A Texas man, suspected in a 2021 chilly case, was arrested final week for the lethal stabbing of a sufferer in Austin earlier than being launched on bond 4 days after he was booked into jail.
Mithovar Christopher Antoine Jr., now 22, is accused of fatally stabbing Nikolas Martinez, 23, close to the sufferer’s condominium complicated in South Austin in July 2021, based on Fox 7.
Martinez was enjoying video video games together with his nephew on the day of the incident when he took a break to take laundry out of his condominium complicated’s communal facility earlier than he was stabbed.
He then referred to as 911 to report that he had been stabbed and drove himself to a close-by gasoline station for assist, the place he later succumbed to his accidents.
Mithovar Christopher Antoine Jr., now 22, is accused of fatally stabbing Nikolas Martinez, 23, in July 2021. (Bell County Jail)
Martinez’s mother and father stated two years in the past they have been upset with the ignorance disclosed about who killed their son.
“We know nothing’s going to bring [him] back,” Martinez’s father, Martin Martinez, informed Fox 7. “Nothing’s gonna make it better, but just not knowing is just killing us.”
“We think it was something random that just happened, and we don’t know why,” Martinez’s mom, Wendy Martinez, informed the outlet. “So if anybody saw anything, just come forward.”
This June, Austin Police obtained an nameless tip saying they’d witnessed Antoine Jr. stabbing Martinez close to a South Austin condominium complicated, based on an arrest warrant, Fox 7 reported.
This June, Austin Police obtained an nameless tip saying they’d witnessed Antoine Jr. stabbing Martinez close to a South Austin condominium complicated. (iStock)
Police executed one other search warrant and found the suspect had been trying to find information articles associated to stabbings in Austin simply days after Martinez’s demise.
Regulation enforcement discovered Antoine Jr. in Temple final week, and he was arrested and booked into the Bell County Jail. A choose set his bond at $150,000, and he was bonded out of jail 4 days later.
Bell County officers informed Fox 7 the suspect was launched with out being extradited to Travis County.
Police executed a search warrant and found Antoine Jr. had been trying to find information articles associated to stabbings in Austin simply days after Martinez’s demise. (Getty Photos)
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Antoine Jr. was arrested for unauthorized use of a car and housebreaking of a habitation within the two years earlier than Martinez’s demise, court docket paperwork present, based on Fox 7. He bonded out of jail two months earlier than Martinez’s homicide.
Since he was out on probation, Bell County may revoke probation and search extra warrants for his arrest, which might land him again in jail.
A grand jury in Travis County will nonetheless must indict Antoine Jr. for Martinez’s homicide.
