The person accused of killing Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise ship just pleaded not guilty in federal court — and he didn't even show up to say it. His attorney filed a one-page document while the sixteen-year-old stayed home, wearing a GPS ankle monitor, living with a relative, and recently cleared to work at his biological father's landscaping business. That's the reality of this case right now. Anna was eighteen years old. She was found dead under a bed aboard the Carnival Horizon — wrapped in a blanket, concealed beneath life jackets — during what was supposed to be a family bonding cruise. The medical examiner ruled it homicide by mechanical asphyxiation. Bruising on her neck was consistent with an arm held across it. Her younger brother reportedly heard yelling and violent sounds from the locked cabin the night before her body was found. Ship surveillance reportedly shows one person entering and exiting that stateroom. Timothy Hudson faces first-degree murder and an additional serious federal charge. According to reporting, he requested adult prosecution himself. Prosecutors have turned over the full evidence file — including the autopsy, body camera footage, and a cellphone data extraction from a phone identified only as "C.K." They estimate the trial would take about seven days. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down what every one of those defense moves signals about trial strategy, what the "C.K." phone extraction tells you about how far the investigation reached, and whether a seven-day estimate sounds like a tight case or a thin one. The detention fight is pending. Anna's father is calling for detention. We revisit where the case stood at the time of our reporting. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #AnnaKepner #CarnivalHorizon #TimothyHudson #NotGuiltyPlea #CruiseShipMurder #EricFaddis #FederalIndictment #JusticeForAnna #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers