Unknown Number: The High School Catfish was released on Netflix last month and has since gone viral for how wild the story truly is.
We have the latest updates on where Kendra Licari and Lauryn Licari are today in their relationship, plus, what the documentary’s director, Skye Borgman, makes of Kendra’s motive.
Keep reading to find out more…
What Was Kendra Lucari’s Motive?
Skye shared, “She does mention in the documentary an assault that happened [to her] when she was right around Lauryn’s age. She talks about how scary that was for her to see her only child, her little girl, growing up, and that’s what she really relates to and that’s what she believes led her to sending these text messages and trying to keep Lauryn close.”
How Does Lauryn Feel About Her Mom?
If you don’t know, Lauryn and her high school boyfriend Owen were texted by an anonymous number once in 2020, and then in September 2021 and ongoing for another 15 months. Kendra was caught and arrested in December 2022.
She was released from prison on August 8, 2024.
“The first time we sat down with Lauryn was in the spring of 2023 … and she at the time loved her mom. She just wanted her mom back in her life,” Skye shared with Netflix.
However, after Kendra was released from prison about a year later, Lauryn seemed like she “wanted to approach the relationship with more caution in our second interview.”
“She’s done a lot of pretty critical thinking, especially between that time and now … These years are such critical years for young people….she’s got the most complicated feelings to deal with. Everybody else can hate Kendra. I don’t think Lauryn can, right? It’s your mom. I mean, how do you navigate that? It’s really uncharted waters,” Skye shared.
“She is at the beginning of figuring out that she can be the one in charge, that she can make all the decisions for herself and for her relationship with her mother. I think that’s going to be a really interesting place for Lauryn to explore,” Skye added.
About Kendra, Skye shared, “She’s remorseful that she has severely altered her relationship with her daughter in most likely a negative way. I mean, will they have a relationship? Will they get through this? I don’t know. There will probably be some kind of relationship. Will it be the same? Absolutely not. There’s no way it can be the same.”