The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner was arrested and charged last week in connection with the teenager’s death, according to ABC News. The arrest comes three months after Anna died on the Carnival Horizon on November 7, 2025. Her death was ruled a homicide by mechanical asphyxiation.
The teenager was previously named as a
Last week the Department of Transportation (DOT) published its quarterly cruise crime data for Q4 2025. The data followed similar trends from the last several years, with one exception — Carnival Cruise Line (hereinafter Carnival) reported only three (3) crimes on its ships and zero physical assaults with serious injuries.
New details emerged over the tragic passing of Anna Kepner, who died earlier in November aboard the Carnival Horizon. Anna, 18 years old, died by asphyxiation according to a report by ABC News, citing a source briefed on the investigation.
The source stated that Anna had two bruises on her neck sustained
A minor may face charges in connection with the death of Anna Kepner according to a court filing obtained by ABC News. The report states that one of Anna’s step-siblings may be charged with a crime and that her stepmother, Shauntel Hudson, has been in contact with the FBI.
Mrs. Hudson was on the
New details emerged in the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard the Carnival Horizon. The Daily Mail first reported that the teen was “found wrapped in a blanket, covered over with life jackets and stuffed under a bed.”
The tabloid details how on November 6 Anna complained of feeling unwell during dinner and went
A federal jury found Malaysian national, Lay Ong, 67, guilty for sexually abusing a minor during a Royal Caribbean cruise. The incident took place earlier this year on the Icon of the Seas during the ship’s March 29 through April 5 voyage from Miami.
Ong was convicted on October 23 and the press release of
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released limited information as it continues its investigation of the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner.
One key detail now confirmed is that Anna Kepner passed away on Friday, November 7, at 11:17 a.m., according to the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner. Per The Cruise Globe, the
An 18-year-old passenger died aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Horizon during a 6-night Caribbean voyage from Miami. The woman has been identified as Anna Kepner.
Kepner’s family described their daughter as a joyful, straight-A student who was planning to join the military. She was from Titusville, Florida.
Limited information about the cause or events leading
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (“FBI”) arrested a cruise passenger last week on charges of abusive sexual contact with a young girl on a cruise ship, according to documents filed in federal court for the Southern District of Florida.
The FBI arrested 47 year-old Justin Dale Sigmon on the Carnival Sunshine when the cruise ship
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a cruise passenger last week after it was discovered that he installed a secret camera in a public bathroom on a cruise ship sailing from Miami on a cruise to the Caribbean.
An affidavit from a FBI agent verified that on April 29th, Jeremy Froias boarded the Royal
A cruise ship nurse reportedly sexually assaulted a U.S. guest on a cruise ship which called yesterday on the port of Nassau in the Bahamas.
The article states that around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2029, a forty-three year-old female passenger visited the cruise ship’s infirmary for medical attention. “Reports state that it was during
On Monday, we reported that Carnival Cruise Line reported a “suspicious death” involving a woman aboard the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship. The guest was traveling with her husband when, according to local newspaper, Channel 5 WCSC, Carnival crew members were made aware of an unresponsive woman on Feb. 27th and attempted life-saving measures, but the
A newspaper in South Carolina, Channel 5 WCSC, reported this evening that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a “suspicious death” involving a woman aboard the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship. According to this local newspaper, the guest was traveling with her husband when:
Crew members of Carnival Cruise Sunshine were made aware
What happens when as many as sixty passengers are involved in a violent brawl on a Carnival cruise ship? Nothing, as it became clear from reports of an early morning brawl aboard the Carnival Magic which returned to port in Manhattan yesterday morning.
Local New York NBC Channel 4 reports that as many as 60
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) announced yesterday that a grand jury indicted a man from Jacksonville, Florida for aggravated sexual abuse by force of a young woman on Carnival cruise ship. The FBI announced the news via a press release.
The indictment arises out of a incident which occurred on February 27, 2018 on the
According to multiple news sources, the FBI is investigating the death of a 39-year-old woman from Utah aboard the Emerald Princess operated by Princess Cruises in Alaska.
The woman reportedly died aboard he Princess cruise ship after a "domestic dispute" leading to her "suspicious" death.
The cruise ship was diverted to Juneau, Alaska because of
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Last night, NBC Nightly News aired part 2 of its investigation into sexual assaults on cruise ships.
NBC interviewed me during the investigation. We have handled over 100 cases of sexual assault; approximately one third of the victims have been children. This is essentially the assault rate of minors that experts testified to during prior
Last night I received an email from a person who follows cruising who received information that there may have been what is being described as a "murder / suicide" on an unidentified Royal Caribbean cruise ship. There was a vague posting of the alleged incident on the Disney boards.
This morning I received another
