Stepbrother of Anna Kepner named main suspect, facing 2 charges

A brand new doc was launched within the case involving the dying of a Titusville teen aboard a cruise ship final November.

Anna Kepner, 18, was discovered useless beneath a mattress on the boat on Nov. 7.

Her stepbrother – who isn’t being named as a result of of his age – is 16 and was named a suspect in late November.

The two shared a room on the household trip aboard the cruise ship.

In a brand new doc obtained by WESH 2, filed in a separate case, it says her stepbrother is the main suspect, and he’s facing two charges.

The emergency movement was filed final Friday by the organic father of the stepbrother.

In the movement, he asks for sole custody of Anna’s stepsibling, who has been dwelling with Anna’s father, Chris Kepner, and her stepmother, Shauntel Hudson, because the incident.

The new submitting states that Anna’s stepbrother has been charged together with her murder.

The court docket doc alludes to the 2 charges, saying, (*2*)

The hole within the submitting is the place the doc has been redacted.

The doc goes on to say, “Immediately after the cruise, the respondent/mother and Chris Kepner expelled [the minor] from their household, and neither have they seen [the minor] since then.”

“Social media from the Kepner family has indicated that they want the ‘nails in the coffin’ of [the minor] and that both the Kepner family and the Respondent ‘want him buried,'” the doc went on to say.

Back on Feb. 6, cameras had been there because the stepbrother of Anna Kepner walked out of federal court docket in Miami.

The media was not allowed within the courtroom and was not instructed precisely why he was there.

The legal docket for the Justice of the Peace choose had a sealed case on the agenda, and the case quantity was additionally sealed.

Anna Kepner was discovered useless on a cruise ship throughout a household trip again in November.

A court docket submitting in that separate custody case talked about earlier says she was discovered asphyxiated beneath a mattress in a room she was sharing together with her stepbrother.

Anna’s stepbrother has not been publicly named a suspect, and her method of dying has not been publicly shared by the FBI, which leads the investigation into the teenager’s dying.

WESH 2 has reached out to the legal professional for the Southern District of Florida to substantiate the charges.

We have additionally reached out to Anna’s father and her stepmother for remark.