Anna Kepner, 18, from Titusville, was found dead of asphyxiation under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship
The grandparents of a high school senior found dead on a cruise ship earlier in November say they fear they have lost two grandchildren after her stepbrother has emerged as a suspect in the case.
“No matter what we find out, no matter what they tell us, it’s not going to bring either one of these children back,” Barbara Kepner, the grandmother of the late 18-year-old cheerleader Anna Kepner told ABC News on Monday.
Anna Kepner, from Titusville, Florida, was found dead under a bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered by life vests on the Carnival Horizon on 8 November, according to national media reports that have been widely followed.
Investigators later told ABC News that Kepner died by asphyxiation resulting from a bar hold – an arm across the neck – and pointed to bruises on the side of her neck. The Miami-Dade medical examiner, which is investigating Kepner’s death, has not confirmed the cause or manner of death.
