That’s how family members and friends have described Eddie Ray Routh, the man on trial for the slayings of Chris Kyle, subject of the hit film “American Sniper,” and Kyle’s friend, Chad Littlefield, at a Texas firing range two years ago.
No one disputes that Routh shot and killed the two men. But defense attorneys say Routh was insane.
On Wednesday, the suspect’s sister, brother-in-law and former girlfriend testified about Routh’s behavior before and after the killings.
“I asked him if he was seeing things, and he said yes,” Jennifer Weed, his ex, told the court, describing a conversation that happened the night before the slayings. “And then I asked him if he was hearing things, and he said yes.”
Weed testified that Routh got out a yellow legal pad and started writing.
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Kyle’s autobiography by the same name spent weeks on best-seller lists. He had already risen to fame through his book when he died and was involved in charitable work to help former troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Kyle and Littlefield took Routh to the firing range as a kind of therapy.
The range is a small, remote part of the sprawling 11,000-acre Rough Creek Lodge, and the men were isolated.
A hunting guide found Kyle, 38, and Littlefield, 35, who also was a veteran, motionless and called 911. The men were dead when officers arrived.
CNN’s Catherine E. Shoichet and Dana Ford contributed to this report.
