Source: New York Post
Anna Kepner’s 16-year-old stepbrother is set to dodge his court appearance Wednesday, letting his lawyers instead enter his plea of not guilty to charges he raped and killed her while they were on a cruise. Timothy Hudson had been scheduled to show up in the morning at Miami federal court, where he is being tried as an adult for allegedly fatally strangling his 18-year-old cheerleader stepsister on the Carnival Cruise ship Horizon in November and then cramming her body under the bed in the room they were staying in together But Hudson’s lawyer, Eric Cohen, who is with the Federal Public Defenders, filed papers Tuesday afternoon waiving the teen’s appearance at his arraignment in adult court and entering a plea of not guilty on his behalf. 3 Timothy Hudson, 16, allegedly raped and killed his 18-year-old stepsister, Anna Kepner.
