The death of Anna Kepner, from Titusville, Florida, on a Carnival Horizon ship earlier this month has drawn international attention and sparked intense speculation on social media

The death of a teenager on a cruise ship earlier this month has been ruled a homicide.

Anna Kepner's body was found under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship during a family holiday as the vessel moved between Mexico and Florida. A maid found the 18-year-old woman lifeless in a blanket and covered in life jackets, leaving her parents Christopher Kepner and Heather Wright devastated.

Now, it has emerged Anna's death certificate says her cause of death was "mechanical asphyxia," and the teen "was mechanically asphyxiated by other person(s)." Mechanical asphyxia is when an object or physical force stops someone

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