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Trial date set for Karmelo Anthony in Frisco track meet stabbing case

Kayla Hayes, Karmelo Anthony's mother, said her family has received death threats over the online backlash against her teeange son, who's accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.C
Caroline Love
Kayla Hayes, Karmelo Anthony's mother, said her family has received death threats over the online backlash against her teeange son, who's accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.C

The murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, accused of fatally stabbing fellow Frisco student Austin Metcalf, is set to begin on June 1, 2026.

Anthony, who was a 17-year-old student at Centennial High School in Frisco at the time, is accused of stabbing Metcalf, a 17-year-old student at Frisco鈥檚 Memorial High school, at a track and field meet at Kuykendall Stadium in April. According to an arrest report obtained by 四虎影院, Anthony confessed to stabbing Metcalf, responding 鈥淚鈥檓 not alleged, I did it鈥 when the arresting officer referred to him as the alleged suspect. Anthony said he acted in self-defense.

The stabbing has received national attention online. Many posts on social media have racist undertones. Anthony is Black and Metcalf was white.