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The is advised. I'm Vindipa, I'm Viti Palantan, the subject of my investigation, the death of Anna Kepner,

an 18-year-old killed while on board a cruise ship with her blended family.

Here's the story.

Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old high school senior from Titusville, Florida, slipped away on what was supposed to be a joyful family cruise aboard the Carnival Horizon.

Full of life, dreams of joining the U.S. Navy, and a future she'd worked so hard for, Anna seemed unstoppable.

But on November 7, tragedy struck. Her body was discovered, concealed under her bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered with life vests,

sending waves of shock through her tight-knit community. The FBI has launched a full investigation,

scouring the ship's surveillance video, swipe card logs, and interviewing family members,

including her own 16-year-old stepbrother who's been named a suspect during an unrelated court hearing.

As the world grieves, Anna's story has become a haunting riddle. What happened in that cabin and who is responsible?

This is a family tragedy, but it's a family tragedy. and who is responsible?

This is a family tragedy, but it's also now being investigated as a homicide.

So it goes beyond the family, but everything about it is about this blended family.

Let's bring in a court TV field reporter Cody Thomas, who's been digging into all of the facts here.

And excuse me, in this case, the named suspect has been this 16-year-old stepbrother.

What have people been saying about the relationship between Anna Kepner and this 16-year-old stepbrother who came into her life when her dad married his mom. Well, Vinnie, we have heard varying different stories from varying different people surrounding the relationship between Anna and the 16-year-old stepbrother.

And we've heard from family members as well.

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