Karmelo Anthony, the accused in fatal stabbing of fellow student Austin Metcalf, has been moved to an “undisclosed location” to ensure his safety, after the 17-year-old reportedly received death threats while under house arrest.
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The Anthony family said in a press release they were “gravely concerned,” after there was an “alarming increase” in threats and harassment over the weekend, Fox4 reported.
According to representatives, people have been “loitering outside” the family’s home, mailing them Metcalf’s obituary and making “false food deliveries.”
Since Anthony’s release from jail on a $250,000 bond, reduced from $1 million, Karmelo and his family have been holed up in a Frisco house they purchased with the money raised for his legal fight.
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Police have charged the teenager with murder in the death of Metcalf, also 17. The latter was stabbed and killed at a track meet on April 2.
According to Next Generation Action Network (NGAN), a civil and human rights organization in north Texas, another reason behind moving Anthony to an unknown place was a recent rally in Frisco.
His family chose NGAN to assist them through this process.
The promotional fliers posted on social media for the rally had messages such as “Protect White Americans”, “Justice for Austin Metcalf”, “Demand Karmelo Anthony be put back in prison until trial”, “Stop black violence on white Americans”, and “Peaceful Protest.”
The programme was held at the parking lot of the local Kuykendall Stadium, at 11 am on Saturday. As per the Frisco Police Department, two people were arrested during the event.
