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Donors Give $629K After Karmelo Anthony’s 35-Year Sentence Confirmation

6/11/2026

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Donors poured more than $629,000 into a GiveSendGo campaign for Karmelo Anthony after his 35-year murder sentence was confirmed.
A Collin County jury rejected the “sudden passion” defense, imposing the maximum 35-year term for the first-degree murder of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco, Texas track meet.
Anthony was placed in a secure isolation unit at the Collin County jail, separate from the general inmate population.

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Donors poured more than $629,000 into a GiveSendGo campaign for Karmelo Anthony after his 35-year murder sentence was confirmed.
A Collin County jury rejected the “sudden passion” defense, imposing the maximum 35-year term for the first-degree murder of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco, Texas track meet.
Anthony was placed in a secure isolation unit at the Collin County jail, separate from the general inmate population.