A former morning television news anchor has been charged with first-degree murder following the alleged stabbing of her 80-year-old mother, authorities have confirmed.

Angelynn “Angie” Mock, aged 47, who once anchored for FOX 2 News in St. Louis, is facing charges of first-degree murder after her mother, Anita Avers, was fatally stabbed on Halloween. This information was released by the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.

Police arrested Mock on October 31 in Wichita, Kansas, after Avers was found dead in the residence they shared.

Mock’s career includes her tenure as a morning news anchor at FOX 2 in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015. She also worked at KOKH FOX 25 in Oklahoma City. (Photo: Angie Mock/Facebook)

According to the Wichita Police Department, officers arrived at the scene around 7:50 a.m. and discovered Mock outside with lacerations on her hands.

Avers was located inside the home with “multiple stab wounds,” as reported by the district attorney’s office.

Mock was treated at a hospital for injuries 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. 

Anita Avers in a 2021 photo. Avers was allegedly found stabbed in her home in Wichita, Kan., Oct. 31, 2025. (Anita Avers/Facebook)

Mock 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 a 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, Sedgewick 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 boyfriend’s 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.

Former St. Louis television news anchor Angelynn “Angie” Mock was charged with first-degree murder after the fatal stabbing of her mother in Wichita, Kan. (Angie Mock/Facebook)

Mock’s motive for the alleged stabbing remains unclear. Information on her initial court appearance was not immediately available.