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Family Says FBI Has Shared No Details in Probe of 18-Year-Old Found Dead on Carnival Cruise

Federal agents took the case because the death occurred in international waters, with the medical examiner releasing only a time of death.

Overview

  • Anna Kepner, 18, was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon, and the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner lists her time of death as 11:17 a.m. on Nov. 7.
  • The FBI is leading the inquiry because it happened in international waters, and no cause or circumstances have been released.
  • The ship cut short its six-day Caribbean itinerary and returned to the Port of Miami after the death.
  • Kepner’s father says the family was questioned and removed from the ship but has received no information from investigators.
  • The Titusville high school senior was a gymnast and cheerleader who had recently completed a military entry test, her family says.