Anna Kepner’s stepbrother booted from household residence as FBI considers charging him
Anna Kepner’s 16-year-old stepbrother was kicked out of his household’s Florida residence because the feds are reportedly contemplating fees towards him in reference to the cheerleader’s cruise ship loss of life.
The boy’s mom, Shauntel Kepner, and her husband despatched the teenager to reside with relations to keep away from the “danger of any hazard” to the opposite youngsters of their residence, Kepner’s lawyer, Millicent Athanason, mentioned in an emergency custody listening to on Friday, in accordance with Folks.
The listening to was a part of an ongoing dispute between Kepner and her ex-husband.
Athanason additionally revealed Friday that fees towards Kepner’s stepbrother, who has been named in courtroom filings as a suspect within the case, might quickly be filed.
“We’re undecided what the FBI goes to do … Whether or not he’s going to be charged federally or whether or not they’re going to show it over to the state,” Athanason mentioned Friday, Fox Information reported.
Anna Kepner, 18, was discovered useless on a Carnival cruise ship on Nov. 7, her physique shoved below a mattress, stuffed in a blanket and lined by life vests.
Her loss of life has been dominated a murder and, in accordance with her loss of life certificates, she “was mechanically asphyxiated by different particular person(s)” on Nov. 6.
It is a growing story. Please verify again for updates.
