BOMBSHELL: TEEN GIRL ON CARNIVAL CRUISE, BODY STUFFED UNDER BED, SHOCK SUSPECT EYED?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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3.9 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
A relaxing Caribbean cruise turns into a waking nightmare when crew members discover apassenger dead just hours before the Carnival Horizon returns to Miami.
The FBI is now investigating 18-year-old Anna Kepner’s mysterious death, not commenting on whether foul play
is suspected. Now, Titusville, Florida, is grieving the loss of the high school senior with a bright future, and looking for answers.
Anna Kepner, 18, starts her senior year at Temple Christian School excited about her future. Anna paints her parking spot to match her favorite movie, Clueless, and is ecstatic to be back on the field, cheering for the Lions.
Anna loves the water and is licensed to boat and scuba certified. She enjoys making TikTok videos with her friends and brother. Anna plans on joining the military after high school, already in talks with recruiters. In fact, she’s waiting on the results of her ASVAB testing to determine which jobs will suit her best.
Anna’s family says, “She was the best child you could ever meet,” and a people person, who “drew you in with her smile and the way she carried herself.”
Anna was deeply involved in her community, volunteering with local businesses and her grandparents’ senior living community. She was close with her "Meemaw," who will dearly miss her "Anna Banana."
Family members hope she is remembered for her generosity and spirit and how she lived her 18 years to the fullest.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Spencer Aronfeld - Lawyer for Dulcie White, Trial Lawyer and Founder of Aronfeld Trial Lawyers, Author of Illustrated Children's Book, "Sara Rose, Kid Lawyer;" Facebook: Aronfeld Law, Instagram: Aronfeld_Trial_Lawyers
- Dr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital,
- Robert Crispin - Private Investigator “Crispin Special Investigations," Former Federal Task Force Officer for the United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division, and Former Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigator; Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations Inc.
- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" Instagram and X @JoScottForensic
- Susan Hendricks - Journalist, and Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi;" IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks
- Sydney Sumner - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:09.5 | A bombshell in the case of a little teen girl on a carnival cruise, her body we now learn is found stuffed up under a cabin bed with life vests stuffed on top of her to hide her dead |
| 0:30.1 | and as we go to air, a shock suspect is eyed. |
| 0:36.1 | Good evening. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:44.8 | 18-year-old Anna Kepner, a brilliant straight-A student from Titusville, Florida, |
| 0:51.2 | embarks on what is meant to be a celebratory cruise marking the end |
| 0:55.1 | of her high school journey. |
| 0:56.9 | This trip is supposed to be a joyful escape, unaware of what is to come. |
| 1:02.3 | Stunning developments in the case of Little Anna, the teen girl cheerleader out of Titusville, |
| 1:08.6 | Florida, who goes on a carnival cruise ship with her family. |
| 1:14.1 | I'm curious. |
| 1:16.3 | There have been different times of death reported from not only the ship, but then what we |
| 1:22.3 | learned from the medical examiner is very different. |
| 1:24.5 | Joining me an all-star panel, but straight out to Robert Crispin, private investigator, |
| 1:30.3 | former Fed, not only with Homeland Security, Department of Justice, but also with the DEA. |
| 1:37.4 | Robert Crispin is joining us on location at Port of Miami, where the cruise ships depart. |
| 1:42.9 | Tell me how difficult it's going to be, Robert Crispin, |
| 1:46.5 | to put this case. It's like Humpty Dumpty. All the King's horses and all the Kingsmen could |
| 1:51.5 | never put Humpty together again. Why is it so difficult to put a case together when, A, you have |
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