On August 29, 2025, Netflix released Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, a documentary that made bombshell revelations. The 1 hr 34 m video brought to light all angles of the infamous 2022 Kendra Licari case. For those unversed, the incident was about a Michigan woman who catfished a teenage couple, which included her own daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend. The Netflix documentary by Skye Borgman showcased all aspects of the case, including interviews with Kendra Licari and her daughter.
What is the Kendra Licari case about?
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish provided an overview of the case involving Kendra Licari. The 42-year-old woman from Michigan sent harassing messages to her school-going daughter, Lauryn Licari and her daughter’s boyfriend, Owen McKenny, for over a year, starting early 2021. Kendra used sophisticated software to disguise her identity and used multiple numbers and area codes while texting. The texts she sent to Lauryn included fake accounts of Owen cheating on her and having s*xual intimacy with the text-sender.
