S3 Ep145: Step-Brother Charged in Anna Kepner Case

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🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Anna Kepner was an 18-year-old from Florida found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship in November 2025. Her death was ruled a homicide, and her 16-year-old stepbrother has now been charged in connection with her death. Authorities have not publicly released full details of the charges or evidence, and the case remains under seal as legal proceedings continue.Try our coffee!! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.comBecome a Patreon member -- > ｿ https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeeklyShop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> ｿ https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shopYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcastWebsite: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.comInstagram: @CrimeWeeklyPodTwitter: @CrimeWeeklyPodFacebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod

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1:24.9	And I'm Stephanie Harlow.
1:29.4	And as we do on Crime Weekly News, we'll cover a story in the headlines. And then if there's an update in that story, we'd like to give you an update because
1:33.9	now we're tracking it as much as you guys are. And we do have an update in the Anna Kepner case.
1:38.8	If you do, if you're not familiar with it, Anna was 18 years old. She died on the Carnival Horizon cruise ship on November
1:45.4	7th while she was on vacation with her family. She was found asphyxiated. There were some
1:50.4	details about it that we learned regarding the family. And we now have some updates. And I don't
1:56.6	think they're going to be a surprise for many of you. Yeah. So it's once again because the person,
2:02.5	her stepbrother and a stepbrother, was we all kind of thought because he was sharing a room with her
2:08.5	and because there had been past incidences between the two of them that he was the one who may have
2:13.9	been responsible or involved in some way, but nothing's really come out.
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