ABOVE VIDEO: ‘DISTURBING’ new claims in teen’s cruise ship death
BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA (FOX NEWS) – Relatives of Florida cheerleader Anna Kepner, who died aboard a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month under mysterious circumstances, have revealed new details about who they think is responsible for her death, although no charges or arrests have been announced by authorities.
Carnival staff found Anna dead in her room aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise liner around 11:15 a.m. on Nov. 7, according to the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner’s Office. An official cause and manner of death have not yet been made public, but her grandparents said in a new interview the FBI told them that investigators suspected asphyxiation.
Her 16-year-old stepbrother has emerged as a “suspect,” according to court filings in a bitter custody battle between Shauntel Kepner, Anna’s stepmother, and her ex-husband, Thomas Hudson.
“Chris knew about the creepiness of the stepson,” Anna’s aunt, Krystal Wright, told Fox News Digital, referring to Anna’s father, Chris Kepner.
She said Anna’s ex-boyfriend informed the family earlier this year of an encounter he witnessed over a FaceTime video call, in which Anna fell asleep, and her stepbrother allegedly came into the room and climbed “on top of her.”
The teen boyfriend recounted the incident himself to the media after Anna’s funeral last week, saying that he shouted at the stepbrother, who ran out of the room. He said Anna felt “uncomfortable” around her stepbrother.
Still, Anna and her stepbrother were staying in the same room aboard the cruise ship, family members have said in multiple interviews.
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