Teen accused of killing stepsister on Carnival cruise ship ordered detained before murder trial

The teen stepbrother accused of killing 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise ship has been ordered detained pending trial after a federal judge reversed course and found that no release conditions could reasonably protect the community.

Timothy Hudson, identified in federal filings as T.H. because he is a minor, had previously been allowed to remain out of jail in the custody of a family member under strict conditions. He was 16 when he allegedly killed Kepner.

But in a June 10 order, U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres granted the government’s motion to revoke that release after Hudson’s case was transferred from juvenile proceedings to adult prosecution. The judge said the legal landscape changed once Hudson was moved into adult court.

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