But weird things kept happening. Shawn, according to the article, told his coworkers the family had experienced identity theft, which led them to missing house payments, and Kendra had said she’d been hacked after bouncing a cheque.
What Shawn found out after his wife’s arrest was that it was all a lie. In reality, Kendra had been fired from her job at Central Michigan in 2019, and her new job at Ferris State didn’t come with a salary increase. Then she was placed on a performance improvement plan in 2021 and quit. By the time Kendra’s lies were discovered, the family was being hounded by debt collectors and were in danger of losing their home.
It was this money trouble that Kendra initially blamed her behaviour on, according to the article, telling the police investigator that “stress and finance” had caused her to act out.
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Where is Kendra now?
Kendra was released from prison in Michigan on 8 August 2024, and will be on parole until 2026. The Cut reported that as of January 2025 she was living near Detroit with family.
Shawn and Kendra are now divorced, and he was granted full custody of Lauryn, who is now 18. According to the documentary, Kendra has had no contact with her daughter since her release from prison.
Where are Lauryn and Owen now?
Both teens graduated from high school in 2024. According to online records, Owen is now attending a small private university in Michigan, where he plays baseball.
As for Lauryn, Borgman notes that she first sat down with the teen in 2023. At the time, Lauryn was focused on reuniting with her mum, with Borgman saying “she just wanted her mum back in her life.” But by the time they ended filming after Kendra’s release from prison, Borgman said she saw a shift in Lauryn, who “wanted to approach the relationship with more caution in our second interview.”
“She’s done a lot of pretty critical thinking, especially between that time and now,” the director said. “These years are such critical years for young people… she’s got the most complicated feelings to deal with. Everybody else can hate Kendra. I don’t think Lauryn can, right? It’s your mom. I mean, how do you navigate that? It’s really uncharted waters.”
This article was originally published in GLAMOUR US.