2026年2月23日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:59 / CBS新闻
据CBS新闻获得的法庭文件（该文件援引了克普纳家族的社交媒体信息）显示，16岁的安娜·克普纳同母异父兄弟已被指控为未成年人，罪名是杀害这名佛罗里达州少女。安娜在去年11月的一次家庭度假期间，被发现死在嘉年华邮轮上。
在一份日期为2月20日的紧急文件中，托马斯·哈德森（即该兄弟的父亲）的律师写道：“根据克普纳家族的社交媒体信息，2026年2月3日，申诉人/父亲的儿子TH被美国佛罗里达州南区联邦检察官指控犯有[已编辑]罪和谋杀安娜·克普纳罪。”
这份文件是哈德森与安娜·克普纳同母异父兄弟的父母肖恩特尔·克普纳之间持续存在的监护权纠纷的一部分。
美国佛罗里达州南区联邦检察官办公室和联邦调查局尚未就克普纳案的进展发表评论。
然而，CBS新闻了解到，针对这名少年的案件目前处于密封状态，并由迈阿密联邦法官贝丝·布卢姆监督。
由于该少年是未成年人，CBS新闻未透露其姓名。他于2月6日出现在迈阿密联邦法院参加听证会，但由于案件处于密封状态，媒体被禁止进入法庭。
“如果是未成年人，在其被指控为成年人之前你不会知道相关情况。”前棕榈滩州检察官戴夫·阿伦伯格告诉CBS新闻。
据阿伦伯格称，针对未成年人的联邦指控通常会被密封，因为根据联邦法律，未成年人受到广泛的保护。如果此人后来被指控为成年人，起诉书可能会被公开。
18岁的安娜·克普纳当时正与父亲、继母和三个同母异父的兄弟姐妹乘坐嘉年华地平线号邮轮进行加勒比海之旅。执法部门消息人士此前告诉CBS新闻，她于11月7日死亡，尸体被一名清洁工在她的船舱床底下发现。邮轮于11月8日返回迈阿密。据家人称，她前一晚告诉他们自己身体不适，便返回了房间。第二天早上她没有出来吃早餐，一场紧急搜寻就此展开。
CBS新闻此前报道，联邦调查局一直在调查这名16岁的同母异父兄弟是否涉及安娜的死亡。一名执法部门消息人士称，调查人员认为克普纳可能在一场争执中被勒死，且嫌疑人可能饮用了酒精。
“关于[克普纳]的死亡有一项未决调查……而TH[同母异父兄弟]是这起最近发生在游轮上的死亡事件的嫌疑人。”肖恩特尔·哈德森在11月18日佛罗里达州布雷瓦德县的监护权纠纷法庭文件中表示。
这份文件是对哈德森前夫一天前提交的另一份文件的回应，该文件同样声称这名16岁少年是嫌疑人。CBS新闻联系了哈德森及其律师。
联邦调查局尚未在公开场合指认任何人是本案的嫌疑人。该机构在一份声明中表示，除极少数情况外，它不会就调查提供业务更新。
嘉年华邮轮公司此前告诉CBS新闻，该公司正在配合联邦调查。由于克普纳是美国公民，且死亡事件发生在国际水域，联邦调查局拥有管辖权。
帕特·米尔顿对本报道有贡献。
Family of Anna Kepner says stepbrother charged with homicide in her death on cruise ship, court document shows
February 23, 2026 / 8:59 PM EST / CBS News
A 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner has been charged with homicide as a minor in the death of the Florida teen, who was found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship during a family vacation in November, according to court documents obtained by CBS News, which cited the Kepner family’s social media.
In an emergency filing, dated Feb. 20, attorneys for Thomas Hudson, the stepbrother’s father, wrote: “According to social media from the Kepner family, on February 3, 2026, the Petitioner/Father’s son, TH, was charged by the United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida for the [redacted] and homicide of Anna Kepner.”
The filing is part of an ongoing custody dispute between Hudson and Shauntel Kepner, the parents of Anna Kepner’s stepbrother.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida and the FBI have not commented on developments in the Kepner case.
However, CBS News has learned there is an ongoing case against the teen that is currently under seal and being overseen by Miami federal judge Beth Bloom.
The stepbrother, who CBS News is not naming because he is a minor, appeared in federal court in Miami on Feb. 6, for a hearing but because the case is under seal media was not allowed in the courtroom
“If it’s a juvenile you won’t know until he’s charged as an adult,” Dave Aronberg, a former Palm Beach state attorney, told CBS News.
According to Aronberg, federal charges against a minor are typically under seal because there are vast protections for minors under federal law. An indictment could be unsealed if the person is later charged as an adult.
Anna Kepner, 18, was on a Caribbean cruise with her father, stepmother and three stepsiblings on the Carnival Horizon. Law enforcement sources previously told CBS News that she died on Nov. 7 and her body was found by a housekeeper under the bed in her stateroom. The ship returned to Miami on Nov. 8.According to family members, she had told them the night before that she wasn’t feeling well and returned to her room. When she didn’t show up for breakfast the next morning, a frantic search began.
The FBI had been investigating Kepner’s 16-year-old stepbrother for possible involvement in her death, CBS News previously reported. A law enforcement source said investigators believe Kepner may have been strangled during an altercation, and that the suspect may have been using alcohol.
“There is an open investigation regarding [Kepner’s] death… and T.H. [a stepbrother] is a suspect regarding this death which occurred recently on a cruise ship,” Shauntel Hudson said in a Nov. 18 court filing in the custody dispute in Brevard County, Florida.
That filing was in response to another filing entered by Hudson’s ex-husband a day earlier, which also asserted the 16-year-old is a suspect. CBS News reached out to Hudson and her attorneys.
The FBI had not publicly named anyone as a suspect in this case. The agency said in a statement that it does not provide operational updates on its investigations except in rare circumstances.
Carnival Cruise Line previously told CBS News that it’s cooperating with the federal investigation. The FBI has jurisdiction because Kepner is a U.S. citizen and the death occurred in international waters.
Pat Milton contributed to this report.