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Missouri woman indicted for threatening to kill Austin Metcalf’s dad at end of Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial

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Morrison, E. (2026, September 19). Missouri woman indicted for threatening to kill Austin Metcalf’s dad at end of Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/18/us-news/missouri-woman-indicted-for-threatening-to-kill-austin-metcalfs-dad-at-end-of-karmelo-anthonys-murder-trial/

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Sharifa Nicole Henderson, 34, a Missouri woman, was indicted by a federal grand jury for sending violent threats to Austin Metcalf’s father via Facebook Messenger after Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial concluded. Henderson allegedly threatened to kill Jeff Metcalf and his family multiple times between June 9 and June 11, promising actions like putting him in a body bag and hunting him down until she killed him. Investigators linked the threats through phone records and social media activity. Henderson faces three counts of interstate threatening communications and could receive up to five years in prison if convicted.

Written by AI on 2026-09-19, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Sharifa Nicole Henderson, a 34-year-old woman from Missouri, was federally indicted for sending death threats against the family of murdered teenager Austin Metcalf in June 2026. The threats were made around the time Karmelo Anthony, who killed Austin by stabbing him at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025, was found guilty and his trial concluded. Henderson allegedly sent multiple threatening messages via Facebook Messenger to Metcalf’s family, promising to kill them and put them "in a body bag." On June 11, she messaged Jeff Metcalf, Austin's father, saying, “Don't worry I'll kill you next,” and adding that she would hunt him forever until she killed him. Henderson was arrested on September 11 in Kansas City and indicted on three counts of interstate threatening communications by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas.

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A Missouri woman was indicted on federal charges for threatening to kill Austin Metcalf’s father around the time Karmelo Anthony — the teen’s killer — was found guilty, according to a new report. uncertain

Anthony → indict → report

Sharifa Nicole Henderson, 34, allegedly sent “violent and vulgar threats” to Jeff Metcalf, the slain high school football’s dad, as Anthony’s trial wrapped up in Collin County, Texas, CBS News reported. uncertain

News → send → County

Henderson is accused of first contacting “a member of a crime victim’s family” through Facebook Messenger on or about June 9, where she allegedly threatened to kill the relative and “put them in a body bag,” the indictment stated. uncertain

indictment → accuse → bag

Authorities identified the recipient of the threats as the father of Austin, who was fatally stabbed at Memorial High School in Frisco in April of last year, the outlet reported. asserted

outlet → identify → year

The following day, Henderson allegedly sent another message to the slain teen’s father promising to “demolish” the family and “strangle” a relative, prosecutors alleged. uncertain

prosecutors → send → relative

“Don’t worry I’ll kill you next,” Henderson allegedly threatened in a third message to Jeff Metcalf on or around June 11, according to the indictment. uncertain

Henderson → worry → indictment

“I will hunt you forever until I kill you,” Henderson continued, adding that she “will be there” and warning Jeff to “always have to look over your [expletive] shoulder,” the court documents allege. asserted

documents → hunt → shoulder

Investigators connected the Missouri woman, who also goes by Riffa Henderson, to the alleged chilling texts by examining phone records and social media accounts, according to US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Jay R. Combs, CBS Texas reported. uncertain

Texas → connect → Combs

“Those messages included violent and vulgar threats,” Combs said. asserted

Combs → include → threats

“The social media messages included threats to stalk and kill members of the Metcalf family.” asserted

messages → include → family

The Missouri woman was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of interstate threatening communications, the US Attorney’s Office in Plano, Texas, announced Friday. asserted

Office → indict → Plano

Henderson was nabbed in Kansas City, Missouri and is being taken to the Eastern District of Texas, according to Combs. uncertain

Henderson → nab → Combs

She faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted on each charge. asserted

She → face → charge

Missouri woman indicted for threatening to kill Austin Metcalf’s dad at end of Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial

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