Federal Authorities Could Criminally Cost Minor in Teen’s Loss of life on Carnival Cruise

Federal authorities are persevering with their investigation into the sudden demise of 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise ship — and now they’re zeroing in on a minor for doable prison costs, based on a brand new submitting.

The brand new growth comes after Kepner’s stepmom, Shauntel Hudson, not too long ago filed a request to delay her courtroom listening to in a custody case unrelated to the FBI probe into Anna’s demise, based on courtroom paperwork.

Within the household courtroom submitting … Hudson states she’s been knowledgeable by FBI investigators and her attorneys {that a} “prison case could also be initiated towards one of many minor youngsters of this immediate motion.”

She additionally says any written or oral testimony she might give “could possibly be prejudicial to her or her adolescent little one on this pending prison investigation,” and subsequently she “can’t be compelled to testify.”

Hudson was on the Carnival Horizon cruise ship along with her children and Kepner’s dad when her stepdaughter’s physique was discovered on November 8. The ship had left Miami en path to the Caribbean, however was pressured to return to Miami after the heartbreaking discovery.