Anna Kepner's Stepbrother Charged w/Murder, Sexual Assault in FL Teen's Cruise Ship Death
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner has officially been charged with first degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse after Kepner was found asphyxiated, under her bed on a Carnival cruise ship in November of last year. Her step-brother is being charged as an adult and prosecutors say he is “a danger to others” claiming he committed “the most serious, egregious and violative crimes one person can inflict upon another.”
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:15.2 | Hey there, folks. It is Monday, April 13th, and we just got an update on a story that's been making headlines for months. |
| 0:23.6 | An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader found dead on a carnival cruise ship during a family vacation. |
| 0:31.6 | Well, now her stepbrother, her 16-year-old stepbrother, has been charged with murder. And with that, welcome to this |
| 0:39.7 | episode of Amy and T.J. Robs. The name is Anna Kepner. I'll say that. Some people will remember it. |
| 0:45.4 | And I say the brother has been charged with murder. But Robs, this is now not the only charge |
| 0:51.4 | and suggests an unimaginable, even uglier situation. |
| 0:56.3 | Look, when this headline came out late today, it was shocking. |
| 1:01.1 | And it's not shocking that her stepbrother has been charged with murder. |
| 1:05.6 | We were anticipating that. |
| 1:07.7 | But there are two caveats here. |
| 1:09.9 | He's 16 years old, and he has now been charged as an adult |
| 1:14.1 | with murder, but also with aggravated sexual abuse. That is not something that we had heard of. |
| 1:24.1 | I hadn't even heard any rumblings around the idea that this could have been something |
| 1:30.5 | this horrific, that she was sexually assaulted and then killed. That was not on my radar. |
| 1:39.5 | And again, we're finding out more about this now, Rose, because like you just mentioned, |
| 1:43.1 | he's being charged as an adult. We do understand this young man, again, 16 years old, had been going |
| 1:51.1 | through part of the legal process road, but we weren't that aware because he's a juvenile, |
| 1:56.1 | because they're limited in what they can release. Well, now this has moved over to adult court. |
| 2:03.2 | A grand jury has brought back this indictment now, and that is why we do know these additional |
| 2:07.8 | details. |
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