A 16-year-old boy, Timothy Hudson, has been indicted on charges of murder and aggravated sexual assault in connection with the death of his 18-year-old stepsister, Anna Kepner, aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship in November 2024. Kepner's body was found concealed under a bed in a cabin she shared with Hudson and another teenager on the Carnival Horizon vessel, with her cause of death determined to be mechanical asphyxia; the case was kept under seal due to Hudson's age until a Florida federal judge ordered he be tried as an adult. Hudson has pleaded not guilty and remains free in the care of a relative, a situation Kepner's father has publicly described as deeply troubling given the gravity of the charges.