Death of Florida teenager on Carnival cruise ship ruled a homicide

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Source: AP

By KATE PAYNE and JEFF MARTIN
Updated 4:10 PM CST, November 25, 2025

The death of a Florida teenager on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month has been ruled a homicide, the latest development in a case that has drawn international attention and sparked intense speculation on social media.

Anna Kepner’s cause of death was “mechanical asphyxia,” according to a copy of her death certificate obtained by ABC News, which said the 18-year-old “was mechanically asphyxiated by other person(s).”

Mechanical asphyxia is when an object or physical force stops someone from breathing, according to Stephen Nelson, a chief medical examiner in Central Florida who is not involved in the case.

“In some way, shape or form, your airway has been cut off,” said Nelson, a former chair of Florida’s Medical Examiners Commission.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/miami-florida-carnival-cruise-ship-death-kepner-d5e655acb00e00a3ff7e7c5ba32e8842

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1. Does that include hamn hand strangulation?

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2. Slow investigation

Carnival cruise trying to protect its bottom line.

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3. Yeah, they got plenty of bad publicity

With Netflix's "Trainwreck: Poop Cruise."

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4. Anna