Home / Crime and Justice / Mother's Stalking Texts Shock Teens
Mother's Stalking Texts Shock Teens
23 Apr
Summary
- Mother sent threatening texts to daughter and her boyfriend.
- Investigation revealed the mother's phone linked to harassment.
- Kendra Licari pleaded guilty to stalking minors and served prison time.
In 2021, high school student Lauryn Licari and her boyfriend Owen McKenny began receiving alarming text messages containing threats and hostile content. The harassment escalated when McKenny also started receiving similar messages, prompting police involvement. An intense investigation led by officer Brad Peter, a former FBI liaison, uncovered that Lauryn's mother, Kendra Licari, was behind the messages.
Analysis of Verizon IP addresses linked Kendra's phone to the harassment, revealing no other external numbers. Peter expressed shock at the findings, noting Kendra's minimal engagement during the investigation. She was arrested in December 2022 and pleaded guilty to two counts of stalking a minor in 2023. Kendra served roughly two years before her release in August 2024. The case gained national attention and was featured in the 2025 documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish.
