There is currently no reliable public evidence that clearly confirms what kind of “doctor” Susan Lorincz is in the professional or academic sense, and several viewers and forum users have pointed out that they cannot find a verifiable medical, academic, or psychology license or doctorate attached to her name in publicly available records or coverage of the case or documentary.

What people are asking

In discussions about the Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor , many viewers say she refers to herself as a “doctor” but that this is not explained or supported with concrete details about a medical, PhD, or psychology background. On a popular Netflix subreddit thread, the original poster explicitly asks what kind of “doctor” she is and notes they could not locate any confirming information online.

What public info shows (and doesn’t show)

  • Major news coverage about the shooting of Ajike “AJ” Owens and the subsequent trial describes Susan Lorincz in terms of her role in the killing and the neighborhood dispute, not as a physician or clearly credentialed academic.
  • Community and forum discussions similarly focus on the incident, the verdict, and her health complaints, but do not link to any professional registry (like a medical board or university directory) that would substantiate a specific doctorate.

Given that gap, it is possible “doctor” is:

  • An informal or self-applied label (for example, sometimes people exaggerate or misstate their education in conversation), or
  • Related to some nontraditional or non‑accredited program that does not appear in standard professional or academic databases.

However, this is speculation ; without verifiable records, it cannot be stated as fact.

How to interpret the “doctor” claim

Because:

  • News articles and legal coverage do not present her as a physician, psychologist, or professor, and
  • Viewers and online communities cannot corroborate her claimed title,

the safest, most accurate summary is:

Her specific type of “doctor” is not confirmed in credible public sources, and there is no clear evidence she holds a recognized medical or academic doctorate.

If you need more certainty, the only trustworthy route would be:

  1. Checking official state licensing databases (for MD, DO, PsyD, etc.).
  2. Checking university alumni directories for a verifiable doctorate.

Until such evidence appears, any precise label (like “medical doctor,” “psychologist,” or “PhD”) would be guesswork rather than fact.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.