Teen Charged in Stepsister’s Cruise Ship Killing to Be Arraigned April 22

Overview

• A federal grand jury indicted 16-year-old Timothy Hudson as an adult on aggravated sexual abuse and first-degree murder, with an arraignment set in Miami federal court.
• Prosecutors have asked the judge to end his court-ordered release to an uncle and request detention, citing risk concerns.
• Hudson remains under GPS monitoring with no unsupervised contact with minors, conditions first set when he was charged as a juvenile in February.
• A judge granted a Feb. 4 defense motion that bars investigators from questioning Hudson, and several defense filings remain under seal, limiting public details.
• Records say Anna Kepner, 18, was found under a bed on the Carnival Horizon, the medical examiner ruled her death mechanical asphyxiation, and the FBI took the case because the incident occurred in international waters; the charges carry a potential life sentence but no death penalty due to his age.