A 16-year-old who is being eyed for possible involvement in the death of his stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship may be called to testify in person about the incident, an attorney for his father said Thursday at a custody hearing in Florida.

Scott Smith, an attorney representing Thomas Hudson, the father of the 16-year-old, said that while "we don't really want to" put the boy in the middle of an ongoing custody dispute, "I may have to call him" to testify about the circumstances surrounding his stepsister's death .

The testimony would be given as part of a child custody dispute between Thomas Hudson and Shauntel Hudson, the stepmother of 18-year-old Anna Kepner. Kepner's body was found under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month by a housekeeper, according to two s

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