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 advanced in South Austin in July 2021, in keeping with 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 advanced’s communal facility earlier than he was stabbed.
He then known 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.
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Mithovar Christopher Antoine Jr., now 22, is accused of fatally stabbing Nikolas Martinez, 23, in July 2021. (Bell County Jail)
Martinez’s dad and mom mentioned two years in the past they have been upset with the ignorance disclosed about who killed their son.
“We all know nothing’s going to deliver [him] again,” Martinez’s father, Martin Martinez, advised Fox 7. “Nothing’s gonna make it higher, however simply not realizing is simply killing us.”
“We expect it was one thing random that simply occurred, and we do not know why,” Martinez’s mom, Wendy Martinez, advised the outlet. “So if anyone noticed something, simply come ahead.”
This June, Austin Police acquired an nameless tip saying that they had witnessed Antoine Jr. stabbing Martinez close to a South Austin condominium advanced, in keeping with an arrest warrant, Fox 7 reported.
This June, Austin Police acquired an nameless tip saying that they had witnessed Antoine Jr. stabbing Martinez close to a South Austin condominium advanced. (iStock)
Police executed one other search warrant and found the suspect had been looking for information articles associated to stabbings in Austin simply days after Martinez’s demise.
Legislation enforcement discovered Antoine Jr. in Temple final week, and he was arrested and booked into the Bell County Jail. A decide set his bond at $150,000, and he was bonded out of jail 4 days later.
Bell County officers advised Fox 7 the suspect was launched with out being extradited to Travis County.
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Police executed a search warrant and found Antoine Jr. had been looking for information articles associated to stabbings in Austin simply days after Martinez’s demise. (Getty Photographs)
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Antoine Jr. was arrested for unauthorized use of a automobile and housebreaking of a habitation within the two years earlier than Martinez’s demise, courtroom paperwork present, in keeping with 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.