Anna Kepner dies mysteriously during family vacation on Carnival cruise ship: Timeline of events

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old precocious schoolhouse elder and varsity cheerleader, was recovered dormant connected a Carnival cruise vessel during a household abrogation earlier this month, and the origin remains a enigma much than 2 weeks later.

Her remains arrived successful Miami erstwhile the vessel returned to enactment 2 weeks agone Saturday.

Since then, her stepbrother was questioned by the FBI, but nary transgression charges person been filed and nary authoritative origin of decease has been revealed. Her last hours stay a mystery.

Here's a timeline of events:

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Anna Kepner was identified by her household arsenic the rider who died onboard the Carnival Horizon. (Instagram/Anna Kepner)

Oct. 26-30

Anna's last TikTok posts hinted astatine heartbreak and resilience.

"Even aft each breakup, being disrespected, being lied to, being cheated on, being used, getting manipulated, getting played, I volition ever person a grin connected my look and a benignant heart," she wrote, explaining that she would proceed to deterioration a grin connected her look contempt the heartache.

Anna Kepner wrote that she would endure aft a unsmooth breakup successful a video posted conscionable days earlier she died nether chartless circumstances. (@fl.anna18/TikTok)

"I don't cognize wherefore I've been done what I've been through, but I tin committedness you, I ne'er deserved it," the station continued. "Am I huffy astatine those radical for what they did to me? No. Am I upset? Yes."

Her last post, connected Oct. 30, was overmuch shorter.

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"You merit to beryllium happy, but if it ain't with maine past nvm," it read.

Her teen ex-boyfriend aboriginal told reporters that helium was expected to person been connected the fatal cruise with her, but they broke up beforehand.

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Nov. 2

The family, including Anna, her father, her stepmother, and different siblings, including a 16-year-old stepbrother, boarded the cruise vessel Carnival Horizon successful Miami for a six-night Caribbean voyage.

Night of Nov. 6

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Anna felt unwell and near meal early, returning to her cabin, the Daily Mail reported previously.

Anna Kepner, 18, was recovered dormant aboard a Carnival cruise vessel connected Nov. 7, during a abrogation with her family.  (Anna Kepner/Instagram)

Nov. 7

The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office listed Anna's clip of decease astatine 11:17 a.m. connected Nov. 7.

She was discovered dormant successful her country by a Carnival housekeeping worker, her aunt, Krystal Wright, told Fox News Digital. She was nether the bed, wrapped successful a broad and covered successful beingness jackets.

Nov. 8

The Carnival Horizon returned to the Port of Miami, besides known arsenic PortMiami, and the FBI arrived to analyse Anna's death.

Her remains were transferred to the morgue. Investigators questioned her household and others aboard the ship. But nary arrests were made.

Anna Kepner, her father, stepmother and respective siblings successful a household photo. (Shauntel Kepner/Facebook)

Nov. 17

Court filings surfaced successful a custody quality involving Anna’s stepmother, Shauntel Kepner, and her ex-husband, Thomas Hudson.

Both sides described the 16-year-old stepbrother arsenic a imaginable "suspect" successful Anna's death.

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Shauntel's lawyer asked the tribunal to postpone an upcoming hearing, arguing that if she were forced to testify, it could incriminate her oregon her son.

Christopher Kepner (center, reddish hat) arrives astatine a memorial work for his daughter, Anna Kepner astatine the Grove Church successful Titusville, Florida, Thursday, November 20, 2025. The 18-year-old cheerleader was reportedly recovered dormant nether a furniture connected a Carnival Cruise connected November 7. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital)

Nov. 20

Anna was laid to remainder pursuing a memorial service.

Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday astatine The Grove Church successful Titusville, Florida, to observe the beingness of Kepner.

Guests were greeted by her graduation photos and invited to permission a fingerprint connected a poster bearing her picture.

Chris Donohue arrives astatine a memorial work for his stepgranddaughter, Anna Kepner, astatine the Grove Church successful Titusville, Florida, Thursday, November 20, 2025. The 18-year-old cheerleader was reportedly recovered dormant nether a furniture connected a Carnival Cruise connected November 7. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital)

Inside the church’s auditorium, a slideshow traced her beingness done images of karate lessons, Disney trips, water days, formation outings, cheerleading fundraisers and carefree flips astatine a bounce house.

According to an online obituary, she loved being connected the h2o and got her boating licence earlier she could thrust a car. She had wanted to articulation the U.S. Navy aft precocious schoolhouse and yet go a K-9 constabulary officer.

Nov. 21

A preliminary probe recovered grounds Anna had been asphyxiated successful a chokehold, ABC News reported Friday. 

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Fox News Digital has not independently verified the report. An authoritative origin and mode of decease person not yet been determined, according to the aesculapian examiner's office. But a root with cognition of the lawsuit said toxicology and different laboratory investigating had not yet been completed but said bruises had been recovered connected the body.