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Intimate Knowledge

Accused Teenage Rapist and Murderer Allowed To Stay Out Of Jail

Intimate Knowledge

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

3.5697 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

A Florida judge decided to allow 16-year-old Timothy Hudson, accused of raping and murdering his step-sister Anna Kepner on a cruise ship last fall, to remain free with family members until his scheduled trial this fall. Prosecutors implored the judge to place Hudson in custody, questioning whether it would take a second murder before the judge deemed the teen dangerous. Ultimately, the judge sided with the defense. 

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

Hey, the folks, it is Wednesday, May 27th,

0:09.0

and a breaking news update on a story that many people have been following.

0:13.8

The update is that a teenage boy accused of raping and murdering his step-sister while on a cruise was allowed to just

0:25.9

walk out of court today and go home for the time being and with that welcome to this episode

0:32.5

of amy and tj we're talking about anna keppner a lot of people have followed this story robs

0:37.0

and this was the first time robes we We're talking about Anna Kepner. A lot of people have followed this story, Robes.

0:46.4

And this was the first time, Robes, we heard his name and we saw his face, her 16-year-old stepbrother that is accused Robs of heinous stuff.

0:50.9

I know that in this country, you are innocent until proven guilty, but it was something

0:57.3

to put a face and a name to this unknown 16-year-old stepbrother we've been hearing so much about

1:05.0

in the Anna Kepner case. Look, it was shocking to even hear that this 18-year-old cheerleader wanted to go to the University of Georgia,

1:13.2

had all of these dreams, this cute girl was asphyxiated.

1:18.7

And early on, I think pretty quickly we heard, you know, rumblings that perhaps her stepbrother was a potential suspect.

1:26.2

But then to hear that she was raped

1:28.2

and asphyxiated, and then yes, it was confirmed that her stepbrother was the main suspect

1:35.3

to have him now arrested and charged as an adult, because as you pointed out, this is such

1:41.5

a heinous crime. And to see his face, blonde hair, 16-year-old kid named Timothy Hudson and a kid.

1:51.3

I say a kid because he looks like a kid.

1:54.8

And yet because he looks like a kid, it's that much, I don't know, scarier, creepier, just to know what he's accused of.

2:04.3

And a reminder, the case, a lot of people remember, they were on a cruise. Anna Kepner was with

2:08.6

her, her dad, her step-ma, her step-siblings and her siblings, along with grandparents.

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