"The family of Anna Kepner, the high school senior whose younger stepbrother is now suspected in her recent death aboard a Carnival cruise, is breaking their silence on the tragic situation. Paternal grandmother Barbara Kepner told ABC News that the body of the 18-year-old cheerleader was found earlier this month, concealed under the bed in the Carnival Horizon stateroom she was sharing with the minor suspect and her biological brother."
"Anna was mechanically asphyxiated by other person(s), according to the death certificate issued Monday and provided to the outlet by her family. Official autopsy and toxicology results are still pending, though there are no apparent signs of sexual assault. They were just like brother and sister, Barbara said of the reported suspect, with whom Anna was like two peas in a pod."
"Though the stepbrother was the only one seen coming and going from the room they shared around the time of Anna's death, Barbara feels she can't accuse him because I don't know what happened in that room. But the summation would be that he did something. I heard him, in his own words, say he does not remember what happened, continued Barbara, who said she sat in on some of his interview with the FBI."
Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old cheerleader, was found concealed under the bed in the Carnival Horizon stateroom she shared with a minor stepbrother and her biological brother. The death certificate listed mechanical asphyxiation by other person(s); autopsy and toxicology results are pending and there are no apparent signs of sexual assault. Grandmother Barbara Kepner said Anna and the stepbrother were like siblings, described the boy as a good student with past demons, and said he told investigators he does not remember what happened. Nine family members were aboard across three staterooms. Barbara said she sat in on some FBI interview and will support whatever the law decides if he is charged and convicted.
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