistently medicated. Appearance has changed greatly.

State rested its case. 11:40 AM - 17 Feb 2015

Defense calls Erath County evidence custodian. Brought in boxes of guns that were on shooting deck at Rough Creek Lodge day of killings

Adcock showing Kyle's rifle. Has American Sniper inscribed on it.

All those guns may support defense claim Routh felt threatened.

Defense calls Jodi Routh, Eddie Ray's mother, to the witness stand.

Jodi Routh on her son: "He was a good kid." Played little league sports. Made "fair grades." Graduated from Midlothian HS in 2006.

Jodi Routh explaining her son's initial time in Marines. Grew up with firearms. "His dad took him hunting." Repaired firearms in Marines.

Jodi Routh said her son was deployed to war zone in Iraq. Also went to Haiti for 3 months after 2010 earthquake. "He helped clean up bodies."

Mom says he cleaned up bodies on beach of Haiti after earthquake. Was there 3 months.

Jodi Routh says her son was "rather thin" in high school. He's 6-foot-2.

Jodi on son after service: "He wasn't his happy-go-lucky self like he'd always been, a lot more serious. Very concerned for his family."

Routh's mom says after military Eddie acted paranoid and was very serious.

“He would really watch what was going on around him, what was going on behind him, just very cautious about people,” Jodi says of Routh.

Routh's mother tells 'American Sniper' jury her son wasn't the same after military service: "He was very suicidal."

Jodi Routh says Eddie had no mental health issues before serving in the Marines.

Routh went to VA hospital willingly  first time. He was readmitted against his will the second time.

After 3-week stay at VA hospital, Routh was given nine different medications. Mood elevators, anti-psychotic meds and sleep aids.

Routh had no driver’s license due to DUI. He slept on air mattress because dog ate his regular mattress.

"I knew he had written a book, because he did a speech at the school," Jodi Routh says of knowing who Kyle was. Asked him to help son.

"He said he would love to do anything and everything in his power to help my son," Jodi says. Kyle said he also had PTSD like Routh.

Jodi Routh said she wanted her son to stay at the VA hospital, but they released him anyway. Routh went home to his parents'.

Jodi Routh was out of town when Kyle came to the house to pick up her son from their Lancaster house. She learned what happened later.

"I had Chris' number in my phone. And I dialed that number praying to God that he would answer," Jodi Routh says of events that day.

Jodi Routh said she talked to her son on the phone while he was in Kyle's truck outside their Lancaster home.

Jodi Routh said she has smoked marijuana with her son before. "He did smoke, but I didn't consider it abuse."

Jodi Routh said marijuana had a calming effect on her son.

Prosecutors cross-examining Jodi Routh.

She says Routh learned how to work on guns at a young age. Was good at handling weapons.

Jodi Routh says her son was a prison guard during his time in Iraq, in addition to working on firearms. Doesn't know in what cities.

Jodi Routh describes her son as "free-spirited" and very funny. Said the family has very open conversations with each other.

Starnes asking Jodi Routh about a family fish fry. Eddie got into an argument with his dad about firearms. Eddie threatend to kill self, family.

Jodi Routh says she was scared after the incident, so she removed all weapons from the house. Jodi says there were about 8 guns taken out.

Police found Eddie walking down the street shirtless, upset after incident. Was taken to Green Oaks hospital, then VA. Tested positive for pot.

Starnes asking about the time Eddie Ray Routh threatened his girlfriend, her roommate with a knife, ninja sword. Held the women in the apartment.

After Routh left first job after Marines, he had trouble finding a job. Was frustrated that as a vet, he couldn't get a job.

Jodi says her son didn't like the doctors at the VA hospital. He said they didn't listen to him. He didn't want to give up alcohol, pot.

Jane Starnes showing Jodi Routh the note Jodi wrote to Kyle asking for his help.

"Chris assured me that he knew what Eddie was going through," Jodi says. She says Kyle said he understood Eddie's drinking, need for help.

While Chris was in car line, she told him about hospitalizations in 2011 but not big fight about guns

Jodi Routh says she didn't know that Kyle actually made plans for him and Eddie to go out to the gun range.

Chris gave Jodi a hug and said he would do anything in his power to help Eddie.

After the phone call from her daughter, Jodi had a good idea of who Eddie had killed, this is why she tried to call Chris' cell phone.

Pros - did you know Eddie filed for disability and listed every body part including erectile dysfunction? Jodi Routh - No.

After killings, Routh gets disability from government.

Prosecutor asking about disability benefits Routh received after killing Kyle, Littlefield. He didn't receive benefits before the slayings.

Prosecutor asks where does the money go? Jodi Routh - in a fund for Eddie.

Prosecutor says Eddie’s sister used some of that moneyfor down payment on her house.

Jodi Routh testimony has ended. Defense attorneys have no new witnesses to call today. Trial will resume 9 a.m. Wednesday.

With jurors out of the room, judge, prosecutors going over government benefits Routh has received. About $30,000.

Routh has received around $30k in benefits since the murder.

Receives about $2,800 every month. Will receive that until the time he may be convicted. Judge concerned with court costs.



FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Defense calls first witness Wednesday morning.

Donna Taylor says she's a lifelong friend of Jodi Routh, Eddie Ray Routh's mother.

She has known Jodi Routh for 27 years.

Taylor of Routh after Marines: “He just seemed distant. He seemed disturbed, not like the fun-loving Eddie. He just seemed bothered.”

Routh worked for Taylor. He worked at her cabinet shop Feb. 1, 2013, the day before Chris Kyle, Chad Littlefield were killed.

Taylor asked Routh what was bothering him. He never engaged her in conversation about it.

Taylor: She would occasionally see Routh in almost like a "catatonic state." "He just wasn't the same with whatever he experienced."

Taylor: Routh worked about bet. 40-50 hours a week at her cabinet shop. He never came to work drunk. She would've fired him.

Prosecutor asking if Routh smoked pot every day before work. Taylor wouldn’t be shocked if he did smoke weed before work.

Pros. asks if maybe Eddie’s catatonic state could be from pot use.

Taylor says she didn't see Routh in a catatonic state Feb. 1, the day before the killings. He was going to hang out with girlfriend that weekend.

Taylor: In Jan. 2013, Routh family asked her to take guns from the home after Eddie threatened the family, himself.

Taylor took the guns because Eddie was homicidal and suicidal.

Prosecutor asking Taylor if she ever took marijuana to VA hospital for Eddie Ray Routh to smoke. She says she didn't do that.

Taylor was unaware Routh refused help at VA for drug use.

Eddie didn’t smoke pot like cigarettes (indicating bong/pipe use).

Gaines Blevins, Routh's bro-in-law, testifying about day of the killings. Routh went to Blevins' home.

Routh's bro-in-law now on witness stand. He can be heard on 911 call the day of the slayings.

Gaines Blevins is married to Eddie’s sister. On 2/2 Eddie seemed to be out of it.

Eddie walked into Blevins' home and said: “Is it just me or is the world freezing over?”

Said he “took two souls before they could take his."

Gaines Blevins said he had a very sick feeling after hearing this.

When probed further by his sister, Routh admitted he killed 2 men.

Gaines Blevins: "He seemed confused like he didn't know what was going on. He actually said he didn't know what he should do."

Blevins says Routh was acting very confused and didn’t know what to do.

Eddie didn’t want to call police and said he should just leave.

Before Routh left, he said he had guns in his truck and could show them.

Routh was asked to leave the property.

Blevins testified that Eddie was incoherent at times and babbled aimlessly.

Blevins said that Eddie’s demeanor made the hair on his neck stand up.

Gaines Blevins: "I didn't really know what to say. The hair on the back of my neck stood up a little bit."

Routh then told his sis, bro-in-law that he didn't want to call the police. He thought he should "just go."

After Routh left, the Blevins locked up the house and headed to the police station. They called 911. They stayed on phone till at station.

Blevins went hunting with Eddie a month before the murders happened.

Blevins is going over the timeline of the day after shooting. Wife gave statement which was written/filmed by police.

Prosecutor asking Blevins to go over timeline of day after shootings. Blevins, wife gave written, filmed statement to at MidlothianPD.

Routh called his sister before he came over that day stating he “had something to tell her."

Eddie called at around 4:45 PM and showed up at 5:45 to visit after the murders.

Blevins said Routh said he was going to go to Oklahoma before Texas could get him. Blevins, wife were alarmed, scared of Routh.

Prosecutors asking Blevins about the family's pot smoking habits. Blevins said he didn't smoke with Eddie.

Routh's sister, Laura Blevins, called to the witness stand.

Laura Blevins said she saw Eddie regularly after he was out of Marines.

Laura Blevins talking about when Eddie Ray Routh first joined the Marines.

Eddie enlisted 10 days after high school graduation.

Laura Blevins: Saw her brother regularly after he returned from the military until he was in and out of mental hospitals.

She and Eddie had arguments over Eddie’s girlfriend.

"I had just about had my limit with that. I couldn't do that anymore," Blevins said of time after Routh wouldn't llet his girlfriend leave her apartment because he said the government was after them.

Blevins: "I didn't know if he would have an outburst or go on a tangent like he would with my child around."

Blevins answered the phone on Feb. 2, 2013, because Routh was calling from uncle's phone. [Eddie did not have a cell phone.]

Gaines said Routh could come over. "I was pissed."

Routh called from his uncle’s phone to say he was coming over. She was upset he was coming.

Laura Blevins: "If he comes over and he's talking nonsense, I'm calling police and having him committed back to Green Oaks or VA."

Her 4-year-old daughter was not home when Routh came over after killings.

She knew he was coming so she didn’t want her daughter subjected to his outbursts.

Laura could tell Eddie was not himself.

Of Routh after he came to house the day of killings, Laura Blevins said: "He was talking about pigs sucking his soul."

Laura Blevins said she didn't believe her bro at first after he said he killed two people. "Because he said crazy stuff before."

Blevins: "He said he took their souls before they could take his. I asked him what he meant by that, and he said they were out to get him."

Blevins: "The man who was my brother was not at my house. The person who came to my house was not the person I know as my brother."

Saw the pickup outside, "It kind of took me back. I thought I was going to throw up." Blevins said she didn't want to believe her brother.

Blevins told Routh: "I love you, but I hate your demons." For a moment, she saw her baby bro again, but then he switched back.

Blevins explains: "When I was looking at him, he kind of looked like he was out of it, almost in a daze or something..."

Blevins continued: "and when I told him that I loved him, there was something in him that understood that."

As Routh was walking out with them, he showed sister and bro in law the guns.

Routh told sister he killed two guys at gun range because they were out to get him.

Sis told him to turn himself in.

She thought he traded his “lady bug” car for the truck until Routh said he killed them for truck.

When asked who he killed, Eddie said he didn’t know.

Prosecutor Jane Starnes asking Laura Blevins about the family fish fry where where Routh threatened his dad.

She says that Eddie and her dad got in a fight at a family fish fry.

Eddie threatened to kill himself and entire family. Laura left with her daughter.

Routh had been drinking that night. Her young daughter also witnessed Routh’s outburst.

Pros - did you hear that Eddie held girlfriend and friend with knife? Laura - yes that was the last straw.

Verifies that family friend took guns out of home. She didn’t initially believe him about killings.

The more they talked, the more concerned she became.

Laura Blevins: Knew Routh couldn't afford a truck like Kyle's. He had a VW Beetle that was painted like a ladybug.

Prosecutor rehashing Routh's visit with his sister the day he shot Kyle, Littlefield.

Blevins: Smoked pot, drank alcohol in high school. Started drinking more once he became a Marine. Went back to smoking pot after Marines.

"I smoked pot one time with Eddie after I had my child...after that, me and my husband had an agreement: no drugs."

Prosecutor continuing to ask more questions about Eddie Ray Routh's marijuana smoking habits.

Sister said Eddie seemed relaxed when he smoked marijuana.

The day of murders, Eddie stayed at her house around 15 minutes.

Jennifer Weed, Routh's girlfriend, now testifying. She says she has a degree in psychology.

They met in March 2012 on dating website.

Started dating casually and then became exclusive in May 2012.

"He was very outgoing, very charismatic," Weed said of Routh. Described him as "goofy" and funny.

Routh liked being outdoors.

Weed said Routh seemed more calm, relaxed after he smoked marijuana.

She said he smoked a lot "in my opinion." She said she doesn't smoke.

Jennifer was at family fish fry but left before the big fight on September 2, 2012.

Weed said she visited Routh when he was in the VA after he was admitted following family fish fry fight. He asked to move in with Weed.

Routh lived with Weed for a little less than a month in September 2012. Weed said there were no outbursts during that time.

Eddie moved back home and they took a break form each other.

"I think we moved in too quickly," Weed said of Routh living with her. Then he would stay for the weekends after that.

They lived 20 miles apart.

In January 2013 they were beginning to spend every weekend together.

Weed was aware Eddie was on medications.

She recalls when he was admitted to mental hospital. Visited one time.

Mid January 2013 she went to see Routh and his mom.

Got call from Routh and he was upset. She went to be with him. He sat on couch and stared at wall.

During this time, he was erratic and not going to work.

On January 19, 2013 Routh was at her apartment.

Next day she returned from work, went out to dinner with her folks, went home. Routh began calling her names.

He said he needed to leave to see his mom because he was going to lose his soul.

Routh called her a “crack whore”. First time she’d seen him that way.

Weed describing incident in which Routh got upset with her. Started calling her names. Said she was trying to steal his soul.

"He had never spoken to me that way before...It was very out of character," Weed said.

Routh tried to get Weed to take a shot with vodka with him. She wouldn't. She'd asked him a week earlier to get clean.

He eventually calmed down.

Next morning Routh was shaking sweating profusely.

Weed wanted to leave, Routh grabbed sword and said no, you can’t leave.

Routh said “They’re coming to get us, don’t let them in.”

Routh then gets knife from kitchen.

The roommate was in her own room at the time.

Jennifer texted roommate, saying to stay in there and warned her Routh was in a mood.

Routh had ninja sword, kitchen knife. Put down weapons whenever Weed walked toward him.

She says he didn’t threaten her with weapons.

Roomate had second job and needed to leave. Routh said he would protect them all.

[This went on for two hours before roommate texted police, and afterward he wasn't allowed back to her apartment.]

Routh kept saying they couldn't leave the apartment because people were out to get them.

Roommate texted a police officer and he came to the apartment.  

Eddie taken to Green Oaks mental hospital, then sent to VA hospital.

She visited him. He was apologetic but had no recollection of what happened.

When she went to the VA hospital to visit him after the incident, he was tearful. He didn't seem to remember what happened.

Asked if he could go with her to her apartment and she said, no, because of no trespass order at complex issued after knife incident.

When released, he went back to Lancaster to parents' house. She went to spend the weekend with him.

Went to visit Routh at his Lancaster home after he was released from VA hospital in January 2013.

He seemed fine when he was on his meds.

He was on meds and more like himself. At night, when meds wore off, he got worse.

Next week, Routh’s mom called Weed, saying Routh threatened to gouge his eyes out.

Jennifer went with her dad out to see Routh.

Weed went to visit Routh again on Febuary 1, 2013, to spend time with him, because he wasn't allowed to visit her apartment.

He was smoking weed with a friend. She was mad and didn’t talk to him but sat outside with him.

"It had become an issue with us, him smoking," Weed says. She was mad at him Feb. 1 because he was smoking.

Pot had become a tension point with them. They agreed he would stop smoking/drinking.

Friend left. Routh stared into corner. [Who was this friend and why wasn't he/she called to testify?]

Weed: "I asked him if he was seeing things, and he said yes." Routh then said that someone was listening to them.

Routh believed the government was listening to him.

"He definitely had paranoia about the government out to get him," Weed said.

He got out a legal pad and wrote what they were. “Them” meant government usually.

Routh said government was out to get them.

Weed spent the night with Routh. No sleep.

Woke up in the morning of Febuary 2, 2013, the day of the murders.

Got up at 6 AM, cooked breakfast, and helped Routh shower. He wouldn't shower by himself.

Eddie would go weeks without shower.

Routh was filling out forms for VA in Waco. She didn’t help him because she was angry with him about his pot smoking.

Routh proposed to Weed the night before the slayings. She said yes.

Weed said: "He'd asked a few times before, but it was in the VA hospital, and I told him no, not until he was allowed to have shoelaces."

Routh and Jennifer had fight morning of murders about his pot smoking.

Eddie asked her to leave but Jennifer wouldn’t until uncle came over.

Prosecutor rehashing fights Weed had with Routh over his marijuana smoking. They had a fight the morning of slayings over Routh's smoking.

Weed says the morning of slayings, during an argument, Routh told her: "F*** you, go eat a peanut and die." Weed says she's allergic.

Weed says she texted Routh's uncle to come over and watch Routh, because she was angry but didn't want Routh to be left alone.

On February 2 she left him with his uncle.

She went to lunch with her mom at 2:00. Uncle called her to ask if she knew where Routh was.

Weed called Chris Kyle to see if Eddie was with him. Kyle texted back and said Routh was with him. Weed sent him one more message.

Weed and Routh met, Routh didn't have cell phone, no Facebook page, called her from landline, drove VW painted like a ladybug.

Weed said Routh made a joke referring to his "combat" saying he had killed before and he'd do it again.

Jennifer Weed, Routh's former girlfriend, is back on stand.

Prosecutors questioning Weed. She says she used to work with Dallas County DA as a domestic violence victim's advocate.

On Eddie being Eddie, Weed says he wanted to buy goats to mow lawns. Also wanted to open a bunny farm.

Weed on Routh's personality: "He could talk paint off a wall." He would often talk to fill the silence in conversation.

Weed: Routh seldom dressed up. Would wear overalls on date night. Once wore her running shorts, pink argyle socks to go for a run.

Weed said Routh exaggerated about his time in Iraq. "I've killed before, and I'd do it again."

Routh had an extreme temper. One time dropped his beer, so he threw his shoe across the room, Weed says.

Prosecutor asking Weed to go back over the details of incident when Routh held her, roommate at their apartment. Weed didn't feel threatened.

Jennifer describing when he held them in apartment - he said tampons made good deer bait for hunting.

Didn't like Jennifer's degree and said it was a bullshit degree.

Routh also hated the VA hospital.

Jennifer says Routh exaggerated his duty in Iraq.

Jennifer would make sure he took his meds on time.

Weed says she was always very protective of Routh. She said she took down his FB page after slayings. She visited him twice in jail.

Weed says she and Routh are no longer together. Says she isn't ashamed of Routh but didn't like what he did.

Weed finished testifying. She was the last witness of the day. Judge says next two days will be long with testimony.

Attorneys haven't released witness lists, but, they did say that mental health experts would testify.

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Yesterday Routh's interview with journalist played and Routh confirmed shot Chad first, then Chris, then "finished off" Chad.

Sounds like Chad wasn't dead after Chris was shot but unable to defend. The shot to the head is theorized to be last on Chad.

Defense attorneys have called Charles Overstreet, a professor of psychology at Tarrant County College. Was in Army med service.

Overstreet was a major in U.S. Army. Deployed to Iraq several times as head of combat stress control unit. Mental health provider there.

Overstreet visited Eddie Ray Routh in jail twice to assess his mental state. Also went through Routh's VA medical records.

Overstreet says Routh was regularly diagnosed with psychiatric disorders.Was on anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, mood stabilizers anti-hallucinogens.

Overstreet says Routh displays symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia, PTSD. Paranoid schizophrenia typical first onset at age 25.

Overstreet on Routh: "He was suffering from a mental disorder... and he did not know the consequence of his actions at the time."

Prosecutor Alan Nash asking Overstreet about experience. He's not a licensed physician. Has master's degree in psychology.

Overstreet says PTSD is not a diagnosis you would use in an insanity defense.

Overstreet says that he believes Routh didn't understand at the time of the slayings that what he did was wrong/illegal.

Overstreet says Routh is paranoid schizophrenic and PTSD. Didn't know actions wrong.

Defense ask judge to not allow state to use the word wrong. Judge denied that request.

Prosecutor Nash questioning Overstreet what Routh perceived as threatening behavior from Kyle and Chad Littlefield.

Overstreet says: "There doesn't have to be an overt threat... because it's the state of the mind of the defendant that is the problem."

Nash asking Overstreet how Routh described shooting Kyle and Littlefield.

Overstreet says Routh first believed Kyle and Littlefield planned to kill him when they were riding in the truck to the gun range.

Attorneys and judge still determining whether Overstreet can testify on his assessment of Routh before the jury. Working to define insanity.

After hearing with judge, Overstreet will NOT be testifying in front of the jury.

Heated cross exam of witness with jury not present.

Overstreet - PTSD from being in hostile environment and exposed to gunfire.

Overstreet - Routh was suffering from paranoid delusions in car to gun range and at the range.

Overstreet explains that his delusions made him think Chad would shoot him.

Overstreet - once he killed the "threat" Littlefield, he killed Kyle because he was threat.

Overstreet has never been appointed by the court to argue insanity.

Council has been arguing for an hour and a half about the admissibility of testimony.

The jury has not been present for any of this.

The judge agrees with prosecution this witness is not admissible. 

After hearing with judge, Overstreet will NOT be testifying in front of the jury.

Prosecutors questioned whether he had enough experience, knowledge to testify as expert witness. Judge ruled that he didn't.

New doctor called.

Dr Mitchell Dunn on stand for defense.

Prosecutors questioning next potential expert witness, Mitchell H. Dunn. Dunn works at Terrell State Hospital.

Dr Dunn giving his credentials.

Dr. Mitchell H. Dunn, psychiatrist at Terrell State Hospital, now on the stand. Expert witness for defense.

Dunn works with about 30 patients at Terrell State, often working to help them become competent to go to trial.

Routh had four hospitalizations before murder.

On 4/15/14 Dunn interviewed Routh. Psychosis not a side affect of drugs - a stand alone diagnosis.

Dunn says most of his assignments come from a judge, not from defense attorneys.

Dunn says that an insanity defense would require the person to have been experiencing psychosis, a total break with reality. Usually delusions, etc.

Dunn reviewed offense reports, medical records, videotaped interview with Routh, crime scene photos, audio from other witness interviews.

Dunn interviewed Routh for 6 hrs 15 min in April 2014. Longer than he usually spends with someone. Had a lot of information to cover.

Dunn: "Also I knew this was kind of a big deal, so I spent a lot of time with him."

Dunn qualifies as an expert witness. Will testify before jury. Jury about to enter courtroom.

Jodi Routh back on witness stand. Defense asking her about when she asked Kyle to help her son.

Routh’s mom was called back. Asked why she didn’t warn Chris of Routh’s mental state.

She said it didn’t occur to her to tell Chris.

Prosecutors showing this photo of Eddie Ray Routh and his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Weed. Shown after photo of Routh in uniform with mom.

Dr Dunn explaining schizophrenia.

Going through hospitalizations. Diagnosed with psychosis, drug abuse, PTSD, major depressive disorder.

Dunn going over the times Routh was admitted to mental hospital.

First time was 7/23/11. He went voluntarily

Second time was 7/30/11. Routh thought he had a tapeworm. He was admitted against his will.

On Routh, Dunn: “It was clear that he was psychotic. There was no question about that. They weren’t sure of the cause of the psychosis.”

After first hospitalization, Routh was given: anti-depressant, mood stabilizer, medication for PTSD, anti-psychotic, Ambien for sleep, anti-anxiety.

Hospitalized again Sept. 2012.

Routh had major depressive disorder, with major psychotic features. Alcohol dependence. Cannabis abuse. Bipolar disorder.

Hospitalized again in Jan. 2013.

Doctors did not believe Routh's psychosis was connected to his intoxication, drug use, Dunn says.

Dunn says Routh was having significant symptoms of psychosis in the weeks before he killed Kyle and Littlefield. He was having delusions.

Routh also believed his neighbor, a cop, was actually part of the Mexican mafia. "He was having a lot of delusional thinking," Dunn says.

Routh was paranoid about his neighbor, a police officer. Thought he was member of Mexican mafia.

After Routh was released from hospital in January 2013, he believed that two men he worked with him were cannibals. Thought they were going to harm him.

"People with mental illness in large part look like you or I," Dunn says of why Routh's friends/family might not have realized extent of illness.

Dunn says some people get better on medication. But others still suffer from symptoms even while on medication.

Routh had significant psychosis symptoms leading up to sword incident.

Dunn said he didn’t believe that Routh faked the tests given to him. Gave Routh a test on faking psychosis.

Delusions of someone hurting his girlfriend and her roommate.

At cabinet shop he thought his co-workers were cannibals. Their food looked odd and thought it was flesh. Didn’t want to turn back on co-workers as they ate - afraid they would hurt him.

Dunn still testifying. He said Routh believed his coworkers were half pig - half men.

Not indicative of schizophrenia, but more of delusional.

Dunn: By the Friday night before the killings, Routh "believed pigs were taking over the earth."

Dunn: When Routh's girlfriend visited him Friday night before the slayings, he believed Jennifer Weed was also a hybrid pig-human.

Dunn: Routh said he didn't like seeing Weed eat bacon: “He was thinking she was a pig hybrid. Why would you eat the flesh of your people?”

Routh told Dunn: "When I first got here to jail, I thought I was going to be cooked for people to eat."

Dunn: Routh also believed that Kyle and Littlefield could also be pigs. He was nervous when the men didn't talk to him.

Routh fired at Littlefield. Saw Kyle turning and he shot at him 2-3 times. And when Littlefield was twitching, he shot him in the head.

Routh said it was odd that Littlefield wasn't shooting at the range. "He felt like he was in danger, like something was going to happen."

Routh also told Dunn that he thought he neutralized the threat, then shot Kyle to keep from being shot.

Dunn asked Routh why Kyle and Littlefield didn't kill him immediately at the gun range, and Routh believed that they were waiting for the right time.

Routh told Dunn: "As soon as I did it, I realized I made a mistake." Routh said he knew it wouldn't look good that he killed.

"He figured if he was going to get arrested, he might as well get something to eat," Routh told Dunn about getting Taco Bell.

Routh told Dunn that he realized it would've been better if he had called police from the gun range after killing Kyle and Littlefield.

Dunn says he believes Routh was suffering from schizophrenia, didn't know his conduct was wrong at time of killings.

Routh was displaying disorganized thinking, delusions when he killed Kyle and Littlefield, Dunn says.

Dunn says Routh was exhibiting signs of schizophrenia two years before the slayings. The signs became more pronounced later.

"There was something really wrong with Eddie Ray Routh on the day of the offense, and that something wrong was a mental disease," Dunn says.

Dunn reads passages from Routh's taped confession. Routh rambles about the "wolf in the sky" and pigs. Dunn says it's signs of illness.

Dunn says: "If you're going to be killed, then you have the right to defend yourself. He defended himself..."

Dunn says: "I'm not saying that's logical. It's logical in his sense."

Dunn reiterates that he believes Routh's psychosis was not substance abuse.

Dunn says that even in April 2014, Routh still believed Kyle and Littlefield planned to kill him.

Prosecutor Jane Starnes cross examining Dunn about his assessment of Routh.

Starnes asking Dunn how drugs can alter behaviors, personality. Docs don't make diagnoses until someone is sober, Dunn says.

Starnes asking Dunn if Routh might've lied to him during their interview, if that could've skewed Dunn's diagnosis.

Starnes going back over Dunn's testimony with him. She's saying Routh's diagnosis with schizophrenia isn't enough for insanity defense.

Starnes says the key point is whether Routh understood what was right and wrong. Dunn says that Routh knew in a gen sense that killing is wrong.

Routh told Dunn: "It's a pretty shitty thing killing someone." Dunn says Routh knew police were going to arrest him.

Dunn says he doesn't believe Routh has PTSD, because he didn't have significant trauma. But, Dunn says, Routh does have schizophrenia.

Dunn has finished testifying. Jury out of room. Defense attorneys are about to rest their case. Routh will not testify.

Defense attorneys officially rest their case. Prosecution will call rebuttal witnesses.

Prosecution plans to call two rebuttal expert witnesses. Jury has left the court for the day. Attorneys are interviewing witness on background.

First expert witness for the prosecution called said Routh likely suffered from psychosis caused by marijuana use.

Second expert witness from prosecution interviewed Routh for 3 1/2 hours, reviewed his medical records, history of drug use.

Routh thought the world was being taken over by pigs.

Eddie thought his girlfriend was a hybrid pig the night she came over before the murders.

Routh thought neighbor was a cannibal. and since their sewer lines were connected, he thought neighbor ate Routh's waste.

Routh said girlfriend ears looked like pig ears. 

Routh told Jennifer he wanted to break up and she didn't want to. Dunn says Routh convinced she didn't want to becuse she was a pig.

Not showering for long periods of time is norml for someone with mental problems.

Eddie found it odd that Chris did not shake his hand or introduce himself when picking him up.

Eddie asked Chris if he was tired of eating other peoples shit. Said he smelled same smell frm neighbors.

Routh got mad when Chris received a text from Jen. And he thought it was a one-way trip to lodge. On the way to the lodge they passed two white cars. Eddie thought the cars had hybrid pigs in them to kill him.

He was irritated Chris and Chad did not ask for help when unloading the guns at the shooting range.

Eddie shot the Sig Sauer 9 millimeter at the practice target and noticed Chad wasn't shooting. It seemed odd to him. [When they got to the resort, Kyle and Littlefield left Routh in the truck when they went into the lodge to register, and they probably discussed that one would always be watching Routh while the other was shooting, which would explain why Littlefield wasn't shooting at the targets while Kyle and Routh were.]

He felt threatened and shot Chad.

Saw Chris turn and shot Chris.

Chad kept twitching so he shot Chad to kill him.

Eddie said he was sorry, and said that assassins pick their times, so why did they give him a loaded gun?

Felt relieved standing over bodies.

"He saw Kyle turning," Dunn said, "and shot him two to three times in the back and the upper torso. He saw Mr. Littlefield twitching, so he shot him in the head, and that stopped the twitching." And "He said he felt relieved," Dunn added. "He'd done what he had to do." [Forensics say that Kyle was shot six times with a .45 handgun and Littlefield was shot seven times with a 9mm handgun. The only loaded weapon that Routh had was the 9mm he was using for target practice.]

NOTE: The prosecution claims that Kyle and Littlefield were shot in the back, but this is contrary to the evidence. 

He said he did what he had to do even though arrest was likely.

Thought Chris and Chad were assassins who needed their fix to kill and it would be him.

Knowing arrest was likely he thought he should eat.

Says he should've called police from the scene.

He thought officers in jail were the pig people.

Dunn - Routh was insane at time of killing. He was all over the place when talking to TX ranger.

Used Chris' text to Chad as a way to say even Chris noticed he was off and he'd seen a lot with mental issues.

Dunn says that the psychosis was not induced by substance abuse.

The prosecution will cross Dunn.

Pros - someone can be mentally ill and kill because of greed or jealousy. Dunn - yes.

Pros bringing up Routh saying he knew he’d be arrested and he made a mistake.

Pros - being mentally ill doesn’t mean you are legally insane? Dunn - correct.

Lots of hypotheticals being hashed right now.

Pros. asking about medications Routh was given  in 2011 with his diagnosis.

Dunn says it is hard to diagnose if person is an addict. Pros - people lie to docs? Dunn - yes they do.

Routh lied to Dunn about smoking marijuana on the morning of the murders.

Dunn - we wait to make a diagnosis when the person is sober.

Pros - you know he told people that he cleaned up bodies in Haiti and he did not. Dunn - yes.

Pros - Called his neighbors Pygmies because they’re short?  Dunn - not sure.

Schizophrenia could cause someone not to go to work but Routh worked? Dunn - yes.

Pros - Does marijuana heighten sense of smell? Dunn - don’t know.

Pros - When Chris texted Chad it was just an observation. Chris had no degree in psychology.

Prosecution - the jail is directly next to a BBQ joint - could be why all Routh’s references to pig.

NOTE: The prosecutors and their expert witnesses accused Eddie of making up the story about pigs AFTER the murders to feign pyschosis, but this is refuted by the fact that in his sister's taped interrogation at the police station immediately after Eddie left her home on the day of the murders, she told police that her brother "was out of his mind, saying people were sucking his soul and that he could smell the pigs." Also, in a taped interrogation by police on the day of the murders, Routh rambles about the "wolf in the sky" and pigs.

Routh said he shot Chad in head to “neutralize threat” - he thought it was self-defense.

Pros - Routh can’t claim self defense. Dunn - correct. Pros - he said I shot two guys and that's terrible.

Pros - doesn’t that mean he knew right from wrong? He said the Bible said killing people is wrong.

Pros - if you flee crime scene, you know you have to get somewhere else? Dunn he knew police would come.

Pros - he knew what he did was illegal? Dunn - he knew he’d have to explain to police what he did.

Pros brings in recent story of ISIS beheading 20 on beach.

Pros- Some see it morally right to behead 20 on a beach. Dunn - right.

Pros - People don’t decide what’s lawful, the law does. Dunn - true.

If you shoot someone seven times, you want them dead, right? Dunn - Yes.

Pros - When Routh was in standoff at his home in Chris’ car, he knew he was in trouble with cops Dunn - yes.

Pros - He fled from there. Dunn - Yes. Pros - He knew he put people in danger with chase Dunn - yes.

When he got out of truck after chase, he had his hands up. He knew what to do. Dunn - yes.

Pros - Chris and Chad never did anything to make Routh think he was in danger. They gave him a gun.

Pros - Routh said he had better training than Chris Kyle. Could that be seen as narcissist? Dunn - maybe.

Pros - Eddie waited until Chris’ gun empty before shooting Chad.

Pros - Could he have been jealous Chris was famous? Dunn - Yes. Pros - Jealous because Chris better trained.

Dunn - Yes.

Pros - Could a breakup affect you very deeply? Dunn - yes.

Pros - Eddie was resentful people didn’t welcome him with respect after discharge. Dunn - yes.

Pros - Could he be mad at at the world? Dunn - Yes.

Pros - Didn’t like the VA? Dunn - Some doctors, no.

Pros - You don’t think him being intoxicated had impaired knowledge of whats right and wrong? Dunn - no.

Pros - Routh told TX Ranger he knew what he did was wrong. Dunn - yes.

Routh said he knew difference from right and wrong and he even said he’d tell the family he was sorry.

Routh himself called the New Yorker to offer a story only four months after murders.

Routh will not testify.

Defense to rest case.

Routh standing before judge to say he will not testify.

Defense has rested and court in recess until tomorrow.

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