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Authorities investigate death of passenger aboard Carnival cruise ship
- On Nov. 8, the Carnival Horizon returned to PortMiami after 18-year-old passenger Anna Kepner was found dead during its Miami-to-Caribbean voyage, prompting an FBI's Miami Field Office inquiry.
- Officials have not released details on the circumstances, with Carnival Cruise Line saying the case is under law enforcement jurisdiction and directing media to the Miami public affairs office.
- Her family identified her as Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old Temple Christian School senior from Titusville, Florida, who had recently completed military entry tests and was a happy, bubbly straight-A student and athlete.
- Local tributes and planned autopsy proceedings followed in the days after the return to Miami, with students at Temple Christian School covering her car with flowers on Monday, Nov. 10.
- About 4,000 people were aboard the voyage, underscoring the scale of incidents on large ships, and deaths on cruise ships are typically handled by local authorities.
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