Anna Kepner\u2019s heartbroken father wants his stepson punished if federal agents find he killed the 18-year-old Florida cheerleader on a Carnival cruise ship \u2014 but refused to say whether he believes the boy had any role in his daughter\u2019s mysterious death.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not stand behind what my stepson has done,\u201d Christopher Kepner, 41, told People. <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI want him to face the consequences \u2026 I will be fighting to make sure that does happen.\u201d<\/p>\n Anna Kepner, 18, pictured with her father Christopher Kepner and her younger siblings. Facebook\/Chris Kepner<\/p>\n The high school senior had been traveling on the Carnival Horizon ship with her blended family \u2014 including her father, stepmother, siblings, stepsiblings and grandparents<\/a> \u2014 when she was found dead on Nov. 7.<\/p>\n Her lifeless body was stashed under her cabin bed and wrapped in a blanket covered by life vests.<\/p>\n The FBI has offered no updates on its investigation, but court filings from an unrelated case suggest that Anna\u2019s 16-year-old stepbrother, who was sharing a cabin with her, is being eyed as a potential \u201csuspect.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHe was a normal kid,\u201d Kepner said of his stepson, adding \u201cI would\u2019ve never thought that any of this would\u2019ve happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Anna Kepner was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon on Nov. 7. Instagram\/@anna.kepner16<\/p>\n The grieving father said he last saw his daughter alive on Nov. 6 during a family dinner aboard the Carnival ship, and that her corpse was found the following day by a housekeeper, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n But when asked by the publication whether his stepson was involved in Anna\u2019s grisly death, he replied, \u201cI cannot say that he is responsible, but I can\u2019t decline.\u201d<\/p>\n Christopher, her father, wants his 16-year-old stepson punished if feds find he killed the 18-year-old girl. Facebook\/Shauntel Kepner<\/p>\n \u201cHe was the only one that was in the room and the FBI has an ongoing investigation in which they will have to provide the evidence to say that he did do it or did not do this,\u201d the devastated dad said. <\/p>\n Anna\u2019s death was ruled a homicide<\/a>, with her death certificate revealing she was \u201cmechanically asphyxiated by other person(s)\u201d on Nov. 6, ABC News reported.<\/a> <\/p>\n Her 14-year-old younger brother reported overhearing \u201cyelling\u201d and \u201cchairs being thrown\u201d<\/a> while Anna and her stepbrother were alone in their stateroom, which the three siblings shared during the cruise.<\/p>\n Anna\u2019s death was ruled a homicide. Facebook\/Chris Kepner<\/p>\n He unknowingly slept feet away from his sister\u2019s concealed corpse<\/a> the same night she was killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Joshua Westin, Anna\u2019s ex-boyfriend, claimed she confessed she \u201cdidn\u2019t feel safe around\u201d her stepbrother<\/a> months before her death, according to his father.<\/p>\n