ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) - Final arrangements are being made for a public memorial and procession that will honor retired Navy SEAL Chris Kyle next week.
Kyle's memorial will be held at Cowboys Stadium on Monday, February
11, at 1:00 p.m. Thousands are expected to attend. Doors for the
memorial will open at 11:30 a.m. Lots 1, 2 and 10 will be open for
parking, which will be free. No cameras, bags, purses or other
substantial handheld items will be allowed inside. The Kyle family is
asking that no pictures or video be taken of the ceremony.
On Tuesday morning beginning at 9:00 a.m., a 200-mile procession is
planned as Kyle makes his way to his final resting place in Austin.
A Facebook page details the procession, which will travel from
Highway 67 in Midlothian to Interstate-35W South to Austin. Volunteers
with the Patriot Guard Riders will lead the procession. Citizens are
being asked to line the route. Kyle will be laid to rest at the Texas
State Cemetery.
Meanwhile, a visitation for 35-year-old Chad Littlefield was held
Thursday night at the Midlothian Funeral Home. Funeral services for
Littlefield are on Friday at Mount Zion Cemetery. He is survived by his
wife and daughter.
A released preliminary autopsy report officially shows that Kyle and
Littlefield died from multiple gun shot wounds. The man accused of
killing them, 25-year-old Eddie Routh, has so far refused to speak with
family or legal counsel. His attorney, Warren St. John, said that he
expects to get a complete mental evaluation of his client. "He's very
distraught over the circumstance. He's confused over the circumstance,"
said St. John. "When I went to see him earlier this week, he wasn't
feeling well and he didn't come out to talk to us, nor did he talk to
his family who was there."
Kyle and Littlefield were said to be trying to help Routh, who was
reportedly struggling with post traumatic stress disorder. Littlefield
was Kyle's friend, neighbor and workout buddy.
A search warrant affidavit detailing items retrieved from Eddie
Routh's Lancaster home lists ammunition for a 9-millimeter gun, drug
paraphernalia and a cell phone. The cell phone may contain pictures of
Routh with Kyle and Littlefield before the shootings. The affidavit also
indicates that Routh confessed to the murders to a Texas Ranger, who
interviewed him at the Lancaster Police Department.
Navy SEAL Chris Kyle
