Man arrested by federal agents for South Austin murder in 2021

Federal agents have arrested a man in connection with a fatal 2021 stabbing in South Austin, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release Friday.

Mithovar Christopher Antoine Jr., 22, was arrested Thursday in the 200 block of West Avenue G in Temple and charged with murder in connection with the July 23, 2021, death of 23-year-old Nikolas Eugenio Martinez, the news release said.

Martinez called 911 at 10:30 p.m. to report the stabbing after driving himself to a convenience store in the 2000 block of South Interstate 35, north of Oltorf Street, the American-Statesman previously reported. Emergency responders found Martinez outside the Conoco convenience store, where Martinez succumbed to his injuries at 10:47 p.m., the news release said.