An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader who was killed in the cabin of a cruise ship she shared with her stepbrother “fought for her life,” according to a relative — who on Friday demanded that the boy be charged.
“I know Anna fought. I know she fought for her life, so it’s rough. It’s rough,” Anna Kepner’s aunt, Krystal Wright, told FOX 35 Orlando.
Relatives of Anna Kepner — the 18-year-old Florida cheerleader who was killed the cabin of a cruise ship she shared with her stepbrother “fought for her life” — demanded that the boy be charged. Instagram/@anna.kepner16Wright is frustrated that there’s been no arrest following Kepner’s mysterious death, which was ruled a homicide.
“We don’t understand why, if the boy is a suspect, why has he not been charged yet? What’s happening there?” Wright fumed. “It’s turmoil. We’re just sitting here waiting.”
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“We don’t understand why, if the boy is a suspect, why has he not been charged yet? What’s happening there?” Kepner’s aunt Krystal Wright said. Instagram/@anna.kepner16The tragic teen’s death was ruled a homicide by “mechanical asphyxiation,” after her body was found on Nov. 7 while vacationing with her family, authorities said.
Kepner was stashed under her cabin bed, wrapped in a blanket covered by life vests — and Anna’s father, Christopher Kepner, has said he wants his stepson charged if he’s responsible for her death.
Law enforcement have yet to announce a suspect or person of interest.
