00:00A grieving father said his family had their world turned upside down
00:03after a maid on a Carnival Horizon cruise ship made a disturbing discovery.
00:08The lifeless body of an 18-year-old Anna Kepner,
00:11stuffed under a bed and wrapped in a blanket.
00:13Now, creepy details are emerging about her 16-year-old stepbrother,
00:16who is being eyed as a suspect in the case, and who was, quote,
00:20obsessed with her.
00:21She was scared of him because he always carried around a big knife.
00:25Here's everything we know about the teen cheerleader's mysterious death.
00:28The Florida teen affectionately nicknamed Anna Banana and her blended family
00:32set sail on November 2nd from Miami for a six-day Carnival cruise,
00:37which was supposed to set sail throughout the Caribbean.
00:39The teen was on the ship with her father, Christopher Kepner,
00:42and her new stepmom, Chantel Hudson,
00:44whose two teenage sons were also in tow on the voyage.
00:47Before tragedy struck, Anna had plans to join the U.S. Navy after graduation
00:51and eventually become a K-9 police officer.
00:54But on the fourth night of the cruise,
00:56the fun-loving teen reportedly told family members at dinner that she was not feeling well
01:00and decided to go back to her room, according to the Daily Mail.
01:04When she didn't show up for breakfast the next morning,
01:06a desperate search was made of the massive ship,
01:08which can carry nearly 4,000 passengers.
01:10The search came to a disturbing end when a maid on the ship made a grisly discovery.
01:15Anna was reportedly found dead, wrapped in a blanket,
01:17covered in life jackets, and crammed underneath a bed inside the cabin,
01:21she shared with her 14-year-old and 16-year-old stepbrothers.
01:24The shocking death prompted the Carnival cruise ship to abruptly change course
01:27for the port of Miami, Florida,
01:29where the FBI Miami office jump-started the investigation
01:32since the teen's death occurred in international waters,
01:35somewhere between Mexico and Miami.
01:37Videos shot by WSVN7 journalist Sheldon Fox and posted on X
01:42captured the moment the medical examiner appeared to move Anna's body from the ship.
01:46The Miami-Dade County medical examiner lists the teen's time of death as 11.17 a.m. November 7,
01:52but does not mention any official cause or manner of death.
01:56A haunting picture of Anna was also dug up,
01:58posted on social media just weeks before her death.
02:01On TikTok on October 30, Anna posted a bathroom mirror selfie with the caption,
02:05You deserve to be happy, but if it ain't with me, then never mind.
02:09The final post has since been flooded with heartfelt tributes.
02:12Information about what happened to Anna was initially scant,
02:15but now chilling details surrounding her death have been trickling out.
02:18According to the Daily Mail, Anna's 14-year-old stepbrother
02:21unknowingly went to sleep just feet away from his dead sister.
02:25Sources say during the same night the teen went back to her room after feeling sick,
02:29the teen's two stepbrothers also went back to their shared room with Anna later that evening,
02:33before her younger brother changed his clothes
02:36and left again to take pictures of the Carnival Horizon as it continued its Caribbean voyage.
02:41Sources say that when the 14-year-old came back,
02:43he noticed his stepsister wasn't in bed,
02:45but he assumed she had gone out again to be with the adults.
02:48The young boy thought nothing of it and went to sleep.
02:51However, Anna was last seen on the ship's surveillance footage
02:53returning to her room that night and was not seen leaving again.
02:57In a bombshell twist, Anna's 16-year-old stepbrother
03:00was then revealed to be a suspect in her death.
03:02The disturbing information emerged from an unexpected source.
03:05According to a court motion filed on November 17,
03:08from a messy custody dispute between Anna's stepmother,
03:11Chantel, and her ex-husband, Thomas,
03:13Chantel requested that a hearing be rescheduled
03:16because she claimed that her son, Anna's 16-year-old stepbrother,
03:19who was identified as TH in documents,
03:21was being named a suspect in the teen's killing and could face a criminal case.
03:26Now, the father of the slain 18-year-old's ex-boyfriend
03:28is sounding an alarm about the 16-year-old suspect,
03:31telling Inside Edition that the boy had a creepy obsession with Anna
03:35and was once caught climbing on top of her while she slept.
03:38Stephen Weston cited conversations with his son to Inside Edition,
03:41claiming that the stepbrother wanted to date her
03:43and relentlessly pursued her despite their newly-blended family.
03:47She was scared of him because he always carried around a big knife,
03:50the alarmed father claimed to the outlet.
03:52Weston said his son tried to warn Anna's parents but told him,
03:55they didn't want to believe me.
03:56No charges have been filed in the case.
03:58The FBI has been leading the investigation
04:00since Anna died on international waters
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