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Oh, So That's What Happened to the Karmelo Anthony's Crowdfunding Page

Matt Vespa
Matt Vespa  |  June 11, 2026 7:15 AM

In 2025, at Memorial High School in Frisco, Texas, Karmelo Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf, who later died from his injuries. It was murder. Anthony has been convicted of the crime and received a 35-year prison sentence. He could be eligible for parole in 17.5 years. During the legal circus, a crowdfunding page has accumulated over a million dollars, which the family spent on new items, cars, and a house. Well, that gravy train is over.

The page is gone. Kaput. After his murder conviction, GiveSendGo confirmed that they shut the page down (via NY Post):

A controversial online fundraiser for Karmelo Anthony has been shut down after his family raised some $630,000 for legal and living expenses now that he was convicted of murder — but his family may still be able to set up a new one.

The GiveSendGo went offline Wednesday afternoon, a day after 19-year-old Anthony was convicted in a Texas courtroom of killing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at an April 2025 high school track meet.

GiveSendGo – a crowd sourcing platform that differs from GoFundMe in that it allows fundraisers for criminal cases – confirmed the fundraiser closure in a statement to The Post.

“The fundraiser was supported to support pre-trial needs, and those funds were disbursed over the last year,” the statement read. “With that stated purpose complete, the fundraiser has been closed.”

That statement indicated the Anthony family still pocketed more than half a million dollars during the explosive murder case.

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It remains unclear if Anthony and his family will receive that cash, as GiveSendGo typically makes fundraiser payouts three days after a donation is made.

Anthony should be incarcerated for life without the possibility of parole. If he were older, I’d support the death penalty.

For now, Anthony’s family is filing to appeal the verdict.