{"id":86091,"date":"2026-09-04T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86091"},"modified":"2026-09-04T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:58:10","slug":"former-nfl-player-dead-after-final-social-media-post-claiming-demonic-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/former-nfl-player-dead-after-final-social-media-post-claiming-demonic-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Player Dead After Final Social Media Post Claiming Demonic Possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1200\/675\/alphonso-smith-interception-detroit-lions-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Alphonso Smith #27 scores after intercepting a pass during a Lions-Vikings game.\" width=\"261\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former NFL cornerback Alphonso Smith Jr. was found dead in a Florida community on Wednesday mere hours after he is believed to have authored a self-loathing and lamentable post on social media that suggested he was a victim of child abuse and demonic possession.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Whatever the manner in which Smith died, it is clear his final\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Alphonso%20Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a> was a cry requiring help.\u00a0&#8220;Do not cry for me! I tried everything in my power to fight the demons behind the ones that someone put into ME!,&#8221; Smith wrote.\u00a0&#8220;I did not want to be that WAY! I know I have disappointed so many folks. This is a DEMON in me! But not only me! It&#8217;s EVERYONE! I have HURT so many! I needed help &amp; did not get it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: Former NFL cornerback Alphonso Smith Jr. was found dead in a Florida community on Wednesday mere hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86092,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86091\/revisions\/86092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}