Titusville Teen’s Mysterious Death on Carnival Cruise Ship Under Investigation
By Space Coast Daily // November 19, 2025
ABOVE VIDEO: The FBI may be preparing to open a criminal investigation connected to the death of Anna Kepner, the Titusville high school student who died under mysterious circumstances aboard a Carnival cruise ship, based upon an emergency motion filed in an unrelated case connected to Kepner’s stepmom.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The FBI may be preparing to open a criminal investigation connected to the death of Anna Kepner, the Titusville high school student who died under mysterious circumstances aboard a Carnival cruise ship, based upon an emergency motion filed in an unrelated case connected to Kepner’s stepmom.
“The respondent has been advised through discussions with FBI investigators and her attorneys that a criminal case may be initiated against one of the minor children,” the filing states.
The motion does not identify the child, nor does it provide details about the investigation, Kepner’s death, or the events leading up to it.
It does note that all parties referenced in the document were on the cruise with Kepner.
The FBI has not released any information regarding the case and has neither confirmed nor denied whether it is investigating. The agency cited its policy of withholding comment on potential or active investigations.
The emergency motion was filed in family court related to a separate case there.
The motion was filed on behalf of Kepner’s stepmother asks for a continuance in that case, claiming that she cannot testify at an upcoming hearing due to Kepner’s death and citing the Fifth Amendment not to self-incriminate.
Anna Kepner died aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship at 11:17 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, per the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner.
