Texas jury returns verdict in 2022 stabbing death of high school classmate: report

A assemblage has decided the destiny of a Texas teen who was charged with allegedly stabbing his precocious schoolhouse classmate to decease successful a bath successful 2022, uncovering him not blameworthy of execution and blameworthy of criminally negligent homicide.

After being incapable to scope a verdict connected Monday and tabling tribunal till Tuesday, KWTX reported that a Bell County assemblage announced that they did not find Caysen Allison blameworthy of execution successful the stabbing decease of Joe Ramirez Jr. astatine Belton High School successful May 2022. 

The assemblage recovered Allison blameworthy of criminally negligent homicide.

Allison was released nether the conditions of his bond, the outlet reported, which volition stay successful spot until his sentencing proceeding connected June 16, wherever helium faces anyplace from six months to 2 years successful a authorities prison, successful summation to a imaginable good of up to $10,000.

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Bell County assemblage finds Caysen Allison not blameworthy of execution successful decease of Joe Ramirez. (Belton Police Department/GoFundMe/Joe Ramirez’s Funeral & Burial Expenses)

Allison had been retired connected bond, nether location arrest, since July 2022 aft a justice dropped his $1-million enslaved down to $175,000 successful the stabbing decease of Ramirez Jr., according to KWTX. 

The Belton Police Department said that Allison ran distant from the schoolhouse aft the stabbing successful 2022, but was arrested 20 minutes later.

The fatal altercation happened during a combat successful the school's restroom, according to an apprehension affidavit obtained by KWTX. 

The study stated that Allison waived his rights against self-incrimination and admitted to detectives helium fatally stabbed Ramirez Jr.

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Jose Luis Ramirez Jr. was fatally stabbed to decease wrong a bath astatine his Texas precocious schoolhouse successful May 2022, according to police. (Viktoria Ramirez Facebook)

Officers recovered Ramirez Jr. suffering from "large puncture wounds to his chest" and helium was rushed to a section infirmary successful captious condition.

At the hospital, KTWX reported that officers noticed Ramirez sustained "multiple stab and slashes injuries on his chest, back, legs and arm." He was aboriginal pronounced dead. 

During erstwhile testimony, 1 of Allison's friends, Chris Bittle, described the events starring up to the fatal altercation and being successful the school's bath during the fight.

There was a heated statement betwixt Allison and Ramirez astatine a prom nighttime aft party, according Bittle's erstwhile account. Text messages revealed that Allison sent a substance to Bittle aft that enactment asking, "bro, bring maine a gun."

Bittle besides recalled what happened the time of the stabbing, explaining that portion determination was a program for Allison and Ramirez to fight, they did not program to combat successful schoolhouse and were amazed to bump into Ramirez and his friends successful the schoolhouse restroom, KTWX reported. Bittle testified helium and Allison tried to permission aft utilizing the restroom, but Ramirez and his 4 friends wouldn’t fto them.

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Caysen Allison recovered not blameworthy of murder, but blameworthy of a lesser charge, successful the 2022 decease of classmate Joe Ramirez (Belton Police Department)

Bittle besides claimed helium tried to measurement successful erstwhile Ramirez punched Allison, but was deed by 1 of the different teens successful the group, which compartment telephone video of the combat showed. 

Allison’s defence argued helium acted successful self-defense successful a "fight for his life" aft helium was attacked by Ramirez successful the school’s bathroom.

Officers went to Allison's location pursuing the combat aft helium fled the scene, wherever officers overheard him speaking to idiosyncratic connected the telephone saying "I did thing astatine school," and asking them to travel and instrumentality him to Waco.

Detectives besides snapped photos of Allison's achromatic shoes being covered successful humor arsenic helium told investigators what benignant of weapon helium utilized to termination Ramirez and wherever helium had dumped the weapon.

Madison Barnes, Ramirez’s ex-girlfriend and a adjacent person of Allison’s, testified that Allison made threats against Ramirez to her earlier the stabbing, according to KWTX. She besides told the assemblage that Allison warned her that helium "wanted Joe connected beingness support, wanted to stomp his caput in, wanted his jaw dangling from his face, and wanted him successful the hospital."

Ramirez Jr., a elder astatine the school, was described connected a GoFundMe leafage raising wealth for his household arsenic a "very kind, loving and gentle young man."

Allison’s defence attorney, Zachary Boyd, told KWTX that helium was blessed with the jury’s determination successful a precise challenging case.

"The Allison household is truthful atrocious for their loss, origin determination is nary bully result to this. There is nary blessed ending successful presumption of everyone’s going to permission present feeling happy," Boyd said.

"The satellite is not achromatic and white. The satellite is shades of grey and, ultimately, we were near with the question of what bash you bash erstwhile the contented is 1 of bullying oregon 1 of a kid who is truthful frightened that helium brings a weapon to schoolhouse to support himself with?"

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Nearly 3 years later, different Texas teen was violently killed portion attending a precocious schoolhouse way meet.

Karmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old accused of stabbing Frisco, Texas way prima Austin Metcalf to death, was released from jailhouse aft his enslaved was dropped from $1 cardinal to $250,000.

Like Allison, Anthony's enslaved conditions see location apprehension and an ankle monitor, and helium volition lone beryllium capable to permission his location with the judge's permission.

If convicted, Anthony cannot look the decease punishment due to the fact that helium is simply a juvenile, acknowledgment to a 2005 Supreme Court ruling successful a lawsuit called Roper v. Simmons.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Allison's lawyer for comment, but did not instantly person a response. 

Fox News Digital's Lorraine Taylor and Peter D'Abrosca contributed to this report. 

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist transgression cases, amerciable immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to [email protected]