Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter?

Photo-Illustration: Source Photograph: Isabella County Sheriff Office

One afternoon in January 2022, the parents of two freshmen at Beal City High School in central Michigan gathered in the principal’s office. They were there to discuss the texts: vicious, anonymous messages flooding the phones of their children, Ashley Licari and Owen McKenny, sometimes 30 a day. The messages would arrive at any hour, and no one knew who was sending them.

Although they were sent to both Ashley and Owen, they mostly targeted Ashley.