Former TV Anchor Sentenced to Life for Mother’s Halloween Murder

Angelynn “Angie” Mock, a former St. Louis television news anchor who acknowledged fatally stabbing her mother in Kansas on Halloween, has received a life sentence.

A Sedgwick County District Court judge ruled that Mock, 48, can seek parole after serving 25 years, KWCH reported.

The sentence followed a plea deal that resolved the first-degree murder charge against her.

Police responding on the morning of Oct. 31, 2025, found 80-year-old Anita Avers suffering from multiple stab wounds inside the Wichita residence she shared with Mock and Mock’s stepfather.

A probable cause affidavit said Mock made statements indicating that she believed her mother was the devil and that killing her was necessary to “save herself.”

Mock’s stepfather told KAKE-TV that she had been diagnosed with a mental illness and experienced delusions and depression.

KWCH reported that he also believed Mock may have initially been diagnosed with bipolar disorder before doctors later considered schizoaffective disorder.

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Although questions had been raised about her mental health, a judge determined in July that Mock was competent to proceed to trial.

She entered a guilty plea to one count of first-degree murder in August.

Mock’s LinkedIn profile says she moved into software sales after spending four years as a news anchor and reporter for Fox 2 KTVI in St. Louis, where she worked from 2011 through 2015.

Before that, she served as a morning anchor at KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City from 2007 to 2011.