The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner is set to appear in federal court next week in Miami for his arraignment on formal charges in the death of his stepsister during a family cruise.
The teen, who is not being named by FLORIDA TODAY because of his age, will go before a magistrate judge at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, on charges of murder and aggravated sexual abuse in connection with the Nov. 6 death of the 18-year-old Titusville cheerleader aboard a Carnival cruise ship, court records show.
Kepner’s body was found the next morning, prompting federal authorities to claim immediate jurisdiction to the homicide on the high seas…