A former television news anchor is currently in custody after allegedly fatally stabbing her elderly mother.
Angelynn “Angie” Mock, 47, who once served as an anchor for FOX 2 News in St. Louis, was taken into custody on Friday in Wichita, Kansas. Authorities accuse her of murdering her 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, in their shared residence.
Police arrived at the scene around 7:50 a.m. and found Mock outside the house with cuts on her hands, as reported by the Wichita Police Department.
Inside the home, officers discovered Avers in her bed, unresponsive and suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was immediately transported to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Angelynn “Angie” Mock, a former news anchor in St. Louis, faces charges of first-degree murder following the tragic incident involving her mother in Wichita, Kansas.
After receiving medical treatment for her injuries, Mock was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail, where she faces a first-degree murder charge. Her bail has been set at $1 million.
Mock previously worked as a morning news anchor at FOX 2 in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015 and also held positions at KOKH FOX 25 in Oklahoma City. At the time of her arrest, she was employed in sales at a data management software company, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Angelynn “Angie” Mock was treated for injuries at the hospital before being arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. Mock is being held on a $1 million bond, Sedgwick County public records show. (Sedgwick County Jail )
Neighbors in the community were traumatized after a bloodied Mock allegedly emerged from the home, local outlets reported.
“There was a woman who approached our vehicle with blood all over her hands and body, asking us to call 911,” Alyssa Castro, who lives in the neighborhood, told KAKE.
Castro told the outlet that Mock took her phone and ran back inside the house, where she called authorities and allegedly claimed she “stabbed [her] mother to save herself,” according to Sedgwick County dispatchers.
Mock previously worked as a morning news anchor at FOX 2 in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015 and also held positions at KOKH FOX 25 in Oklahoma City. (Angie Mock/Facebook)
Mock’s motive for the alleged stabbing remains unclear. Information on her initial court appearance was not immediately available.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
