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Karmelo Anthony reportedly texted his girlfriend that he wanted to stab someone and lick the blood off the blade just hours before he killed Austin Metcalf. "I'm lowkey on the verge," he reportedly said in a text to his girlfriend with a photo of a knife. "There is a...

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BREAKING: New details emerge in the Karmelo Anthony case as he seeks a new trial for murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. Fox News reports that Anthony, sentenced to 35 years in June after being convicted of stabbing Austin to death at a track meet in April 2025, is pushing for a retrial. A Texas judge is reviewing the request, with a Monday deadline. The original judge was recused over impartiality concerns. Austin’s father, Jeff Metcalf, isn’t backing down: “If he gets one, great. The facts are still the same. We had 35 witnesses, if we have to call 35 we will. He brought a knife to a track meet, not supposed to, went to a tent where he did not belong, harassed a lady about 15 times, got pushed in the shoulder and immediately stabbed somebody in the chest and killed my son. No matter what judge is presiding or what lawyer is presenting the case, the facts are the facts.” Now the real story is coming out. Prosecutors say Anthony was spiraling that day. His girlfriend had just broken up with him that morning. She told an assistant principal he was stalking her. Hours before the track meet, Anthony texted someone: “I’m low key on the verge.” He had a documented history of fighting, enough that his parents sent him to a special program at LSU for kids who “cannot keep their hands to themselves.” He was also obsessed with knives and guns and had fantasized about stabbing someone. Investigators found a text where he wrote: “when I stab somebody I am going to lick the blood off the blade.” None of this was presented to the jury. Both the prosecution and defense had a “gentleman’s agreement” to keep character evidence out and focus only on what happened under the tent. The defense is now claiming this agreement effectively pressured Anthony not to testify, because prosecutors allegedly told him that if he took the stand the character evidence would come in. The lead prosecutor says both Anthony and his original attorneys fully agreed to the deal, and only complained after they lost. The defense also wants to drag in an old incident from Austin’s sixth-grade years involving racist graffiti. Legal analysts point out that has almost no relevance unless they can prove Anthony somehow knew about it and it affected his state of mind that day. The damning texts and history about Anthony, by contrast, go directly to motive, intent, and whether this was self-defense or a calculated killing. Bottom line: Karmelo Anthony brought a knife to a high school track meet, escalated a confrontation, and stabbed a 17-year-old boy in the chest. The new details only make his actions look worse, not better. The facts have not changed. Justice for Austin Metcalf should not be re-litigated because the defense now regrets the deal they made.

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