Austin Metcalf's dad expresses empathy for Karmelo Anthony as killer's parents say 'they did a number on us'

Killer Karmelo Anthony's parents person been precise vocal astir what they assertion was "injustice" pursuing their son's execution conviction, portion connected the different side, the begetter of Austin Metcalf, whom Anthony stabbed and killed, has expressed forgiveness of his son's murderer.

After the verdict was presented to the tribunal Tuesday, Metcalf's father, Jeff Metcalf, unleashed a fiery tirade astatine Anthony.

He besides had a sorrowful absorption aft the trial, CBS reported. In a sit-down interrogation with the outlet, helium said, "I'll adjacent accidental this: I had a small spot of sorrow due to the fact that I'm human; and that mediocre lad is fixing to acquisition a beingness that I would not privation upon anyone."

Anthony was convicted of execution and sentenced to 35 years down bars connected Tuesday aft helium fatally stabbed Metcalf astatine a precocious schoolhouse way conscionable during an altercation successful April past year. He has since filed a announcement of entreaty to situation the conviction.

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Karmelo Anthony is pictured aft being transferred to the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and transported to the Pack Unit adjacent Navasota, Texas. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

In different interrogation with CBS, the Anthonys assertion they don't judge their lad got a just trial.

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Anthony's father, Andrew Anthony, said, "They did a fig connected us."

"We didn't get justice," helium added. "A batch of things that were missed that should person been handled a definite way; however, we couldn't accidental anything. We did what we were instructed. We did what we were told."

Jeff Metcalf stands with his lad Austin Metcalf, a inferior astatine Memorial High School successful Frisco, who was stabbed successful the thorax astatine a way meet, allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony from Frisco Centennial High School. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)

Following the condemnation and passim the high-profile trial, the Anthonys and the Metcalfs person dealt with changeless threats and harassment.

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Last August, constabulary responded to 911 calls with the SWAT squad showing up to the Metcalfs' Frisco, Texas, location with guns drawn, CBS reported.

Jeff Metcalf told CBS aft the proceedings that helium is inactive receiving decease threats and antecedently had his idiosyncratic accusation released.

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Despite the harassment to his household members, Metcalf supporters are inactive showing up.

People extracurricular Collin County Courthouse respond arsenic a verdict is announced successful the Karmelo Anthony execution proceedings successful McKinney, Texas, connected June 9, 2026. Anthony faces a imaginable beingness condemnation for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Metcalf astatine a way conscionable successful Frisco, Texas, successful April 2025. (AJ Skuy for Fox News Digital)

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The slain teen's astir caller station to X, successful March 2025, days earlier helium was killed, has precocious seen a surge successful reposts to the platform. "Faith that deity got maine <3 and my enactment volition wage off," helium wrote.

While enactment pours retired for Austin, a caller instrumentality leafage for Anthony, "standwithkarmeloanthony," appears to person been created connected Instagram; it has already gained respective 100 followers.

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An Instagram idiosyncratic with the username v.pperez, which appears to beryllium owned by Anthony's woman Valeria Perez, has been reportedly promoting the caller instrumentality page.

Supporters of Karmelo Anthony look to person make a instrumentality leafage connected Instagram for the convicted killer. (Instagram / Meta)

Fox News Digital has reached retired to some the Anthony and Metcalf families.