The cause of death for a teenage girl who died aboard a Carnival Cruise ship has been revealed.

Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old cheerleader from Titusville, Florida, died from asphyxiation resulting from a bar hold—an arm across the neck—according to a source who spoke to ABC News on Friday.

The source shared that investigators found two bruises on the side of her neck, and that preliminary information suggests there were no signs of sexual assault or that she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Kepner had been on the Carnival Horizon cruise from Florida to the Caribbean with her family when she was found dead on November 8. The ship returned to port in Miami the same day.

Her body was found stuffed under a bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered by life vests, according to sources

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