Overview

• Unknown Number: The High School Catfish has surged to Netflix’s top spot as coverage zeroes in on fresh interviews and previously unseen police body‑camera footage.
• The film retraces a 2020–2022 barrage of anonymous texts to two Michigan teens, reported at up to 40–50 messages per day, including threats and sexually explicit content.
• Investigators describe subpoenas to a number‑masking app and IP analysis that unmasked the sender, with the on‑camera home search and family confrontation featured in the documentary.
• The identified sender pleaded guilty to stalking in 2023, served 19 months, and has been on parole since Aug. 8, 2024 with supervision through February 2026, including limits on contact.
• Director Skye Borgman highlights an interview subject’s unsettling demeanor, while participants question motive, including claims of an inappropriate fixation on one teen, as another student profiled, Khloe Wilson, details life after being wrongly suspected and her 2025 graduation.