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In September 2021, high school student Lauryn Licari and her boyfriend began receiving cruel text messages from an unknown number.

The anonymous notes turned darker and more harassing, according to a new Netflix documentary about the case, “Unknown Number: The High School Catfish.” The documentary includes interviews with Lauryn Licari’s parents, local law enforcement and FBI officials who eventually got involved in the case.

Lauryn and Owen were targeted by an anonymous cyberbully. Netflix

Even after a group of parents, school officials and the town police got involved, the sender’s identity remained a mystery.

In the

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