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Karmelo Anthony Alone in Jail After Quick Murder Conviction | Crime Alert 06.11.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silvanni.
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  Speaker 1: Nineteen year old Carmelo Anthony is now being housed in
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  Speaker 1: strict isolation, entirely separated from the general inmate population at
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  Speaker 1: the Collin County Jail. This major development comes immediately following
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  Speaker 1: his conviction in subsequent thirty five year prison sentencing on
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday for the brutal murder of seventeen year old Austin
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  Speaker 1: metcalf A. Representative for the Colin County Sheriff's Office Detention
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  Speaker 1: Facility confirm that Anthony is indeed separated from the general population,
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  Speaker 1: stating explicitly that jailers are focused on ensuring the safety
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  Speaker 1: and security of all inmates. However, the representative declined to
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  Speaker 1: comment on the specific underlying reasons why Anthony requires isolated
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  Speaker 1: housing at this time. He will ultimately be transferred to
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  Speaker 1: a Texas state prison to serve out his multi decade sentence,
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  Speaker 1: though officials have not yet provided an exact timeline for
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  Speaker 1: that transfer from county lock up. A jury in McKinney, Texas,
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  Speaker 1: required just three hours of deliberation to return a guilty verdict.
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  Speaker 1: The tragedy unfolded in April of twenty twenty five, when
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  Speaker 1: Anthony walked into a rival high school's tent during a
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  Speaker 1: track meet, sparking an altercation that culminated in the fatal
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  Speaker 1: stabbing of Metcalf. Colin County Chief Medical Examiner doctor Elizabeth
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  Speaker 1: Ventura provided emotional and graphic testimony during the trial, describing
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  Speaker 1: how the sheer force of the knife attack left a large,
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  Speaker 1: gaping wound that directly pierced Metcalf's heart. Anthony's defense team
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  Speaker 1: argued that the teenager acted in self defense during the altercation. However,
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  Speaker 1: prosecutors shattered that narrative by highlighting that the victim, Austin Metcalf,
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  Speaker 1: was completely unarmed while Anthony brought a knife into the confrontation.
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  Speaker 1: Although Anthony was only seventeen years old at the time
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  Speaker 1: of the killing, Texas law permitted prosecutors to try him
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  Speaker 1: as an adult. Though Judge Roach allowed the jury the
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  Speaker 1: option to consider a lesser charge of manslaughter, which would
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  Speaker 1: have capped the sentence at twenty years, the jury rejected it,
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  Speaker 1: aligning with the prosecution's pursuit of a full murder conviction.
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  Speaker 1: His youth did protect him from facing the death penalty
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  Speaker 1: under the law, secutors pushed hard for a severe sentence.
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  Speaker 1: Following the sentencing, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis held
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  Speaker 1: a press conference to express gratitude toward the community, specifically
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  Speaker 1: praising the young people who stepped forward to testify.
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  Speaker 2: We thank all the parents and their brave kids who
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  Speaker 2: did the right thing. Despite the trauma of witnessing the
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  Speaker 2: senseless murder at a school track meet, they cooperated fully
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  Speaker 2: and testified truthfully. Their courage was essential to securing justice
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  Speaker 2: in this case.
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  Speaker 1: District Attorney Willis made it clear that without the immense
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  Speaker 1: bravery of those student witnesses, securing a murder conviction would
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  Speaker 1: have been an uphill battle. He extended his thoughts to
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  Speaker 1: the victim's family before delivering a stark warning to anyone
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  Speaker 1: bringing violence into local schools.
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  Speaker 2: This verdict sends a clear message violence like this won't
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  Speaker 2: be tolerated in our Collin County community, and we remain
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  Speaker 2: committed to protecting our schools and standing with victims and
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  Speaker 2: their families.
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  Speaker 1: Following those powerful statements from the prosecution, Anthony awaits his
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  Speaker 1: permanent prisoness assignment in total isolation. More crime and justice
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  Speaker 1: news after this. Next we turn to Arizona, where a
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  Speaker 1: massive manhunt is underway, prompting authorities to clarify rumor surrounding
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  Speaker 1: a separate, high profile disappearance. The PMA County Sheriff's Department
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  Speaker 1: is urgently requesting the public's assistance and tracking down forty
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  Speaker 1: year old Coral Michelle Smith. Smith is actively wanted in
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  Speaker 1: connection with a violent kidnapping and assault incident that took
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  Speaker 1: place on May twenty ninth, near the intersection of the
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  Speaker 1: Chola Boulevard and River Road in Tucson. According to the
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  Speaker 1: county's Crime Stoppers Affiliate eighty eight Crime, the underlying incident
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  Speaker 1: involved a terrifying assault with a deadly weapon. Investigators state
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  Speaker 1: that Smith allegedly abducted and assaulted an unnamed female victim
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  Speaker 1: near the fifty four hundred block of North San Joaquin,
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  Speaker 1: an isolated dirt road characterized by small residential homes and
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  Speaker 1: a horse barn. While that female victim has fortunately been
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  Speaker 1: located safely by law enforcement, Smith remains at large. Because
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  Speaker 1: of the location of the assault, Speculation rapidly spread online
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  Speaker 1: linking Smith to another major investigation. The site of Smith's
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  Speaker 1: alleged crime sits just six point eight miles about a
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  Speaker 1: fifteen minute drive west from the home of eighty four
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  Speaker 1: year old Nancy Guthrie, who mysteriously vanished earlier this year
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  Speaker 1: on February first. However, a spokesperson for the p Mac
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  Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Department firmly put those rumors to rest Wednesday morning,
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  Speaker 1: confirming to local outlets that this case is completely unconnected
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  Speaker 1: to the ongoing Guthrie investigation. No suspects have been publicly
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  Speaker 1: identified in Guthrie's suspected abduction, though authorities continue to search
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  Speaker 1: for an average built man standing between five feet nine
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  Speaker 1: and five feet ten inches tall who was captured on
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  Speaker 1: Guthrie's front doorstep via nest camera video. The Guthrie family
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  Speaker 1: continues to plead for answers, offering a combined reward of
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  Speaker 1: more than one point two million dollars for information, directing
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  Speaker 1: tips to one eight hundred call FBI. Meanwhile, the search
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  Speaker 1: for Coral Michelle Smith intensifies. Local reports indicate that Smith
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  Speaker 1: utilizes multiple aliases, including Coral Albright and under the See Smith,
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  Speaker 1: and has served multiple prior stints in prison. Her extensive
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  Speaker 1: criminal record includes a twenty twenty kidnapping charge that was
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  Speaker 1: ultimately dismissed, though she was convicted of residential robbery in
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  Speaker 1: that same case, which involved a victim under the age
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  Speaker 1: of fifteen. Authorities describe Smith as five feet six inches tall,
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  Speaker 1: weighing approximately one hundred and thirty six pounds, with blonde
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  Speaker 1: hair and blue eyes. She is highly recognizable by several
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  Speaker 1: distinct tattoos, including a smiley face and a heart on
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  Speaker 1: her right ankle, a burning rose with flames on her
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  Speaker 1: right foot, and the phrase love Life Family inked on
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  Speaker 1: her left leg. Law enforcement warns the public absolutely not
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  Speaker 1: to approach or attempt to detain Smith if spotted, but
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  Speaker 1: to call nine one one immediately. A one thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: reward is being offered for information leading to her arrest
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  Speaker 1: through Tucson's eighty eight Crime Hotline at one five two
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  Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news. Be sure to tune
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  Speaker 1: in tomorrow on your favorite podcast app with this crime alert.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sidney Silvanni.