Austin Metcalf's family is receiving death threats after Karmelo

Austin Metcalf‘s family is getting inundated with dozens of death threats and other hateful messages following Karmelo Anthony‘s murder conviction … TMZ has learned.

Sources connected to the trial tell TMZ … the Metcalf family has been receiving death threats since Anthony was arrested for fatally stabbing Austin in April 2025 … but after Tuesday’s guilty verdict, the family was flooded with dozens of hateful messages across social media and text messages to their personal phones.

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TMZ obtained one of the hostile messages, which you can see above. Someone told the family Austin’s twin brother, Hunter, should have died and that Austin “f***ed around and found out.”

TMZ has also learned that people are threatening to show up to Metcalf family homes, taunting them by saying they’re soiling Austin’s grave.

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We’re told police are aware of these threats.

As we reported, a jury found Anthony guilty of murder after he fatally stabbed Austin at an April 2025 high school track meet. He was swiftly hit with a 35-year prison sentence, which his legal team plans to appeal.

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Anthony is being held in isolation at the Collin County Jail as he awaits his transfer to a state prison, and his massive GiveSendGo fundraiser has been shut down.

Source: TMZ

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