JUST DONE: Police have officially RELEASED the statement of Anna’s brother — and the second sentence of his testimony reveals a shocking detail about the final moments before Anna died on the train.
According to investigators, Anna’s brother, Mark Kepner, was interviewed for more than two hours yesterday evening. While most of his statement described Anna as “calm, focused, and excited for the trip,” it was the second sentence that immediately set investigators on high alert.
In that sentence, Mark revealed:
“Anna told me she felt like someone was following her from the station to the train — she said the same person kept appearing in every reflection she passed.”
Detectives say this is the first time they’ve heard that Anna believed she was being followed before she even boarded the train. Mark added that Anna mentioned seeing the same shadowy figure:
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near the station entrance,
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again by the ticket counter,
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and once more reflected in the glass door as she stepped onto the platform.
She reportedly brushed it off at the time, thinking it was “just her imagination,” but Mark admitted she sounded unusually tense during their call.
The new revelation has forced investigators to reconsider the timeline entirely. If Anna was being followed before boarding, it suggests:
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The person may have boarded the train with her,
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That individual could have had access to her cabin,
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And her death may have been planned long before she entered the train.
Authorities are now reviewing surveillance footage from the station, focusing on anyone who walked behind Anna within a close distance or who reappeared in multiple camera angles.
A senior investigator said the detail “connects too many dots to ignore” and may finally explain why several items found in Anna’s room — including the locked suitcase and the burner phone — did not match anything belonging to her.
Police are expected to release more updates as they analyze station footage frame by frame.
The case, once considered a mysterious onboard incident, has now taken a darker and more deliberate turn.