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"My son used the restroom first, and I used the restroom after him," the boy's mother told KTLA. "I noticed he was staring at the sink a little bit perplexed. I asked him what was wrong and he said, 'Mommy, why is there a phone under there?' And my skin kind of began to crawl."

The woman looked under the sink and saw a phone propped up by paper towels with the camera facing toward the toilet – running in a video-recording motion.

It is unknown who set the phone up or if the video was being sent anywhere.

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)