Teenager Arrested for Killing Stepsister on Carnival Cruise Ship

Tampa, Florida - U.S. Marshals have taken into custody a teenager who was charged with killing his stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship.

Timothy Hudson, 16, will remain behind bars until his upcoming trial, according to the Kepner family.

He was ordered to report to a federal courthouse in Tampa on Monday morning where he was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals.

Hudson was indicted as an adult by a federal grand jury on charges of murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the November 2025 killing of his stepsister, Anna Kepner.

The trial is set to begin in September.

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