BREAKING: The final minutes of Anna Kepner’s life just leaked from Carnival’s security cameras… and it’s pure nightmare fuel.

11:03 p.m. – Hallway cam catches Anna, barefoot in her pajamas, yanking open the cabin door. She looks terrified. Eyes wide, mouth open like she’s screaming for help… but no sound comes out on the silent footage.

She takes one desperate step into the corridor, hand reaching toward freedom…

Then a hand shoots out from inside the room, grabs her by the hair, and violently YANKS her back inside. The door slams shut. Deadbolt clicks. Lights go out.

That was the last time anyone saw Anna Kepner alive.

Thirty seconds. That’s all it took for her life to end. And the person who dragged her back in? The same 16-year-old stepbrother she begged not to be locked in with… the one who whispered those sick, obsessive words days earlier.

Investigators just confirmed: no one else entered or left that cabin for the next 8 hours. When the door finally opened again, Anna was folded under the bed, strangled, hidden like trash.

The footage is too disturbing for TV… but it’s in the FBI file right now. What really happened behind that locked door after she was pulled back in? The screams her little brother heard through the wall… the “thuds”… the silence that followed…

You need to see what the family still refuses to admit.

The FBI is reviewing hours of surveillance footage to unravel the mystery behind the death of Anna Kepner, the 18-year-old whose body was found stuffed under her bed aboard a Carnival Horizon cruise ship on Friday, November 7, according to reports.

The night before she died, Anna complained of not feeling well during dinner with her family — including her father, Chris, her 14-year-old brother, her father’s partner, Shauntel Hudson, and her 16-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter — and returned to a cabin, which Anna shared with the two boys, according to The Sun.

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Her brother and stepbrother followed her, but only her brother changed and left the cabin again, the outlet reported on Thursday, November 20.

Surveillance video of the Titusville, Florida, high school senior with her stepbrother — who has been named in unrelated court documents as a “suspect” – has been uncovered, a law enforcement source told Fox News Digital in a story published on Wednesday, November 19.

Authorities are scouring through hours of video, and also have access to room key swipes, the source added to the outlet.

“I don’t know why Anna was staying in a room with her stepbrother,” Anna Kepner’s step-grandfather, Christopher Donohue — whose daughter is Chris’ second wife — told Fox News Digital.

“The FBI has kept us in the dark, never contacted us. The Kepners haven’t told us anything. We’ve learned from Facebook posts that the stepson is a suspect,” he added.

“All I know is that she went on that boat, and she never came back. Everyone is heartbroken. There are questions. I don’t think we’ll ever know,” he continued. “We are living a nightmare.”

New developments continue in the death of 18-year-old Florida cheerleader Anna Kepner, as her father has been ordered to testify in an ongoing custody dispute while federal investigators examine the circumstances surrounding her death.

Newly filed court documents and the release of her public death certificate provide additional details but leave major questions unresolved.

Newsweek contacted the FBI Miami Field Office and Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office for comment via email outside of normal office hours on Wednesday.

The Context

Anna’s death occurred during a six-day Caribbean family cruise vacation with her father, stepmother, grandparents and siblings aboard the Carnival Horizon.

She was found deceased in her cabin shortly before the ship returned to Miami.

The latest filings in the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner reveal how a federal homicide investigation has become intertwined with a volatile family-court battle, with court filings confirming that a juvenile relative is the subject of the FBI’s probe.

A newly issued subpoena ordering Anna’s father to testify, along with motions seeking to seal records and restrict public disclosures, underscores how the criminal inquiry is now shaping custody decisions and due-process concerns for the minor involved.

At the same time, the release of Kepner’s public death certificate and related filings offers rare insight into an otherwise opaque investigation, raising broader questions about transparency, juvenile justice, and the handling of suspicious deaths aboard cruise ships.

According to her family, Anna Kepner planned to pursue military service. | Instagram/Anna Kepner/Instagram/Anna Kepner

What To Know

Subpoena Orders Father To Testify

A subpoena filed in Brevard County, Florida, on November 25 directs Christopher Kepner to appear at a December 5 hearing in the divorce and custody case between his wife, Shauntel Hudson, and her ex-husband, Thomas Hudson.

The Notice of Issuance of Subpoena states that “the Petitioner has issued a subpoena to… CHRISTOPHER KEPNER” and confirms it was issued on November 25, 2025.

A related subpoena for a hearing, also filed the same day, orders Kepner to testify at 9:00 a.m. before Judge Michelle P. Studstill, warning that failure to appear may result in contempt of court.

The call for testimony comes as the family continues to seek clarity about Anna’s death.

The public version of her death certificate—issued November 25 by the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics—confirms that she died on November 7 aboard a…Read More | State Of Florida Bureau Of Vital Statistics

Death Certificate Offers Limited Public Details

The public version of her death certificate—issued November 25 by the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics—confirms that she died on November 7 aboard a cruise ship and that her remains were to be cremated at the Brevard County Crematory in Titusville, Florida.

The document lists her occupation as “student” and her father, Christopher Kepner, as the informant. It does not include a cause or manner of death, which Florida law restricts to immediate family members.

Federal authorities have released few details beyond acknowledging an active investigation.

The family told ABC News that officials informed them the case has been classified as a homicide caused by mechanical asphyxiation.

Miami-Dade County authorities have not publicly confirmed that information, and no charges have been filed.

Family members confirmed that Anna Kepner was the passenger who died aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship. | Instagram/Anna Kepner/Instagram/Anna Kepner

Family Court Filings Reveal FBI Focus On Minor

Court filings connected to the custody case indicate that Anna’s 16-year-old stepbrother is the subject of the FBI investigation into her death.

In a motion filed November 20, Shauntel Hudson’s attorney wrote that the FBI is conducting an inquiry “arising out of the suspected murder of the Respondent/Mother’s stepdaughter” and that the minor child “is currently the subject of the active F.B.I. criminal investigation.”

The motion seeks a non-dissemination order preventing either party from publicly discussing the case.

It argues that disclosure of information “may jeopardize the integrity of this ongoing investigation and may expose minor child, T.H., and the other grieving family members, to significant and possible irreversible harm.”

The filing also requests that future filings referencing the minor be submitted under seal and that sensitive information be redacted from public records.

As investigators await full autopsy and toxicology results, family-court proceedings have increasingly intersected with the criminal inquiry.

The FBI continues to review surveillance footage, key-card data, and electronic devices, according to statements shared with media outlets.

Because a juvenile may be involved, any future charging decisions could remain confidential under federal law.

For now, the pending testimony of Anna’s father and the sealed portions of the custody case may play a significant role in determining what information becomes public—and when.

What People Are Saying

Barbara Kepner, Anna’s grandmother who, with her grandfather Jeffrey, were on the cruise, when she found out about her granddaughter’s death said: “I just screamed. I couldn’t stop. Screaming,” and when asked about Anna’s stepbrother being a suspect, said: “I don’t think he had anything to do with it, but he was the only one seen coming and going. So I can’t accuse him, because I don’t know what happened in that room — but the summation would be that he did something.”

What Happens Next

The case will now move into a critical phase as Anna Kepner’s father testifies at a December 5 custody hearing, where the judge will also consider a request to restrict public disclosure of information tied to the FBI’s homicide investigation.

Federal authorities continue reviewing evidence—autopsy results, surveillance video, key-card data, and digital devices—while determining whether any charges will be filed, a process that may remain confidential because a juvenile is involved.

If the court grants the non-dissemination order or seals additional records, public insight into both the custody dispute and the federal probe will likely diminish, leaving future updates dependent on official findings or potential criminal action.