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Police Gave Me EVERYTHING Netflix Didn’t Show You About “Unknown Number”

2025-09-19 People & Blogs
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The Mother Who Cyberbullied Her Daughter for Two Years

Discover the shocking true story of how a desperate mother weaponized technology to harass her own teenage daughter and her boyfriend, leading to a multi-agency investigation and national exposure.

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  • Kendra Lucari, the mother of 15-year-old Lauren, orchestrated a campaign of relentless cyberbullying and harassment against her daughter for approximately two years, starting when Lauren was 13.
  • The texts, which included detailed insults about Lauren's body, relationship status, and direct encouragement to self-harm, were traced back to Kendra using FBI technical analysis, despite her attempts to use burner apps.
  • Kendra fabricated motives ranging from parental jealousy and Munchausen by Proxy (seeking sympathy) to what some interpreted as an unhealthy obsession with her daughter's 14-year-old boyfriend, Owen.
  • The case involved the local sheriff's office, the FBI, and resulted in Kendra pleading guilty to two counts of stalking a minor, receiving just 19 months in prison.

This episode deconstructs the two-year cyberstalking campaign aimed at breaking up high school sweethearts Lauren and Owen in the small town of Beiel City, Michigan. Readers gain insight into the psychological theories (narcissism, Munchausen by Proxy) used to explain the toxic behavior, the procedural missteps by investigators, and the devastating impact the anonymous torment had on the victims.

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Top Comments (10)

@inez7625 2025-09-19

the thing i’m still pissed about is how the netflix doc and legal system just brushed past the fact that the mom, a grown ass woman was making such sexually charged comments about a literal minor, like how is she not at least some sort of predator

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@F1N4L4CT 2025-09-19

Please keep in mind that the mother was doing this instead of applying for jobs to take care of the daughter she was bullying.

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@stinabobiina 2025-09-19

The police should have absolutely separated Lauren from her mother before telling her anything. Her mother “comforting” her when she finds out she has been harassing her for years just is so unhinged, violating, and creepy.

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@lianne.x06 2025-09-19

Let’s be real, that woman was sexually harassing those children. There is no possible excuse or explanation to send explicit messages to minors! That “mother” is a creep.

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@Return-2-Monke 2025-09-19

When the kid said she forgives her mom and wants to be with her, right there I knew the mom's manipulation was complete.

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@peytoxo 2025-09-19

The fact that she spent less time locked up than she did doing this to her own daughter....like this went on for 2 years and her sentence was less than that...make it make sense

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@Bev1-v4t 2025-09-24

Her sentencing was shorter than the amount of time she harassed her own daughter! Outrageous.

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@ryxn_8765 2025-09-21

this woman needs to at LEAST be charged with being a fucking preadator. she was sending sexual messages to 13-14 year olds, for TWO YEARS. and she's walking free??? the legal system is so fucked

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@stephaniedavis6145 2025-11-06

If I were Owen’s mother, I think I’d be in jail.

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@ksf9729 2025-10-29

She should have been charged with CHILD ABUSE!

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