Overview
- Attorneys for stepmother Shauntel Hudson-Kepner subpoenaed a DCF investigator and Temple Christian School staff to produce records for a custody hearing in Viera, Florida.
- Wednesday’s hearing opened with arguments over a parenting plan as the court addressed disputes outlined in earlier filings and set the stage for review of the subpoenaed material.
- The FBI’s Miami office continues a maritime homicide investigation into Kepner’s Nov. 7 death, ruled mechanical asphyxia after she was found under a bed in a shared stateroom, with no suspect publicly named or charges filed.
- Court filings identify her 16-year-old stepbrother as the subject of the inquiry, and a family attorney said he is staying with a relative while psychological and psychiatric evaluations proceed.
- A newly surfaced TikTok video shows Kepner dancing at the ship’s Nov. 2 sail-away party, offering one of the last public glimpses before her death.