{"id":106148,"date":"2026-04-13T14:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/stepbrother-charged-with-murder-sex-abuse-in-teen-girls-cruise-ship-death-doj\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:14:08","slug":"stepbrother-charged-with-murder-sex-abuse-in-teen-girls-cruise-ship-death-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/stepbrother-charged-with-murder-sex-abuse-in-teen-girls-cruise-ship-death-doj\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepbrother charged with murder, sex abuse in teen girl&#8217;s cruise ship death: DOJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/passenger-died-carnival-cruise-ship-identified-18-year\/story?id=127365664\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:death of his stepsister during a family cruise vacation;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;death of his stepsister during a family cruise vacation&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">death of his stepsister during a family cruise vacation<\/a>, the Department of Justice announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/anna-kepner-teen-died-carnival-cruise-honored-funeral\/story?id=127709795\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anna Kepner, 18, died on the Carnival Cruise ship Horizon;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Anna Kepner, 18, died on the Carnival Cruise ship Horizon&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">Anna Kepner, 18, died on the Carnival Cruise ship Horizon<\/a> in November while the ship was in international waters and heading to Miami, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The DOJ alleged the stepbrother &#8220;sexually assaulted and intentionally killed&#8221; Kepner. 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He&#8217;s now been indicted as an adult by a federal grand jury on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kepner\u2019s family said in a statement last year that the 18-year-old &#8220;loved being around people\u201d and \u201cdrew you in with her smile and the way she carried herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She was set to graduate from high school this May and was interested in joining the military, her family said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/stepbrother-charged-murder-sex-abuse-162200308.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the death of his stepsister during a family cruise vacation, the Department of Justice announced Monday. 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