Missouri Woman Indicted on 3 Threat Charges After Austin Metcalf Killer Got 35 Years
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 19
Missouri Woman Indicted on 3 Threat Charges After Austin Metcalf Killer Got 35 Years
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 19
Summary
Sharifa Nicole Henderson, 34, was federally indicted in Texas on three counts of interstate threatening communications after prosecutors said she threatened Austin Metcalf’s family in the days after Karmelo Anthony’s June 9 murder conviction.
June 10-11 messages and a call cited in the indictment allegedly included vows to kill family members, put them in a body bag, and "hunt" them forever; Henderson was arrested in Kansas City on Sept. 11.
Each charge carries up to five years in prison, and Austin’s father Jeff Metcalf recently said the family has received more than 100 threats since Anthony’s trial ended.
Anthony, 19, was convicted of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet on April 2, 2025, and was sentenced to 35 years; a judge denied his new-trial motion last month.
The case drew national attention and racial tensions around the trial, while newly released surveillance video showed Anthony fleeing immediately after the stabbing.