The dying of 18-year-old Anna Kepner has been ruled a homicide, based on a duplicate of the dying certificates issued on Monday and supplied to ABC Information by Kepner’s household.
The doc mentioned the dying was attributable to “mechanical asphyxia” and the date of damage was listed as Nov. 6, although the time is unknown. It says {the teenager} “was mechanically asphyxiated by different individual(s).”
The household of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, who was reported useless whereas aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship on Saturday, says they’ll bear in mind her as a cheerful, bubbly, straight-A pupil with a shiny future forward.
Kepner household
Post-mortem and toxicology studies haven’t been launched and the Miami-Dade medical expert declined to remark Monday. The FBI has not beforehand commented and didn’t reply to a request for remark Monday.
The information comes weeks after the Florida teenager was found dead on the Carnival Horizon cruise ship whereas on trip together with her grandparents, father, stepmother, siblings and stepsiblings. She was discovered useless beneath a mattress, wrapped in a blanket and coated by life vests, based on a safety supply briefed on the investigation.
The Kepner household beforehand instructed ABC Information the FBI mentioned Anna apparently died from asphyxiation, presumably attributable to a bar maintain — an arm throughout the neck.
A court docket submitting in an unrelated household court docket matter famous Kepner’s stepbrother, a minor, might face expenses.
It is a growing story. Please test again for updates.
