Cruise ship death mystery: Cheerleader's final posts hint at heartbreak and resilience as dad breaks silence

The FBI is investigating the decease of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, a Florida precocious schoolhouse elder recovered dormant aboard a Carnival cruise vessel — conscionable days aft she posted a TikTok hinting astatine heartbreak and resilience.

In an Oct. 26 video, she shared a bid of selfies and wrote that she would proceed to "have a smile" connected her look contempt what sounds similar a unsmooth breakup.

"Even aft each breakup, being disrespected, being lied to, being cheated on, being used, getting manipulated, getting played, I volition ever person a grin connected my look and a benignant heart," reads the on-screen substance successful her video, reported earlier by the New York-based ineligible quality site, Lawyer Herald.

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Anna Kepner wrote that she would endure aft a unsmooth breakup successful a video posted conscionable days earlier she died nether chartless circumstances. (@fl.anna18/TikTok)

"I don't cognize wherefore I've been done what I've been through, but I tin committedness you, I ne'er deserved it," the station continued. "Am I huffy astatine those radical for what they did to me? No. Am I upset? Yes."

Her last post, connected Oct. 30, was overmuch shorter.

"You merit to beryllium happy, but if it ain't with maine past nvm," it reads, utilizing shorthand for "never mind."

Around 11:15 a.m. connected Nov. 7, she was recovered dormant aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship.

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A inactive representation shows 18-year-old Anna Kepner's cryptic last TikTok post, posted 8 days earlier she was recovered dormant connected a cruise ship. (@fl.anna18/TikTok)

Anna Marie Kepner was a elder and subordinate of the varsity cheerleading squad astatine Temple Christian School, a backstage K-12 Baptist schoolhouse successful Titusville, Florida, astir 40 miles eastbound of Orlando, Fox News Digital reported previously.

Her remains were returned to enactment successful Miami Saturday morning, and a origin and mode of decease person not yet been released.

She was reportedly a straight-A pupil who planned to articulation the U.S. subject aft graduation, according to FOX 35 Orlando.

Anna Kepner was identified by her household arsenic the rider who died onboard the Carnival Horizon. (Instagram/Anna Kepner)

Kepner's adjacent friend, Gennavicia Guerrero, 18, told FOX 35 that Kepner was a affirmative power connected her friends and encouraged them to bash good successful school, too.

"This can't beryllium real," she said.

Attempts to scope her household were unsuccessful Thursday.

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Her begetter broke his soundlessness successful an interrogation Wednesday with the Daily Mail, explaining that the household went connected a six-day cruise unneurotic and that she had died nether chartless circumstances portion the vas was successful planetary waters successful the Gulf of America. 

"We were determination arsenic a family," helium told the outlet. "Everybody was questioned. Everybody came disconnected that ship. I don't cognize who they are looking astatine oregon what their probe is."

He said helium had not yet heard thing from the FBI.