Anna Kepner
Stepbrother Charged With Her Murder Aboard Carnival Cruise, Household Says
Printed
|
Up to date
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 together with her murder, in line with courtroom paperwork.
An emergency submitting from final Friday obtained by TMZ says 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 together 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 subsequent day, because the FBI launched an investigation.
Within the courtroom docs, the authorized crew for Thomas Hudsonthe stepbrother’s father, says the Kepner household revealed his son’s prices through social media on Feb. 3. The doc reads …. “In accordance 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.”
TikTok/@fl.anna18
The emergency submitting is a part of a custody battle between Hudson and Shauntel Kepnerwho’re the mother and father 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 choose 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.