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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Quinci LeGardye

Where Is Kendra Licari Now? What We Know About the 'Unknown Number' Catfish

A woman facing away from the camera works on a desktop computer and laptop in a dark room with a desk lamp on, in 'Unknown Number: The High School Catfish' on Netflix.

This article contains discussions of sexual assault and suicide. If you, or someone you know, has been a victim of sexual assault or harassment and would like help, visit RAINN.org.

Netflix's latest true-crime documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish follows an intense case of cyberbullying with an unbelievable culprit. In October 2020, 13-year-old Lauryn Licari and her then-boyfriend Owen McKenny began receiving anonymous text messages. The sender seemed to be a fellow preteen who wanted Owen for themselves, but after months of harassment, authorities couldn't find the guilty party in the small town of Beal City, Michigan. It took the FBI getting involved to find the person behind the texts: Lauryn's own mother, Kendra Licari.

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