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Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Staggering sum family of teen 'killer' Karmelo Anthony has received from strangers...and they still want more
More than half a million dollars have been donated online to help confessed teen killer Karmelo Anthony, who is charged with stabbing and killing Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Texas. Through an online platform called GiveSendGo, supporters of the murder suspect have raised $533,452 as of Tuesday. However, Anthony's embattled family is still hoping to get even more money, raising the goal threshold several times to its current amount of $600,000. Donations- most ranging from $20 to $100- have poured in from come across the country as the case has garnered national attention, becoming a flashpoint about race and privilege. At an April 2 high school track meet in Frisco, a wealthy Dallas suburb, Anthony and Metcalf argued because Anthony was sitting under the team tent of a school he didn't attend. Then a student at Centennial High School, Anthony seated himself under the tent for Memorial High School athletes who left their personal belongings, like money and phones, under the tent for security while the students participated in events. Metcalf, 17, a Memorial High junior, asked Anthony to leave. The confrontation escalated until Anthony pulled out a knife and drove it through Metcalf's chest, leaving the teen to bleed out in his twin brother's arms. The 18-year-old confessed to killing Metcalf, telling arresting officers 'I'm not alleged. I did it,' although now he is claiming self defense. The finances of the Anthony family have been under public scrutiny since the teen's dad claimed to be struggling financially at an April 15 bond hearing, where they asked a judge to reduce the $1 million bail to $250,000 so they could get the then 17-year-old out of jail. At the time, Anthony's parents claimed they have not received any of the money that had been raised for them online, and that the funds had been earmarked for their son's legal defense, not to pay the bond. However, as exclusively reported, the mom, dad mom, Anthony and several younger siblings were living behind the luxury of a gated community in a $900,000 home in Frisco while crying poor to the court. The online fundraiser now says, the money will be used for several purposes. 'While legal defense is a critical part of this journey, we want to make it clear that this fund is not solely dedicated to legal expenses,' Anthony's mom, Kala Hayes, who administers the account posted. 'The funds raised will also support a range of urgent and necessary needs that have emerged as a result of this situation, including — but not limited to — the safe relocation of the Anthony family due to escalating threats to their safety and well-being, as well as basic living costs, transportation, counseling, and other security measures.' After being freed from jail. Anthony returned to his gated community, but his spokesman later claimed he had to be relocated due to racist threats on his life. Anthony's family (pictured) said they were forced to move to a new home in an 'undisclosed location' due to threats they have received In a controversial decision, the school district allowed the first-degree murder suspect to get his high school diploma, but not to take part in the Centennial High graduation ceremony last week, DailyMail broke the news. The teen has been checking in with court officials via telephone, as part of his house arrest conditions, public records show. He has left the gated community is now staying at an undisclosed location. Meanwhile, a GoFundMe account for Metcalf has raised even more money than Anthony's. $558,789 has been donated by over 12,000 people for the slain boy's family.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Teen 'killer' Karmelo Anthony allowed to GRADUATE from high school while on bail for brutal stabbing
An alleged teen killer accused of stabbing a sporting rival in cold blood has been thrown another bone after being granted bail. Karmelo Anthony has now been told he can graduate from high school, Daily Mail can reveal. Frisco Independent School District's about-face, deciding Anthony, 17, can graduate from Centennial High School despite his first-degree murder charge, was confirmed by his adviser and spokesman Dominque Alexander to The reversal is likely to be controversial. The murder case has become a flashpoint about race and privilege, garnering national attention. Anthony is accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf, 17, in the chest after the Memorial High School student confronted Anthony about sitting under the Memorial team tent at a track meet in Frisco, Texas on April 2. Metcalf bleed out in his twin brother's arms. Meanwhile, Anthony, who initially fled the track meet after the stabbing, later told arresting officers "I did it," when he was taken into custody. Now, he is claiming self defense. The confrontation between Anthony and Metcalf stemmed from Anthony sitting under the team tent of a school he did not belong to. When Metcalf, who attended Memorial High School. asked Anthony to move, the murder suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed Metcalf in the chest 'We are in arrangements of doing an early gradation,' Alexander confirmed. 'They have agreed to allow him to graduate.' However, Frisco ISD had initially expelled Anthony, according to Alexander, after outrage over Metcalf's killing spread like wildfire in the upscale community where both teens attended different schools. 'They were literally trying to expel him— period,' Alexander explained. An expulsion would have automatically meant he would not graduate. Alexander and the teen's parents held what turned out to be an dramatic press conference April 17, where Metcalf's father showed up uninvited and was escorted out by police officers. During the media availability, the Anthonys claimed they were victims of racist death threats and complained Anthony would not be able to complete his high school education. Hours after that press conference, Alexander says the school district sent word that the embattled teen and former football and track star would be allowed to graduate. However, he will not be able to participate in the May 22 graduation ceremony or walk the stage. 'We're not asking for accommodations. We're not asking for him to be part of any activities or anything,' Anthony's fixer said. Anthony's family claimed they were experiencing financial hardship in order to talk a judge into lowering his bond so the 17-year-old could be released from jail in April He went on to claim that Anthony had a 3.7 GPA at the time of the April 2 murder, high enough grades that he could still graduate even without completing any more school work. Frisco ISD declined to comment, citing 'student privacy laws.' However, the move is likely to anger many in the community. Outrage spread after the teen's bond was lowered from $1 million to $250,000, securing Anthony's release from jail. During the bond hearing, Anthony's father testified about their financial hardship since he son became a murder suspect. exclusively reported on the $900,000 home in a gated community the Anthony's were renting while claiming to be poor. 'Not good. Not good. I don't think he should be out. I don't understand why he had a knife? My kids were in track. Your tents, for you school, you don't sit under another school's tent. That is NOT done because everyone leaves their stuff there while they're out on events,' one neighbor told 'Why would you stab someone? And now he's a few doors down. It's very scary. Like could he rob houses? I don't know.' More than half a million dollars have now been donated in support of Karmelo Anthony, a Texas teen accused of stabbing and killing another teen when he was asked to leave a tent he didn't belong in Austin's twin brother Hunter held him in his arms and tried to stop the bleeding after the stabbing April 2 The neighbors told DM they didn't want Anthony living in their exclusive enclave. 'The best thing they can do is move,' another neighbor added. 'I think that would be best for everyone.' Anthony, who is under house arrest, eventually did leave the house in the gated community, claiming that his address had been leaked online and he was no longer safe there. He's now serving out the rest of his house arrest at an undisclosed location. However, the murder suspect enjoys a great deal of support, with a online fundraiser set by his mom collecting over half a million dollars so far. As of Monday afternoon, $528,382 had been donated to the family on the GiveSendGo platform. Memorial High school, where Metcalf would have been graduating from if he were still alive, is scheduled to hold its ceremony May 23.
