{"id":7883,"date":"2026-07-05T14:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/killer-gouged-out-own-eyes-and-part-of-tongue-claimed-to-be-divine-being\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:04:28","slug":"killer-gouged-out-own-eyes-and-part-of-tongue-claimed-to-be-divine-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/killer-gouged-out-own-eyes-and-part-of-tongue-claimed-to-be-divine-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer gouged out own eyes and part of tongue claimed to be &#8216;divine being&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_3cfffa\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Robert Brandon Keller, 32, was high on drugs when he took advantage of good samaritan Bruce William Dupree by killing him and leaving him for dead before jacking his car<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37390102\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A photo of Robert Brandon Keller\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390102.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63538-AM.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390102.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63538-AM.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390102.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63538-AM.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390102.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63538-AM.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Robert Brandon Keller was sentenced over the murder \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Robert Brandon Keller was sentenced over the murder <cite aria-label=\"Image: WTOC\/YouTube\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: WTOC\/YouTube)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A depraved killer who claimed to be a &#8220;divine being&#8221; gouged out his own eyes as well as part of his tongue in a failed attempt to end up in a medical facility has been <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">found guilty of murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Robert Brandon Keller, 32, was <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/murder\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">found guilty of killing<\/a> Bruce William Dupree, 43, during a car jacking in October 2024. &#8220;I am a divine being,&#8221; Keller declared in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I am here by special presentation and appearance of the entity known as Robert <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/brandon-lewis\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Brandon Lewis<\/a> Keller. I would like the ability to be trusted, to tell the truth, but this is not the setting I trust to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37390103\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37390103\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.86\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A photo of Dupree \" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390103.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63520-AM.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390103.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63520-AM.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390103.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63520-AM.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390103.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63520-AM.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Dupree was violently killed by Keller \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Dupree was violently killed by Keller <cite aria-label=\"Image: WTOC\/YouTube\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: WTOC\/YouTube)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Keller gouged his own eyes out following his arrest, but <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegeorgiavirtue.com\/bulloch-local-news\/jury-returns-verdict-keller-guilty-of-murder-of-bruce-dupree-on-i-16\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">The Georgia Virtue<\/a> reports he told jailers he wounded himself in a bid to &#8220;cover his a**&#8221; and with the hope of being placed in a medical prison. He was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, July 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Keller attacked Dupree when he was under the influence of drugs and slashed his throat before dragging Dupree&#8217;s body onto a grassy area near Interstate 16 in Bulloch County, Georgia, then leaving him to die. A concerned driver later found Dupree yelling for help at the side of the road and alerted police.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37390105\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37390105\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A photo of Keller \" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390105.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Screenshot-2026-07-04-at-54704-PM.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390105.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/2_Screenshot-2026-07-04-at-54704-PM.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390105.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_Screenshot-2026-07-04-at-54704-PM.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37390105.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Screenshot-2026-07-04-at-54704-PM.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Keller reportedly told jailers he wanted to be sentenced to stay at a medical facility\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Keller reportedly told jailers he wanted to be sentenced to stay at a medical facility<cite aria-label=\"Image: Bulloch County Sheriff's Office\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Bulloch County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Tragically, Dupree succumbed to his injuries. Officers soon tracked down Keller and arrested him at the Patriot Inn, in Register, Georgia. Judge Matthew Hube was damning, saying Keller &#8220;represented the worst of us&#8221; and added &#8220;he took advantage of someone who was trying to help, and left a trail of wreckage in his wake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Keller was later sentenced to two consecutive life sentence and an additional 25 years. Acting Bulloch County District Attorney Jillian Gibson told Judge Hube: &#8220;To be able to protect our community from a very dangerous individual, so we are very grateful for that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Dupree&#8217;s niece, Mandy Moore, told the court: &#8220;Bruce is gone and won\u2019t come back, and nothing can fix that, nothing can fill that void. The justice system prevailed; no other family will go through what we went through at the hands of this man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/killer-gouged-out-eyes-part-37389974\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Brandon Keller, 32, was high on drugs when he took advantage of good samaritan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0_Screenshot-2026-07-05-at-63538-AM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}