A Texas man, accused in a 2021 cold case, was arrested last week in the stabbing death of a victim in Austin before being released on bond after four days in jail.
Mithovar Christopher Antoine Jr., now 22 years old, is accused of stabbing and killing Nikolas Martinez, 23, near the victim’s South Austin apartment in July 2021, according to Fox 7.
Martinez was playing video games with his nephew on the day of the incident when he took a break to do laundry at a community center before he was stabbed.
He then called 911 to report that he had been stabbed and drove to a nearby gas station to seek help, where he died.
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Mithovar Christopher Antoine Jr., now 22 years old, is accused of stabbing to death Nikolas Martinez, 23, in July 2021. (Bell County Jail)
Martinez’s parents said that two years ago they were upset by the lack of information released about who killed their son.
“We know that nothing will be delivered [him] back,” Martinez’s father, Martin Martinez, told Fox 7. “Nothing is going to make it better, but ignorance is killing us.”
“We think it was just something that happened, and we don’t know why,” Martinez’s mother, Wendy Martinez, told the media. “So if anyone saw something, just come forward.”
This June, Austin Police received an anonymous tip about seeing Antoine Jr. stabbing Martinez near an apartment in South Austin, according to an arrest warrant, Fox 7 reported.
In June, Austin Police received an anonymous tip claiming to have seen Antoine Jr. stabbing Martinez near an apartment complex in South Austin. (Stock)
Police executed another search warrant and discovered that the suspect had been looking for information about stabbings in Austin just days after Martinez’s death.
Law enforcement officers found Antoine Jr. in Temple last week, and he was arrested and booked into the Bell County Jail. A judge set his bond at $150,000, and he was released from jail four days later.
Bell County officials told Fox 7 that the suspect was released without extradition to Travis County.
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Police executed a search warrant and discovered that Antoine Jr. had been looking for news articles related to a stabbing in Austin just days after Martinez’s death. (Getty Images)
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Antoine Jr. he was arrested for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and residential burglary two years before Martinez’s death, court documents said, according to Fox 7. He was arrested two months before Martinez’s murder.
Since he is off probation, Bell County can revoke his probation and seek additional warrants for his arrest, which would send him back to jail.
A Travis County grand jury will still need to indict Antoine Jr. for the murder of Martinez.
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