Nancy Grace (Host)

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Anna Kepner's death on board a Carnival cruise ship now ruled a homicide, her autopsy stating she was mechanically asphyxiated by another person or persons.

The medical examiner finds two bruises on the side of Anna's neck.

She may have been held in a bar hold, meaning her attacker held an arm across her neck.

See her in her little dive shirt?

She loved to scuba, she loved to snorkel, she loved to fish, loved being out on the water.

JOINING ME AT THE SCENE, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CRISPIN WITH CRISPIN SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, FORMER FEDERAL TASK FORCE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

THAT'S THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT.

HE HAS WORKED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN THIS JURISDICTION.

IT IS A FLOATING CRIME SCENE.

AND NOW, ROBERT CRISPIN, THAT WE LEARNED IT WAS A MECHANICAL STRANGULATION.

I'M GOING TO GO TO DR.

When you are living in close quarters with someone sharing a small cramped space, the DNA processing of that scene becomes even more vital.

I mean, it's like a petri dish of DNA.

And now it's all gone.

Can you refresh everyone's recollection about the cruise ship investigators that first processed that scene?

You know what?

Hold on just right there.

Robert Crispin, I heard you referring to cause of death and M.O.D., manner of death, as et cetera, et cetera.