Karmelo Anthony Housed in Isolation for His Own Safety

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We’re told the jail is taking appropriate steps to ensure the safety and security of all inmates in the facility … but the rep declined to comment on why Anthony specifically is being kept in isolation.

As you know … Anthony was found guilty of fatally stabbing fellow teenager Austin Metcalf at a 2025 high school track meet in Frisco, Texas. Anthony walked into the tent of a rival high school at the meet and got into an altercation with Metcalf — which ended with Anthony pulling a knife from his bag and fatally stabbing Metcalf.

Anthony’s lawyers argued he killed Metcalf in self-defense, but the jury didn’t agree. Shortly after the conviction, Anthony was sentenced to 35 years … and he took a new mug shot at the jail.

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