Texas Parole Supervisor Fired Over Facebook Posts About Karmelo Anthony Murder Case

A Texas parole supervisor was terminated after posting comments on Facebook that expressed indifference to the family of Austin Metcalf and celebrated the outcome of the Karmelo Anthony murder trial. Donna Murray Robinson, 35, who identified herself as a parole supervisor with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, made the posts on her now-deleted account after Anthony was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

Robinson wrote that she did not care about the Metcalf family’s loss.

She also stated it was time for “these fkng bigots” to feel pain and added she was glad “we didn’t have to bury another black child,” according to screenshots reported by the Dallas Morning News. The posts further said Anthony would be “protected” in prison by fellow inmates. Robinson did not respond to requests for comment from the Morning News or the Daily Mail.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed her termination in a statement. The department said the statements were incompatible with TDCJ policy and values and demonstrated bias and a lack of impartiality essential to the fair administration of justice in Texas.

The department added that discriminatory or inflammatory conduct that erodes public confidence in the criminal justice system will not be tolerated.

Karmelo Anthony, then 17 and a student-athlete at Frisco Centennial High School, stabbed and killed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School in Frisco, during a track meet at David Kuykendall Stadium in April 2025. The confrontation occurred when Anthony sat in Metcalf’s team tent during a rain delay.

Metcalf told him to leave, Anthony refused and warned “Touch me and find out,” witnesses said.