One month after 18-year-old Anna Kepner was found dead on the Carnival Horizon cruise ship, her family is tearing itself apart in court — and the details emerging are devastating.

Anna died from a bar hold. An arm across the throat. Two bruises on her neck. A technique that takes minutes to execute. So where does a 16-year-old learn something like that?

In a December 5th custody hearing in Brevard County, Florida, we may have gotten the answer. Andrew Hudson — the 18-year-old older brother of the suspect — took the witness stand and testified that his stepfather Christopher Kepner once put him in a chokehold during a custody dispute. Held him against the car seat when he tried to leave. That's sworn testimony. Under oath. In a courthouse where the FBI is investigating a homicide committed by the same method.

This video breaks down everything that came out of that hearing: the chokehold testimony, the suspect's psychiatric medication he skipped for two days before Anna's death, his immediate hospitalization after the ship docked, and why his own parents moved him to an undisclosed location because they decided he was too dangerous to live with the other children.

Anna's father Christopher Kepner has now spoken publicly, telling People magazine he wants his stepson to "face the consequences." The grandmother confirmed security footage shows the stepbrother was the only one seen entering and exiting the cabin. And the older brother's testimony puts a pattern of physical violence in that household on the official record.

The FBI hasn't charged anyone. But the family has already made their judgments clear.

New court date: December 17th. More testimony expected. I'll stay on this.

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