Anna Kepner shared an eerie social media post seemingly foreshadowing to her impending death just days before her body was discovered while on a family cruise around the Caribbean.
The cheerleader lip synced along to “If I Die Young,” by The Band Perry as she smiled and danced in her Florida home for a TikTok.
Kepner, 18, shared the clip on Oct. 25 with the caption: “Never knew” and the hashtag “happy.”
Less than two weeks later, the teen’s body would be discovered wrapped in a blanket and stashed underneath the bed in the Carnival Horizon cabin she shared with her siblings.
The post was one of the last Kepner would share before her death, the final one showing Kepner posing for a bathroom-mirror selfie with a caption about happiness.
Her entire page has since been flooded with heartfelt tributes, with many pointing out how haunting it was to see Kepner mouthing the words to the 2010 song about a girl passing away before she could live her life.
“The irony of this song. rip sweet girl,” one user wrote.
“This is so freaking sad,” said another.
Kepner was found dead aboard the ship on Nov. 7, with preliminary reports indicating she was strangled to death from a bar hold — a move that involves an arm around the neck.
There is still no word on who carried out the gruesome act — and then hid the girl’s body — though her step-brother was previously questioned by the FBI.
The 16-year-old boy allegedly had a creepy obsession with Kepner and relentlessly pursued a relationship with her — even once caught climbing on top of her while she slept, the father of Kepner’s ex boyfriend revealed earlier this week.
The step-siblings reportedly fought in the shared cabin the night before her body was found, with their younger brother apparently hearing the 16-year-old “yelling” and “chairs being thrown.”
Kepner’s celebration of life was held Thursday.
An obituary written by her loved ones described the teen as a girl who “loved the sun, the water, boat days, island days, and beach days, anything that let her soak in the light she so easily radiated to others.”
“She never had a filter, and that was part of her charm,” they heartbreakingly recalled. “She had a big, beautiful heart, often sending random ‘I love you’ messages or little gestures that made someone’s day,” the missive read.
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