This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels.

Let's move on over to the Anna Kempner case. Anna is dead, 18-year-old Anna Kepner. She died in a cruise ship in the middle of the night.

Though court filings in the custody battle, not the FBI or through them, we have learned her

16-year-old stepbrother is the suspect, allegedly. Her own parents have acknowledged it

in legal documents. Witnesses have described aggression, chokeholds, a family dynamic. The

adults either missed or ignored, and yet no charges yet. So what's happening

behind the scenes? Why the delay? And what does that tell us about where this case is headed?

Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Fattis is here to walk us through what is really going on.

Let's just get right into this year. We haven't heard anything from the FBI directly.

Everything we know about this suspect comes from court filings within the family court for a custody

battle. What does this tell you about where this investigation stands? Because as of right now,

no one's been arrested yet. Nothing. You know, a lot of unanswered questions and probably a lot of confusion on the legal side.

Here's what I mean.

So when these things happen on cruise ships, sometimes it's difficult to determine jurisdiction.

Does the laws of the Caribbean apply?

Do do American laws apply? Where did it happen?

We know where it happened at what point during the cruise.

On top of that, the investigative teams that look into this initially are not the FBI.

They're not even police departments.

Usually, they're just, you know, cruise personnel.

And so there can be errors in terms of evidence, gathering, and preservation.

And I'm just wondering if all of those problems are creating a real issue for authorities who may

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