Anna Kepner murder trial to proceed without parents attending

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 2

Christopher Kepner said he and his wife will miss the June 1 Miami federal trial of 16-year-old Timothy Hudson, charged over Anna Kepner's death on Carnival Horizon.
Kepner said finding his 18-year-old daughter dead in the cabin made returning to court too traumatic, unless prosecutors specifically ask them to appear.
Hudson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse over the November killing at sea; if convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

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