“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” — Ephesians 6:12

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” — John 10:10

Could it be that evil spirits within Bryan moved him to commit the murders?

I got interested in this case several years ago after hearing about the symptoms he had, which indicate a strong demonic influence. I held off on finishing this post because, although he was charged, there wasn’t enough confidence that he committed the gruesome murders. However, just recently, he admitted to being the culprit:

“Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty?” the judge asked. “Yes,” Kohberger responded.

Hippler proceeded to ask whether Kohberger had “willfully unlawfully, deliberately and with premeditation and malice aforethought” committed each murder, listing the victims individually. Kohberger responded “yes” to each.

Victims Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were 20, while Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen were 21.

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Now, why do I believe he suffered from demonization (i.e., having evil spirits indwelt)? He has several of the symptoms of demonization. Many deliverance ministers would affirm that many of such signs are indicators of having evil spirits.

Let’s go over his symptoms and traits:

The accused, Bryan Kohberger, has symptoms of demonization. He allegedly said he had “horrible Depersonalization,” anxiety, suicidal thoughts, “delusions of grandeur,” “crazy thoughts,” and “no emotion.” He even said that demons were in his head that mocked him:

“One post, apparently written by Kohberger in July 2011, says he has been suffering from “horrible Depersonalization” and how he feels demons in his head are “mocking” him.

“As I hug my family, I look into their faces, I see nothing, it is like I am looking at a video game, but less. I feel less than mentally damaged, it is like I have severe brain damage. I am stuck in the depths of my mind, where I have to constantly battle my demons, am I here or am I fake?” it reads.

The post continues: “Being me is this horrible disease that I was given. I think of this as I succumb to sleep, but I see a large intensity of black/yellow/white fuzz; it makes my mind fizzle and I can barely keep in the bounds of reality.

“It is as if the ringing in my ears and the fuzz in my vision is simply all of the demons in my head mocking me. I fall asleep, but I wake up quickly to bloody screams. Is any of this here?”

Another post from that year talks about having depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts as well as “delusions of grandeur,” “crazy thoughts” and “NO EMOTION.”

In some posts, the writer talks about how they believe visual snow syndrome is caused by toxins in the body and suggests dietary changes to cure it.”

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He is condescending towards people and has a cruel disposition:

Friends have previously described Kohberger as having an intellectual bent, but said he occasionally turned cruel and angry. At Washington State, his peers said he rankled some people with a habit of over-explaining, and sounded particularly condescending when he spoke to his female classmates.

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He suffered from visual snow symptoms. As far as I know, this is not commonly listed as a sign of demonization from deliverance ministers, but I still would suspect that there is something spiritual going on:

“Nothing I do is enjoyable,” Kohberger wrote. “I am blank, I have no opinion, I have no emotion, I have nothing. Can you relate?”

Kohberger said his absence of emotion began about the same time as his visual snow symptoms, in September 2009, and one friend recalled him constantly talking about his fuzzy vision.

The words were posted on a forum website called Tapatalk, previously known as Yuku, where Kohberger commiserated with other users while suffering from a little-understood neurological condition called visual snow, in which a person’s vision is obscured by scattering dots, much like the static seen on an analog television.

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The following is another news report of his visual snow symptoms:

In a July 2011 post, Exarr.thosewithvisualsnow wrote: “It is as if the ringing in my ears and the fuzz in my vision is simply all of the demons in my head mocking me.”

Visual-snow syndrome is a little-known neurological disorder that scientists first recognized in 1995.

Most people experiencing it continuously see tiny, snowlike flecks in their vision, as if the world in front of them is a badly tuned old TV set. The dots are usually black and white, though they can sometimes be transparent.

That static-like vision — which remains even with closed eyes — can be debilitating to some, affecting their capacity to work and complete school.

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Kohberger also wrote the following:

I have had this horrible Depersonalization go on in my life for almost 2 years. I often find myself making simple human interactions, but it is as if I am playing a role playing game such as oblivion; I can see what is going on, I am slightly into it, but I can pause the game and focus on my real life. In this case, my life is the game and my old self can be reached by pausing the game, but how?

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How am I wearing this shirt, and who decided that humans shall wear shirts like this? Are we all just advanced ANIMALS with possession, or is there more, more that I can’t see? I can’t connect. I view everything as I would if I was playing oblivion, pointless and full of nothing, out of reality. I am moving out of my house, my last holidays were already lived, but where was I? As my family group hugs and celebrates, I am stuck in this void of nothing, feeling completely no emotion, feeling nothing. I feel dirty, like there is dirt inside of my head, my mind, I am always dizzy and confused.

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I am stuck in the depths of my mind, where I have to constantly battle my demons, am I here or am I fake? I feel myself slipping away, I hear screams faintly, but I constantly battle away from it. What if I let go… where would I be? Would I ever come back to reality? I try to remember where I originated from, but I can’t. I barely remember my childhood. I often fear being 80 years old, alone, and having faint memories of my parents, everything I missed out on. I think about my father, what a good man he is, how I treat him like dirt because I have this condition, and I can’t take it. 

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He expressed his depersonalization experience:

In January 2011 he allegedly wrote: “I have had VS [visual snow] since september 21st of 2009. Since then I have changed, mainly from the anxiety and sense of derealization and hopelessness.”

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Kohberger has extreme anger issues:

In an interview with ABC News’ “The King Road Killings,”a fellow grad student at Washington State University claims Kohberger was “sometimes rude and condescending,” and capable of becoming angry over “seemingly minor issues like being docked a point or two in class.”

When angry, the grad student alleges that “Kohberger’s face would turn bright red and he clenched his fists until his knuckles were white.”

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He allegedly had obsessive-compulsive disorder:

Bryan Kohberger has autism, OCD and a developmental coordination disorder — and jurors need to know that so they don’t mistake his “piercing stare” and emotionless face as a sign that he’s a cold-blooded killer during his trial for the murders of four University of Idaho students, his lawyers say.

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He said he felt no or little remorse:

The post concluded: “When I get home, I am mean to my family. This started when VS did. I felt no emotion and along with the depersonalization, I can say and do whatever I want with little remorse.”

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The following is not necessarily a sign of demonization, but it is interesting nevertheless that people felt uncomfortable around him:

The grad student claims Kohberger “lacked respect for people’s boundaries,” telling ABC News he allegedly developed a crush on a female in the criminology program and began “repeatedly  asking her out and staring at her.”  This woman allegedly felt so “uncomfortable” that “other students made a point of never leaving them alone together,” says the grad student.

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Again, not necessarily due to demonization, but he has an interest in disturbing content:

In late September, Kohberger, who was a Ph.D. student in criminology from Washington State University, searched terms such as “Sociopathic Traits in College Student” and pornography containing keywords “drugged” and “sleeping,” the outlet said.

In October, he also searched “Can Psychopaths behave prosocially?” and in the days following the murders searched for “University of Idaho Murders,” the outlet reported.

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Kohberger used the illicit drug heroin, a demonic door opener.

He graduated from high school in 2013 but had also begun to use heroin around that time, friends said.

Mr Rich Pasqua, who graduated from high school a few years before Kohberger, said they used heroin together in 2013 and 2014, at a time when they both worked at a pizza shop called New York Pizza Girl, in Effort, Pennsylvania.

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Kohberger researched the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy (who I demonstrated to have been demon possessed) around the time of the 2022 murders, but was also interested in disturbing pornography, which in itself is a demonic door opener:

Investigators covered data from a phone belonging to Bryan Kohberger that includes internet history from the weeks before and after the Idaho killings that show searches on Bundy, according to Dateline…

The data also shows that Kohberger’s phone was allegedly used to search for pornography along with terms like “passed out,” “forced,” “drugged,” and “sleeping” in the weeks around the November 2022 murders, according to the Dateline.

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He referred to himself as a devil in an angsty Rap song he posted online. Sure, it could have been just the typical Rap talk, but was it?

“You are not my equal / You are evil but I’m devil,” the artist muses towards the end of “Rise up instrumental- test,” a track shared on SoundCloud 11 years ago under the username “Exarr.” 

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A recap of his prominent signs of demonization:

• Experiences depersonalization.
• Has an interest in very disturbing content.
• Has crazy thoughts.
• Has delusions of grandeur.
• He is easily angered.
• Felt demons mocking him in his head (voices in the head?).
• Suffers from anxiety.
• Has suicidal thoughts.
• Woke up quickly to bloody screams.
• Suffered from depression.
• Has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
• Feels no remorse.

If you have any of these symptoms and traits, it is most likely due to demonization.

People speculate on his motive for taking the lives of four people. It seems like the evil spirits inside of him were simmering for a long time, which influenced him and led him to commit the horrific crimes. It’s doubtful he knows what’s in him. He chose to yield to the enemy’s lust to shed blood.

Perhaps you are reading this and have many or some of the aforementioned symptoms, and you have gone to several doctors and were put on several medications, but still, it didn’t help much; your issue can be demonic. Even the mere urge or persistent thought to commit murder is likely due to demonization. If this is the case with you, I urge you to turn to the Lord Jesus Christ (you should turn to Christ even if you don’t have any of the symptoms to attain salvation). Give Him a chance and receive prayer for deliverance. What do you have to lose?

I have made similar posts concerning the matter of demons compelling people to commit murder. You may want to read “Demons Behind the Voices and Thoughts of Murder”.

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If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you can receive Him into your heart, and He can deliver you from darkness and sin and have your name written in His Book of Life.

If you are sincere, you can say this simple prayer to the Father (it doesn’t have to be word-for-word):

“God, I recognize that I have not lived my life for You up until now. I have been living for myself and that is wrong. Please forgive me of all of my sins just as I forgive others. I need You in my life; I want You in my life. I acknowledge the completed work of Your only begotten Son Jesus Christ in giving His life for me on the cross, I believe in my heart Jesus is Lord and was raised from the dead and I long to receive the forgiveness you have made freely available to me through this sacrifice. Come into my life now, Lord. Take up residence in my heart and be my king, my Lord, and my Savior. From this day forward, I will no longer be controlled by sin, or the desire to please myself, but I will follow You all the days of my life. Those days are in Your hands. I ask this in the Lord and GOD Jesus’ precious and holy name. Amen.”