Newly disclosed photographs and private messages are offering a disturbing look at Karmelo Anthony’s behavior before he fatally stabbed Texas teenager Austin Metcalf—a trove of evidence jurors never saw during Anthony’s murder trial.

The material reportedly includes photographs of Anthony holding firearms, videos involving weapons and messages filled with racist, homophobic and violent language.

Other exchanges allegedly refer to bringing a gun and knife to school, breaking into a neighbor’s home and feeling close to an emotional breaking point.

Prosecutors knew about the evidence but agreed not to present it at trial as part of an arrangement with Anthony’s defense attorneys, according to the supplied report.

In return, the defense did not introduce evidence involving Metcalf’s juvenile history—including graffiti that a prosecutor described as containing “vile racist stuff.”

Anthony was ultimately convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison. His attempt to obtain a new trial was later rejected by a Texas judge, although he continues to appeal his conviction.

Images Show Teenager Holding Firearms

The newly reported 75-page dossier contains several images allegedly taken before Metcalf’s killing at a high-school track meet in Frisco.

One screenshot reportedly comes from a video Anthony recorded in November 2024, approximately five months before the fatal confrontation. It appears to show him holding a handgun.

Another image, dated May 2024, depicts the then-16-year-old holding what appears to be an AK-47-style rifle alongside three other teenagers.

A third video allegedly shows Anthony pointing a gun toward a residence in January 2025 and then running away. The identity of the homeowner and the circumstances surrounding that recording remain unclear.

The material does not establish that any of the pictured weapons was used to kill Metcalf. The fatal stabbing involved a knife.

Nevertheless, prosecutors have argued that Anthony’s apparent fascination with guns, knives and violence formed part of an alarming pattern in the months preceding the killing.

Messages Filled With Racist and Homophobic Language

The dossier also reportedly contains private conversations between Anthony and his girlfriend, Valeria Perez.

Messages sent shortly before the stabbing included racist attacks against Black people and Black women—even though Anthony himself is Black.

Rather than reproduce the most offensive language in full, the messages can be summarized as expressing hatred toward members of his own racial community and, in one instance, saying they deserved to die.

An earlier exchange from 2021 reportedly contained homophobic attacks against gay people and an insult directed at then-President Joe Biden.

The reported texts do not excuse, explain or prove the motive for Metcalf’s killing. They do, however, contradict any simplified portrait of the stabbing as an isolated moment entirely disconnected from Anthony’s previous language and conduct.

Other messages allegedly hinted at possible criminal activity.

In October 2024, Anthony reportedly told Perez that he might go to jail after claiming that he had entered a neighbor’s home and stolen a watch. The following month, he allegedly boasted about taking a gun and knife to school.

The supplied report does not indicate that he was charged over those specific claims.

Prosecutor Said Anthony Was “Spiraling”

During a hearing connected to Anthony’s effort to obtain a new trial, Collin County Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye described additional information prosecutors had gathered.

Wirskye said Perez approached an assistant principal on the day Metcalf was killed and reported that Anthony had been stalking her after their relationship ended.

According to the prosecutor, she also described Anthony as obsessed with fighting, firearms and knives.

Anthony allegedly sent his former girlfriend a photograph of a knife and wrote that he was “on the verge.”

“He was spiraling,” Wirskye told the court.

Only hours later, Anthony stabbed Metcalf during a confrontation beneath a tent at the track meet.

Anthony’s defense at trial argued that he acted in self-defense. The jury rejected that account and convicted him of murder.

Why the Jury Never Saw the Material

The decision to withhold the dossier was reportedly part of what prosecutors called a “gentleman’s agreement.”

Prosecutors avoided introducing Anthony’s weapon images, private messages and alleged earlier conduct. Defense lawyers, meanwhile, agreed not to present details from Metcalf’s juvenile record.

Such agreements may be used to prevent trials from becoming consumed by inflammatory material about either the defendant or victim that could distract jurors from the charged offense.

The reported evidence might have influenced how jurors viewed Anthony, but it was not necessary to secure his conviction.

Because it was never formally presented during the murder trial, individual claims within the dossier were not all tested before the jury.

Family Seeks Money for Appeal

After a judge denied Anthony’s request for a new trial, his family reportedly asked supporters to contribute approximately $250,000 toward his continuing appeal.

The newly public material is certain to intensify scrutiny surrounding that fundraising effort.

For Metcalf’s family, however, the documents reopen the painful months leading to the teenager’s death.

They show a convicted killer allegedly surrounding himself with weapons, directing hatred toward multiple groups and warning that he was approaching a breaking point.

Jurors never saw that portrait.

Now the public has—and the evidence raises a haunting question about how many warning signs appeared before a high-school track meet ended in irreversible tragedy.