LATEST UPDATE: Sanitation workers have just discovered a sharp metallic object at the exact spot where Anna Kepner collapsed and died on the train. The item was found lodged between the edge of the seat and the wall panel, an area that investigators initially believed had already been cleared.
Police were immediately called back to the scene, and after a preliminary examination, they concluded that the object was a small, thin blade — roughly the size of a utility cutter, but modified. The blade’s edges appeared uneven, as if it had been sharpened by hand rather than manufactured, and traces of a dark residue were found along its surface.
According to investigators, the blade could be directly connected to the unexplained wound discovered during Anna’s autopsy — a wound so subtle that examiners initially thought it was caused by the train’s interior. The new evidence, however, suggests that the injury may have been inflicted intentionally or through a foreign object inside the train car, rather than by accident.
Even more suspicious, forensic teams noted that the blade had no fingerprints, but bore faint scratches that could indicate it had been wrapped in something before being discarded. This raises the possibility that someone might have returned to the scene afterwards to tamper with or hide the item, only to have it missed during the initial sweep.
Police say the discovery “opens a new line of investigation” and are now reviewing CCTV, passenger lists, and maintenance logs to determine who might have had access to the area around the time Anna died.
More updates will follow as forensic analysis continues.