A cruise vacation in the Caribbean took a tragic turn for the family of Titusville’s Anna Marie Kepner, as the 18-year-old was found deceased in November 2026.
After the liner reached land the next day, the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office declared Anna’s passing a homicide caused by mechanical asphyxiation. It was later found that she had been violated as well.
On February 2, her stepbrother, Timothy Hudson, 16, was charged with the case as a juvenile, but was later indicted as an adult. However, he had been allowed to live with his family members on supervised release until now.
