After becoming the most talked-about documentary of 2025, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish is in the news once again. This time, creator Skye Borgman has shared an update on perpetrator Kendra Licari.
The documentary, which landed on Netflix on August 29, examines a case that began in October 2020 in Beal City, Michigan, when then-13-year-old Lauryn Licari and her boyfriend at the time, Owen McKenney, were targeted by an unknown cyberstalker.
This was more than a couple of texts – there were thousands, sometimes up to 30 times a day, ranging from vile insults about Lauryn’s body to sexually explicit comments and even urges to commit suicide.
The FBI were eventually called in and the perpetrator was finally identified: Lauryn’s very own mother, Kendra Licari. Skye Borgman has now shared an update on Kendra, as well as addressing the backlash to her new documentary, My Father, the BTK Killer.
Unknown Number creator hasn’t heard from Kendra Licari
Borgman spoke with Variety about her recent Netflix releases, including Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. Although Kendra Licari participated in the documentary, Borgman hasn’t heard from her since.
Unless you were on a social media break, you will have seen Kendra was (and still is) the subject of countless memes and jokes, one of the most popular formats being family members reacting to the revelation that she was the cyberstalker all along.
Borgman told the outlet that she’s unsure whether Kendra regrets taking part, stating, “She hasn’t reached out to be, but it’s a lot.”
The filmmaker also spoke about the backlash to Kerri Rawson, the daughter of serial killer Dennis Rader. Rawson participates in Borgman’s new true crime documentary, My Father, the BTK Killer, detailing what it was like growing up with her father and finding out about his crimes.
Rader murdered 10 people between 1974 and 1991, famously giving himself his own nickname – the BTK killer – with the initials standing for “bind, torture, kill”.
My Father, the BTK Killer creator defends Kerri Rawson amid backlash
The main criticism towards Rawson is that some viewers don’t believe she showed enough sympathy or support for her father’s victims.
Since publishing her 2019 book – A Serial Killer’s Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love and Overcoming – Rawson has been vocal about the impact her father’s crimes have had on her.
“Disappointing Kerri Rawson didn’t express sympathy for her father’s murder victims. I’m sure it’s hard accepting your Dad is a murderer but don’t make it all about you,” wrote one. “Donate income you receive from books and documentaries.”
However, others jumped in to defend her. “I don’t understand the Kerri Rawson hate,” said another. “People are complaining that she’s talking about how her life was affected… as if HER life wasn’t affected as well!
“Is she not allowed to talk about that? He ruined not only the lives of his victims and their families but his family as well.”
Borgman herself defended Rawson too, stating, “I think part of Kerri’s journey and part of her healing is with speaking publicly. She also gets a lot of backlash from speaking publicly, but it’s part of who she has become, and I think it’s part of what really drives her forward.
“So, the book was kind of the first step, and I think she felt like it was really necessary to do a documentary and to go that next step and to be even more public about what she has gone through.”
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