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Anna Kepner's death was a homicide caused by “mechanical asphyxia," according to a copy of her death certificate provided by her family to ABC News

Kepner was "mechanically asphyxiated by other person(s)," the death certificate said

The date of her fatal injury is listed as Nov. 6

Anna Kepner 's manner of death aboard a Carnival cruise ship has been ruled a homicide, according to reporting by ABC News , which obtained a death certificate from the Florida teen's family.

According to the document, Kepner's death was caused by “mechanical asphyxia,” adding that she was "mechanically asphyxiated by other person(s)." The date of her fatal injury is listed as Nov. 6.

Kepner's body was found under a bed by a housekeeper on the Carnival Horizon. She'd been on the cruise her f

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