Overview
- A Brevard County family-court motion says agents warned the stepmother that a criminal case may be initiated against one of her minor children who was on the cruise.
- Subsequent filings and local reporting identify a 16-year-old stepbrother as a suspect or subject of federal interest, though no charges have been announced.
- The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner lists the time of death as 11:17 a.m. on Nov. 7, but cause and manner remain pending.
- FBI Miami is leading the investigation after the ship returned to PortMiami; the bureau reports no updates, and Carnival says it is cooperating and that there is no related safety threat on the current voyage.
- Investigators are reviewing ship surveillance, key-card data and phone records and conducting interviews; reports say her body was found under a bed wrapped in a blanket and covered by life vests, a detail not officially confirmed.