As the investigation into the death of an 18-year-old is intensifying, a community in Florida is gathering on Thursday to remember the teen days after she was found dead on a Carnival Cruise ship .

Loved ones, fellow students and community members gathered at the Grove Church in Titusville for a celebration of life for Anna Kepner.

Kepner was described in her obituary as someone who filled the room with laughter, love & light.

In Titusville, flowers lay in front of the high school senior’s parking spot at Temple Christian School, where she was set to graduate in the spring.

Community member Hunter Pinkerton didn’t know Kepner but said the loss felt personal.

“I don’t even have words for it, it’s mind-blowing how stuff like that can just happen,” Pinkerton said. “I’m part of the comm

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