{"id":325968,"date":"2026-04-28T21:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=325968"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:17:34","slug":"woman-dead-after-reportedly-falling-from-balcony-on-carnival-cruise-ship-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/woman-dead-after-reportedly-falling-from-balcony-on-carnival-cruise-ship-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dead after reportedly falling from balcony on Carnival cruise ship &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A girl died on Monday after reportedly falling from a cruise ship balcony of a Carnival Cruise ship in California.<\/p>\n<p>Carnival Cruise Line said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/woman-dies-falling-carnival-cruise-ship-balcony-rcna342447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a press release to NBC News<\/a> that the unidentified woman fell from the balcony of her stateroom and landed on a deck below on board the Carnival Firenze.<\/p>\n<p>Global News has reached out to Carnival Cruise Lines for comment but has not received a response.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11339237_69f0dc87e7f00\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11339237\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11339237\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11339237_69f0dc87e7f00\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"2 U.S. tourists drown in separate incidents on Carnival Cruises resort\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"us-news\"],\"keywords\":[\"carnival-cruise-ships\",\"death\",\"passenger\",\"travel\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"News\",\"Sensitive Subjects\"],\"tags\":[\"Asphyxia\",\"Assault\",\"Associated Press\",\"Balcony\",\"Bed\",\"Bermuda\",\"Cabin (ship)\",\"California\",\"Canada\",\"Caribbean\",\"Carnival Corporation &#038; 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It might probably hold as much as 4,162 guests and 1,425 crew members, based on the web site.<\/p>\n<p>The Carnival Cruise Line has recently made headlines for the death of Anna Kepner, 18, who died aboard a Carnival cruise ship last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Kepner\u2019s 16-year-old stepbrother pleaded not guilty and waived his appearance at a hearing in Miami federal court last week on charges of murder and aggravated sexual abuse in her death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11534967_69f0dc87e941f\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11534967\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11534967\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11534967_69f0dc87e941f\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Stepbrother being investigated for possible involvement in 18-year-old womanu2019s death on cruise ship\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"us-news\"],\"keywords\":[\"cruise-death\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"News\",\"Sensitive Subjects\"],\"tags\":[\"Asphyxia\",\"Assault\",\"Associated Press\",\"Balcony\",\"Bed\",\"Bermuda\",\"Cabin (ship)\",\"California\",\"Canada\",\"Caribbean\",\"Carnival Corporation &#038; plc\",\"Carnival Cruise Line\",\"Carnival Firenze\",\"Carnival Horizon\",\"Cause of death\",\"Civitavecchia\",\"Court\",\"Cruise line\",\"Cruise ship\",\"Deck (ship)\",\"Defendant\",\"Doubt\",\"England\",\"Evidence\",\"Florence\",\"Florida\",\"Global News\",\"Grand jury\",\"Indictment\",\"Italy\",\"Jury\",\"Law\",\"Law enforcement\",\"Life imprisonment\",\"Medical examiner\",\"Mexico\",\"Miami\",\"Minor (law)\",\"Murder\",\"NBC News\",\"Plea\",\"Port\",\"Port of Civitavecchia\",\"Presumption of innocence\",\"Prison\",\"Prosecutor\",\"Reasonable doubt\",\"Rome\",\"Santa Catalina Island (California)\",\"Sexual abuse\",\"Sexual assault\",\"Ship\",\"South America\",\"The Bahamas\",\"Thoughts and prayers\",\"United States\",\"United States Attorney\",\"United States district court\",\"United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida\"]}}}'>\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Stepbrother being investigated for possible involvement in 18-year-old woman\u2019s death on cruise ship'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/uido6ob5v5-bkn70yqx3j\/Sequence_08.00_00_00_00.Still001.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:42<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Stepbrother being investigated for possible involvement in 18-year-old woman\u2019s death on cruise ship<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Timothy Hudson was indicted as an adult by a federal grand jury on April 13 within the death of Kepner, whose body was found under a bed in a Carnival Horizon room that she was sharing with him and one other teen during a family trip in November 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Based on court records, Hudson was travelling aboard Carnival Cruise Line\u2019s Horizon with Kepner and other relations on or about Nov. 6 to 7, 2025, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Southern District of Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdfl\/pr\/titusville-teen-charged-adult-killing-stepsister-cruise-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring that point, while the ship was in international waters en path to Miami, T.H. allegedly sexually assaulted and intentionally killed Kepner. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner\u2019s Office later determined the explanation for death to be mechanical asphyxiation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mechanical asphyxia is when an object or physical force stops someone from respiratory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts exit to the victim\u2019s family during this unimaginable loss,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Qui\u00f1ones for the Southern District of Florida. \u201cA federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging serious offenses that allegedly occurred aboard a vessel in international waters. We&#8217;ll present the evidence in court and pursue this case with professionalism and care. As in every case, the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond an affordable doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kepner\u2019s stepbrother was initially charged as a juvenile on Feb. 2. The case remained sealed until U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom ordered it transferred for adult prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted, based on the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>\u2014 With files from The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A girl died on Monday after reportedly falling from a cruise ship balcony of a Carnival Cruise ship in California. Carnival Cruise Line said in a press release to NBC News that the unidentified woman fell from the balcony of her stateroom and landed on a deck below on board the Carnival Firenze. 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