Shawn Licari

Shawn Licari is the father of Lauryn Licari, the Michigan teen at the center of Netflix’s Unknown Number: The High School Catfish—a case that began with anonymous, escalating text harassment and ultimately stunned a community when investigators identified Lauryn’s own mother, Kendra Licari, as the source. 

In CRIME UNFILTERED, Shawn speaks from the rarely heard vantage point of a parent caught inside the fallout: watching his child be targeted, then learning the threat was coming from inside their home. His story isn’t just about the twist everyone talks about—it’s about what it costs to rebuild a family after betrayal, and what “moving on” looks like when safety and trust have to be relearned from the ground up.