LATEST UPDATE: Police have just recovered all of Anna Kepner’s phones that were dropped on the train, a breakthrough that investigators hope will finally shed light on her final movements. But what they discovered upon opening the devices has left the investigation in a state of shock.
According to law enforcement sources, the phones appear to have been deliberately wiped, yet forensic specialists were able to retrieve fragments of deleted data. Among these fragments were:
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Recent call logs showing several calls to an unknown number, all made in the hours before Anna’s disappearance.
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Encrypted messages in a messaging app that suggest she may have been trying to communicate a warning to someone she trusted.
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Hidden photos taken just minutes before she vanished, some of which appear to show a shadowy figure lurking in the background — a person whose identity remains unknown.
Investigators noted that one phone contained a partially recorded voice memo, which seems to capture Anna speaking hurriedly and possibly under duress, although the audio is distorted and incomplete.
Police are now working with cyber forensics experts to decode the data fully, hoping it will reveal who Anna was with, what she might have been experiencing, and crucially, what led to the events on the train.
Authorities have not released the phones’ recovered content to the public, citing sensitivity and ongoing investigations, but insiders describe this recovery as one of the most significant developments in the case to date.