CRUISE SHIP GIRL, ANNA KEPNER, DAD: I FOUND HER COLD, NAKED BODY
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
A federal grand jury issues a superseding indictment against Anna Kepner's stepbrother and alleged killer, Timothy Hudson, adding a charge of sexual assault alongside premeditated murder. Despite the brutal nature of the crime, Hudson remains free on pre-trial release under GPS monitoring at an uncle's home. Anna's father says his grief is taking a toll, emotions running high after accepting Anna's high school diploma on her behalf. Chris Kepner says he will not attend his stepson's trial unless he must, unable to think about the cruise cabin where he pulled his daughter's naked body from under a bunk bed. Nancy and an expert panel dissect shocking allegations of missed warning signs, including prior alerts from an ex-boyfriend about the Hudson's obsessive behavior and reports that Anna’s biological brother was locked out of the cabin after hearing screams. As the defense secures a trial delay from June to September, a critical bond hearing looms at the end of May.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Greg Morse - Criminal Defense Attorney of Morse Legal, author of “The Untested” found on Amazon; website: morselegal.com
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker,” Podcast: On The Couch, featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
- Dr. Priya Banerjee, M.D. - Board Certified Forensic Pathologist and Anatomic Pathologist, Anchor Forensic Pathology Consulting
- Robert Crispin - Private Investigator “Crispin Special Investigations”, Former Federal Task Force Officer for the United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division. Former Homicide Detective and Crimes against children investigator with Coconut Creek Police Dep. in Florida. Former SWAT officer. CrispinInvestigations.com, Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations Inc.
- Michelle Spitzer - Florida News Reporter for USA Today Co., website: USAToday.com,
- Dave Mack - Crime Stories investigative reporter
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.0 | The so-called cruise ship girl teen Anna Kepner's dad says, |
| 0:17.6 | I found her cold, naked body stuffed under a bunk. |
| 0:26.2 | Her own dad pulls his daughter's dead body from under a bunk on the cruise line. |
| 0:36.2 | Now he vows, he will not sit through testimony. His mind, |
| 0:41.9 | his heart, and his soul cannot go back to that room where his daughter was murdered. I'm Nancy |
| 0:50.7 | Grace. This is crime stories. I want to thank you for being with us. The last thing she saw about that far away from her face is her own stepbrother as he strangled her dead. |
| 1:05.5 | The little brother heard fighting, heard screaming. Whatever happened, it was very violent. |
| 1:12.1 | And then the next morning, it's 9 o'clock. |
| 1:14.4 | Everyone's eating buffet? |
| 1:16.0 | And all of a sudden, where's Anna? |
| 1:18.3 | Seriously? |
| 1:19.6 | And yet the alleged killer is still walking free. |
| 1:25.0 | Straight out to Michelle Spitzer, joining us out of Melbourne, Florida, |
| 1:28.6 | Florida News Investigative Reporter for USA Today. |
| 1:32.1 | Michelle, thank you for being with us. |
| 1:33.8 | Michelle, where is the alleged killer? |
| 1:38.0 | This, after her father, says, |
| 1:40.3 | I can't possibly take my mind back to that room again. |
| 1:45.1 | Right now he is with a relative and uncle in another part of Florida, another county, |
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