16-year-old indicted as adult in stepsister's cruise ship death

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16-year-old indicted as adult in stepsister's cruise ship death
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A 16-year-old boy identified as TH has been indicted as an adult on federal charges of sexual abuse and first-degree murder in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister Anna Kepner aboard the Carnival Horizon. Kepner died by mechanical asphyxiation, and her body was found in her cabin while the ship was in international waters; if convicted, the defendant faces life in prison. The case was transferred from juvenile to adult prosecution in Florida federal court.

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