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TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Anna Kepner, a Florida teen and high school senior remembered for her bright spirit, was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon during an early November Caribbean cruise, prompting a federal investigation and igniting a public reckoning among the adults in her life.

As agents sift through ship records, a widening circle of court filings and interviews has laid bare deep rifts in Kepner’s blended family. The FBI is leading the probe after the ship returned to port as scheduled. No criminal charges have been announced.

In an emergency motion filed in Brevard County, Anna’s stepmother, Shauntel Kepner, formerly Shauntel Hudson, through her attorney, Millicent Athanason, asked a judge to postpone a December hearing in a proceedi

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