Ex-TV anchor allegedly stabbed elderly mother to death on Halloween
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A former morning TV news anchor has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing her 80-year-old mother, authorities announced.
Sedgwick County Prosecutor’s Office, formerly St. Angelynn “Angie” Mock, 47, an anchor at FOX 2 News in St. Louis, has been charged with first-degree murder for stabbing her mother, Anita Avers, on Halloween.
Mock was arrested Oct. 31 in Wichita, Kansas, after police said Avers was killed in the home they shared.
Mock previously worked for St. Louis from 2011 to 2015. He was a morning news anchor at FOX 2 in St. Louis and also served at KOKH FOX 25 in Oklahoma City. (Angie Mock/Facebook)
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When officers responded to the home around 7:50 a.m., they found Mock outside with cuts on his hands, according to the Wichita Police Department.
The district attorney’s office said Avers was found with “multiple stab wounds.”
Mock was treated at a hospital for the injury before being booked into the Sedgwick County Jail. A spokesperson for the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office told Fox News Digital that Mock’s preliminary hearing date is Nov. 14 at 1:30 p.m.
In a 2021 photo of Anita Avers. Avers was allegedly found stabbed to death in his home in Wichita, Kansas, on October 31, 2025. (Anita Avers/Facebook)
Mock previously worked for St. Louis from 2011 to 2015. He was a morning news anchor at FOX 2 in St. Louis and also served at KOKH FOX 25 in Oklahoma City. According to his LinkedIn profile, he was working in sales at a data management software company at the time of his arrest.
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Angelynn “Angie” Mock was treated at the hospital for her injuries before being arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. Sedgewick County public records show Mock is being held on a $1 million bond. (Sedgwick County Jail)
Neighbors in the community were left traumatized after a bloody Mock allegedly emerged from the house, local media reported.
Alyssa Castro, who lives in the neighborhood, said, “A woman approached our vehicle with blood on her hands and all over her body and asked us to call 911.” he told KAKE.
Castro said Mock grabbed her boyfriend’s phone and ran back to the house, where she called authorities and claimed she had allegedly “stabbed” him. [her] the mother to save herself, according to Sedgwick County officers.
Old St. St. Louis television news anchor Angelynn “Angie” Mock has been charged with first-degree murder following the fatal stabbing of her mother in Wichita, Kansas. (Angie Mock/Facebook)
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The motive for Mock’s alleged stabbing remains unclear. Information regarding his initial court appearance was not immediately available.
