Find out what happened to the main characters of “Unknown Number: The High School Catfish“, Netflix’s new documentary that shocked audiences.
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“Unknown Number: The High School Catfish“, Netflix’s most-watched documentary, shocked viewers with the story of cyberbullying committed by a mother from Michigan, USA, and many wonder what happened to the main characters of this bizarre case.
It all began when teenage couple Lauryn Licari and Owen McKenny started receiving hateful messages from an unknown number. The texts were extremely offensive and threatening, always sent from an app that generated new phone numbers, which made blocking and tracing impossible, even for law enforcement.
The harassment lasted about 2 years, until the FBI stepped in and uncovered the shocking truth about the identity of the person behind the messages: Lauryn’s mother, Kendra Licari.
When interrogated, Kendra quickly confessed; she pled guilty to two counts of stalking and was jailed in December 2022, being released in August 2024.
Currently, she is on probation and will remain under supervision until February 2026. At the moment, Kendra is prohibited from seeing Lauryn.
Unfortunately, the documentary showed that Lauryn and Owen couldn’t withstand the pressure from the messages and broke up before learning the truth about the case.
By the end of filming, they were no longer in contact. “I see him in the hallways and things like that, but we don’t have any interaction,” Lauryn said in a recent interview with The Cut.
Owen also revealed that he has no contact with his former girlfriend: “I was mad at Lauryn. I don’t think I’ll talk to her in the future.”
Today, Lauryn lives with her father and hopes she can rebuild her relationship with her mother in the future: “Being without this relationship is hurting me a lot. I think rebuilding our relationship will help us both a lot. I love her more than anything.”
Images: Netflix reproduction, Michigan Department of Corrections. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
