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Karmelo Anthony family seeks $250,000 for murder appeal while questions about prior $634,000 campaign go unanswered

9/7/2026

Nearly two weeks after a judge denied a motion for a new trial, Karmelo Anthony's family held a news conference in Dallas to announce a new $250,000 fundraising campaign to fund his murder conviction appeal.

Attorney Russell Wilson is identified as the fund's administrator, with donations flowing into a trust account that Anthony's family will not control or receive.

The page showed $30,194 raised when Fox News Digital reviewed it, as the prior campaign that collected $633,908 before being pulled from public view remains unexplained.

Anthony, 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in June after a jury convicted him of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas.

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