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Good morning and thanks for joining me for Rise in Crime.

Your morning caffeine hit, all about crime.

I'm Mama Jules, and it's a pulpery of segments today.

First, an update to the Anna Kepner murder on that cruise ship in the

middle of the Caribbean. And then a missing person's case solved, but not resolved. And then I want

all of you to weigh in on a murder charge and the behavior of the young man who goes to trial

next week for that murder charge. And finally, a good news moment where an Amber

Alert works perfectly in Arizona. Okay, it's a long episode. Let's do this. Let's get to the

arrest made in the murder of 18-year-old Anna Kepner. This case had many of you screaming,

saying things like, why hasn't there been an arrest already?

She was killed almost four months ago. And for many of you, you were sure the stepbrother was her

murderer. Well, is he? Let's remember the details of Anna, her family dynamics, and the murder scene,

and then we'll get to the arrest.

Anna was a senior, a straight-A student, and a cheerleader at Temple Christian School in Titusville,

Florida.

Anna was bubbly, and she had lots of friends, and although her family dynamics were somewhat

unique and challenging, her grandparents said she made the best of the

blended family speed bumps. In early November of last year, Anna boarded the Carnival Horizon

for a Caribbean cruise with her blended family, her biological father, Christopher Kepner,

her stepmother, Chantelle Hudson, her grandparents,

and the three kids were on the cruise, Anna, her 14-year-old brother, and her 16-year-old step-brother, Tim.

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