it off as he continues his journey of healing. … If you have children and if it was your child who was murdered, would you like people dragging his name through the mud, making memes, making jokes, and just really vile comments? ...This is day one of a long healing process. Because honestly, it's been impossible to start healing until this trial was complete, Jeff Metcalf said. You can't hurt me, he said. Good will always overcome evil. I believe that. They want our family dead In an interview, Karmelo Anthony's mother and father opened up about the continued threats of violence that they've received since their son was sent to prison. People want us dead, Andrew Anthony, Karmelo's father, said. After they still got what they wanted... they still want us dead. I go look at my phone, people want us dead. They want our family dead. The Anthony family believes their son's trial was unfair from the start and says the court of public opinion had made up its mind about Karmelo Anthony long before this trial began. They filed for an appeal.