Federal agents are investigating the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner , who was found dead on the Carnival Horizon cruise ship on Tuesday (November 7). The teenager, a cheerleader from Titusville, Florida, was discovered under a bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered by life vests, according to a security source briefed on the investigation. The Miami-Dade medical examiner has yet to specify the cause or manner of her death.

A court filing in an unrelated family court matter revealed that Kepner's stepbrother, a minor, may face charges in connection to her death . Shauntel Hudson , Kepner's stepmother, requested a delay in her custody hearing, citing the ongoing criminal investigation involving her minor child. A man claiming to be Kepner's uncle alleged that her stepbrother was

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