{"id":148200,"date":"2026-02-08T18:22:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/148200\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:22:51","slug":"pissed-off-stepbrother-goes-to-court-after-mysterious-death-of-titusville-student-anna-kepner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/148200\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pissed off:\u2019 Stepbrother goes to court after mysterious death of Titusville student Anna Kepner"},"content":{"rendered":"

TITUSVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Over two months after the body of 18-year-old Anna Kepner<\/a> was found stuffed under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship, News 6 has confirmed that her stepbrother found himself in court.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail<\/a> reported that the stepbrother \u2014 identified as 16-year-old Timothy Hudson<\/a> \u2014 was seen arriving at Miami\u2019s James Lawrence King Federal Justice Centre on Friday morning alongside his father, Thomas Hudson.<\/p>\n

Your News 6 Community Correspondent James Sparvero traveled to Titusville to speak with Kepner\u2019s biological father. He confirmed that Hudson had gone to court on Friday.<\/p>\n

However, her father also described being \u201cpissed off\u201d that Timothy Hudson had been released back to the custody of the family he\u2019d been staying with in Brooksville.<\/p>\n

[BELOW: Records show step-sibling may be charged after Titusville 18-year-old found dead on cruise]<\/p>\n

Kepner, a senior at Temple Christian School, was found dead on Nov. 7 aboard the cruise ship, records say.<\/p>\n

According to records obtained by News 6 after Kepner\u2019s death, she had been sharing a stateroom with her 14-year-old brother and Timothy Hudson. <\/p>\n

Family members said a cabin steward ultimately found the teen\u2019s body under a bed in her cabin. It was later revealed that she reportedly died of asphyxiation, though there was no indication of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

Those records also revealed that Hudson was described by his parents as a \u201csuspect\u201d<\/a> in Kepner\u2019s death shortly after it was first reported.<\/p>\n

However, his mother told her ex-husband that the 16-year-old kept repeating that he didn\u2019t remember anything when asked, according to court documents obtained by News 6.<\/p>\n

[BELOW: Text messages reveal family discussions after teen\u2019s death aboard Carnival cruise ship]<\/p>\n

Kepner\u2019s stepmother, Shauntel Hudson, explained that the three teens had voluntarily chosen to share a room rather than join their grandparents in a different room a few decks above.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey wanted to stay together,\u201d Shauntel Hudson testified back in December<\/a>. \u201cThe three of them, like the Three Amigos, are best friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shauntel Hudson said she last saw the three teens as she headed to bed around 7:30 p.m. the night before Anna Kepner\u2019s body was found.<\/p>\n

[WATCH BELOW: Stepbrother \u2018suspect\u2019 hospitalized after Anna Kepner\u2019s death on cruise ship]<\/p>\n

At this time, investigators have not confirmed the details that Timothy Hudson is a suspect in Kepner\u2019s death. So far, no one has been arrested in the case.<\/p>\n

In court papers obtained by News 6 that were filed last week as part of an unrelated family law case, one of Kepner\u2019s former relatives indicated the teen\u2019s death remains under investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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