Teenager found dead on Carnival cruise died of asphyxiation resulting from being caught in a bar: Source
Anna Kepner, a teenager who was found dead on a Carnival Horizon cruise ship this month, died of asphyxiation resulting from being caught at the bar – with her arm around her neck, a source briefed on the investigation told ABC News on Friday.
Investigators also found two bruises on the side of his neck, the source said.
The FBI continued to decline to comment, citing the ongoing investigation. The Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office declined to comment Friday.
The family of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, who was reported dead Saturday while aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship, says they will remember her as a happy, bubbly, heterosexual student with a bright future ahead of her.
Kepner family
According to the source, preliminary information indicates there were no signs of a sexual assault and there did not appear to be any drugs or alcohol on the premises. Kepner system. Autopsy and toxicology reports that could confirm these details have not been completed.
The 18-year-old cheerleader from Titusville, Florida, was reported dead while aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship on November 8.
Kepner was found dead under a bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered in life jackets, according to a security source briefed on the investigation.
A filing in family court in an unrelated matter indicated Kepner’s half-brother could face charges.
The filing says the FBI is investigating “following the sudden death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner.”
Shauntel Hudson — Kepner’s stepmother, who was also on the cruise with her children and Kepner’s father — requested a delay in her custody hearing because one of her minor children could face criminal charges, according to the filing.
