Anna Kepner
Stepbrother Charged With Her Murder Aboard Carnival Cruise, Household Says
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Teenager Anna Kepner was killed on a Carnival Cruise throughout a household trip final November … and now her 16-year-old stepbrother has been charged along with her murder, in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
An emergency submitting from final Friday obtained by TMZ say her stepbrother was charged with murder as a minor in reference to Anna’s asphyxiation demise in her stateroom aboard the Carnival Horizon on November 7.
Anna was on a Caribbean cruise trip along with her dad, stepmom and three stepsiblings when she died. A housekeeper reportedly found Anna’s physique beneath her mattress — and the ship returned to Miami, Florida, the following day, because the FBI launched an investigation.
Within the courtroom docs, the authorized workforce for Thomas Hudson, the stepbrother’s father, says the Kepner household revealed his son’s expenses through social media on Feb. 3. The doc reads …. “In keeping with social media from the Kepner household … the Petitioner/Father’s son, TH, was charged by the USA Lawyer within the Southern District of Florida for the [redacted] and murder of Anna Kepner.”
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The emergency submitting is a part of a custody battle between Hudson and Shauntel Kepner, who’re the dad and mom of Anna’s stepbrother. Hudson has requested for sole custody of Kepner’s different stepsibling, recognized as BH.
In early February, TMZ reported the stepbrother was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service and dragged earlier than a decide for a closed-door listening to in a Miami federal courtroom. Because the stepbrother is taken into account a juvenile, his felony case has been sealed.
The FBI and U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Southern District of Florida haven’t publicly commented on the Kepner case.
