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A deranged Georgia man who claims he is a “divine being” gouged out his own eyes and bit off a part of his tongue in an attempt to be placed in a medical facility has been found guilty of killing a man during a car hijacking, according to a report.
“I’m a divine being,” Brandon Keller, 32, said in the courtroom.
“I am here by special presentation and appearance of the entity known as Robert Brandon Lewis Keller,” he continued.
“I would like the ability to be trusted, to tell the truth, but this is not the setting I trust to do so.”
Keller told jailers that he wounded himself because he wanted to “cover his ass” and be placed into a medical prison, according to The Georgia Virtue.
In October 2024, Bruce William Dupree, 43, stopped on the side of the interstate in Bulloch County, Georgia presumably to help out Keller, who was hitchhiking, and give him a ride.
Keller, under the influence of drugs, then attacked Dupree, slashing his throat while he dragged Dupree’s body into the grassy center median of I-16 and leaving him to die.
A concerned driver called 911 after seeing Dupree bloodied and yelling for help on the side of the road. Dupree later succumbed to his injuries.
Police quickly tracked down Keller in Dupree’s stolen car and arrested him at the Patriot Inn, in Register, Georgia.
Keller was found guilty of all ten counts, including murder, aggravated assault, hijacking a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission or an attempt to commit certain felonies.
Judge Matthew Hube said that Keller “represented the worst of us,” adding that “he took advantage of someone who was trying to help, and left a trail of wreckage in his wake.”
Keller was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences and an additional 25 years.
“To be able to protect our community from a very dangerous individual, so we are very grateful for that,” Acting Bulloch County District Attorney Jillian Gibson told Judge Hube, thanking him for the conviction.
Mandy Moore, Keller’s niece, told the court “Bruce is gone and won’t 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.”
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