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18 year old girl found dead wrapped in blankets under a bed on Carnival cruise ship

Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:03 pm
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
5642 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:03 pm
Supposedly step bro is being investigated

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A high school cheerleader who died on a Carnival cruise ship was found underneath a bed by a housekeeper, according to multiple news outlets.

Law enforcement sources confirmed to ABC News and CBS News that a housekeeper found the body of Anna Kepner, 18, underneath a bed, wrapped in blankets.


Kepner was found dead on the Carnival Horizon cruise ship from Miami to the Caribbean on Nov. 8.

Kepner was reportedly on a family vacation in the Caribbean with her father, stepmother and three stepsiblings.

The ship returned to Miami, where the FBI has since opened an investigation.

Local outlets Florida Today and WESH report that Kepner’s 16-year-old stepbrother is being investigated by the FBI in the case.

A “criminal case may be initiated” against the stepbrother, according to WESH.

Details are still limited, and a final autopsy report for Kepner’s cause of death is still pending.

The Kepner family told ABC News that she was planning to join the military after graduating from Temple Christian School in May.

The family hopes Anna will be remembered for her generosity and spirit, ABC News reported. She was an athlete who began gymnastics at the age of 2 and later joined her high school’s varsity cheerleading team.

“She was a people person,” her family told ABC News. “She loved being around people. She had that type of energy that just drew you in with her smile and the way she carried herself. She was such an easy person to talk to.”


This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 5:38 pm
Posted by ronk
Member since Jan 2015
7471 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:05 pm to
In all the videos I've seen the stepbrother is supposed to be beating up something else.
Posted by mtntiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
29262 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:06 pm to
So sad, regardless of the circumstances. 18 is just too young.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
85365 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:10 pm to
Did the family report her missing? It appears a maid found her under the bead.

Did they sleep in their room with their dead daughter under the bed and didn't know?


Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
128718 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:11 pm to
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18 year old gril


My Weber grill is 18 years old

Really makes you think
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
5642 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:13 pm to
quote:

Did the family report her missing? It appears a maid found her under the bead.

Did they sleep in their room with their dead daughter under the bed and didn't know?


A lot of questions on this one. I read somewhere the family realized she was missing in the morning. The cabins are pretty small, so she may have been in a different one than the parents. But then was she in a room by herself? Or was the step brother in the room with her?
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61423 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:17 pm to
quote:

My Weber grill is 18 years old

Really makes you think

Damn Cosmo.


But yes, my sick arse laughed at that.
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
35576 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:18 pm to
I think she was in a cabin with dad, stepmom, brother, and stepbrother.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19013 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:23 pm to
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Carnvial cruise ship


Change the name all they want. We still know it's the old Carnival
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
6242 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:24 pm to
Carnival.

Could have been anyone.

Sorry for her.
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 3:25 pm
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
38622 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:25 pm to
Start canvassing the manifest for Dutch male passengers
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
155295 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:27 pm to
quote:

Did the family report her missing?

Exact thing I thought. Seems odd that her body was "discovered" with no mention of her disappearing or anything.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19013 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:28 pm to
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In an emergency motion first obtained by the Daily Mail that was filed Monday in Brevard County, Kepner’s stepmom, Shauntel Hudson, requested extra time to respond to filings tied to her 2024 divorce from her ex-husband, citing an “extremely sensitive and severe circumstance.”

quote:

Hudson, a mother of three who recently married Kepner’s father, asked that the proceedings be postponed until the “criminal investigation has concluded,” cautioning that her testimony could be “prejudicial” to both her and her “adolescent” child while the probe continues.


Plot thickens
Posted by Sunnyvale
Member since Feb 2024
2114 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:37 pm to
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Hudson, a mother of three who recently married Kepner’s father, asked that the proceedings be postponed until the “criminal investigation has concluded,” cautioning that her testimony could be “prejudicial” to both her and her “adolescent” child while the probe continues.


If that aint a red flag, I dont know what else is.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
27845 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:48 pm to
Step brother did that shite. His mother is protecting him.
Posted by ChiTownBammer
South Florida
Member since Aug 2014
1410 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:51 pm to
It was the stepbrother. The family acknowledged today that he's the main suspect.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69220 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:52 pm to
Kid wanted to sleep with his stepsister, she said no, he killed her.
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 3:53 pm
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82807 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

gril


This is really bothering me more than it should
Posted by thermal9221
Youngsville
Member since Feb 2005
14571 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:56 pm to
quote:

Dutch male passengers


I think Joran to something.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
24355 posts
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:56 pm to
quote:

Hudson, a mother of three who recently married Kepner’s father...


Recently? Man.

I'm never getting divorced. But if I DO get divorced, I'm definitely never getting remarried.
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