A Florida cheerleader was found asphyxiated under a bed on a Carnival Cruise ship inside a room she was sharing with her stepbrother, according to a new legal filing in a separate case.

Anna Kepner, 18, died on the Carnival Horizon cruise ship on Nov. 7 while on vacation with her family.

The cruise ship returned to PortMiami the next day, as was planned, Carnival said in a statement at the time, which added that the cruise line was assisting the FBI Miami with the investigation. Kepner Family Photos

A document filed Tuesday in Brevard County, Florida, in a separate case relating to Kepner’s stepmother’s past marriage claims that the stepmother, Shauntel Hudson took her two children on the cruise without the consent of their father, Thomas Hudson.

The document claims Shauntel Hudson

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