Convicted Murderer Karmelo Anthony’s Fundraiser Receives Fresh Round of Donations After 35-Year Murder Sentence

After a Texas jury unanimously convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of first-degree murder and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for the April 2, 2025, stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, donations once again began pouring into the convicted killer’s crowdfunding campaign.

Anthony’s GiveSendGo page, which had already surpassed $629,000 by the time of the guilty verdict, received another $4,000 overnight, with the total still climbing before the campaign was yanked offline.

This is the Karmelo Anthony fundraiser on @GiveSendGo.

RIGHT NOW, after the conviction, people are still donating.

A murderer’s family is being rewarded and that pisses me off. pic.twitter.com/G7XIgo3B5C

— Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) June 9, 2026

The fundraiser, titled “Help Karmelo Official Fund,” was launched shortly after Anthony’s arrest. Its stated purpose went well beyond legal defense.

The page explicitly listed funds for “safe relocation of the Anthony family due to escalating threats,” basic living costs, transportation, counseling, and “other security measures.”

GiveSendGo co-founder Jacob Wells defended hosting the campaign in 2025, telling TMZ that “everyone is innocent until proven guilty.”

@GiveSendGo Part of our rationale for allowing fundraising campaigns for people accused of violent crimes is to uphold two core principles: innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and freedom of speech — which includes the right to support legal defense. (Both biblical…

— GiveSendGo CoFounder Jacob Wells (@jacobawells) May 23, 2026

In a post on X amid the outrage over Anthony’s fundraiser, Wells wrote:

“Part of our rationale for allowing fundraising campaigns for people accused of violent crimes is to uphold two core principles: innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and freedom of speech — which includes the right to support legal defense. (Both biblical values)

Beyond that, it helps expose weaknesses in the justice system and puts pressure on it to operate fairly. Justice should be blind to race and wealth, but those foundational principles have been steadily eroding.

By equalizing the playing field, we shine a light on those discrepancies and help push the system toward real reform.”

By early June, as the trial got underway, the total had climbed past $612,000 and continued rising.

After Tuesday’s sentencing, murder sympathizers kept donating until GiveSendGo removed the page, according to a report from TMZ.

Almost immediately after Anthony made bond last April, the family’s living situation visibly improved.

They moved into a $900,000 home in a gated community, with rent estimated at $3,500–$4,000 per month. Neighbors also reported the family acquiring a new car shortly after the bond release.

BREAKING: GiveSendGo SHUTS DOWN Karmelo Anthony fundraiser following murder conviction pic.twitter.com/ReHrRmsAIx

— I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) June 10, 2026

On Thursday, the GiveSendGo fundraiser was unpublished, presumably due to the conviction.

Wells told journalist Breanna Morello, “We just pulled the current campaign down but are allowing them a new campaign. We want to keep campaigns purpose clear and in alignment to our current TOS. To be clear as long as the fundraiser aligns with a legal cause.”

JUST IN

Karmelo Anthony’s Give Send Go page is GONE.

Give Send Go’s @jacobawells tells me, “We just pulled the current campaign down but are allowing them a new campaign. We want to keep campaigns purpose clear and in alignment to our current TOS. To be clear as long as… pic.twitter.com/WAJHlh0tUy

— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) June 10, 2026

In a formal statement posted to X, GiveSendGo wrote:

Our hearts are with Austin’s family, his twin brother, and everyone grieving a loss that no verdict can undo.

GiveSendGo hosted a fundraiser connected to this case. Hosting a fundraiser has never been an endorsement of a person, their actions, their legal arguments, or their public statements. It is not a declaration of innocence, and it is not a political statement. It is access to lawful fundraising, which we extend across the full spectrum of cases.

This fundraiser was created to support pre-trial needs, and those funds were disbursed over the past year for lawful purposes including legal defense and family relocation. With that stated purpose now complete, the fundraiser has been closed. Our policy is that a fundraiser’s stated purpose stays accurate, so givers always know what they are supporting.

Our prayer is for Austin Metcalf’s family, for all those affected, and for justice, mercy, and peace in our community.

“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
MICAH 6:8

The Gateway Pundit has reached out to Wells for comment and will update this article if one is provided.

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