New court filing reveals FBI investigation into 18-year-old found dead on cruise ship may involve minor who was travelling with her

Newly distributed information is shedding more light on the mysterious death of -year-old Anna Kepner as a court filing confirms the FBI study now involves an individual who was traveling with her Kepner a Titusville teen described by her family as a straight-A participant with plans to join the military was discovered deceased on board the ship According to reports by the Daily Mail she was ascertained underneath the bed in her cruise cabin wrapped in a blanket and covered in life jackets The Horizon docked at PortMiami on Nov where the FBI s Miami field office opened a federal examination into the circumstances of her death Carnival Cruise Line has reported it is fully cooperating with federal executives Kepner was traveling with family members including her stepmother Shauntel Hudson who was also accompanied by her own minor children In a newly filed crisis motion in Brevard County family court Hudson s attorney stated that the FBI has advised her that a criminal development may be initiated against one of the minor children who were on the cruise at the time of Anna s death The filing submitted on Monday seeks to postpone a scheduled court hearing on unrelated family-law matters arguing that Hudson cannot testify without risking self-incrimination or jeopardizing the minor child in the federal probe Kepner s family stated ABC News she was a joyful and energetic young woman who lit up every room volunteered in her district competed in cheerleading and loved the water She was set to graduate high school next spring and had in recent days passed testing to enlist in the military Friends have created a memorial around her parking spot at school leaving stuffed animals and flowers in her honor Neither the FBI nor Carnival has published details about what may have led to Kepner s death and no charges have been filed The assessment remains evolving