Wi-Fi Data Links Timothy Hudson to Anna Kepner Murder on Cruise Ship, Trial Set for September
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Wi-Fi Data Links Timothy Hudson to Anna Kepner Murder on Cruise Ship, Trial Set for September
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Summary
Federal prosecutors said Anna Kepner’s damaged cellphone connected to ship routers along a path matching Timothy Hudson’s movements on the morning of Nov. 7, 2025, after she was killed in their Carnival Horizon cabin.
At 9:26 a.m. Hudson left cabin 8343, and the phone began pinging routers on the same route; by 9:52 a.m. video showed him near the rear-ship trash-bin area where the phone was later recovered.
Crew members found the broken phone in lost and found after it was pulled from a starboard-side trash bin, and prosecutors argue Hudson removed it from the cabin and discarded it to conceal evidence.
Defense lawyer Eric Cohen said the router trail was only "somewhat similar" to Hudson’s route and suggested he could have thrown the phone overboard, though the FBI agent testified he did not.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres found probable cause based on the phone trail, cabin timeline, medical evidence and DNA evidence, while calling the overall weight of the case a closer call; Hudson faces life if convicted.