Former TV anchor Angelynn Mock sentenced to life for killing her mother in Wichita

Right · 2Angelynn "Angie" Mock, 48, a former television news anchor, has been sentenced to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of her 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, in Wichita, Kansas. 1 2 Right · 2Both outlets, citing local station KWCH, say Mock will be eligible for parole after 25 years; the New York Post says a judge ruled on Monday. 1 2 Right · 2Officers found Avers with stab wounds in the home she shared with Mock and Mock's stepfather on 31 October 2025. The Post reports she was found in her bed with multiple stab wounds, while Mock was outside the house with cuts on the hands. 1 2

Right · 2According to a probable cause affidavit, Mock made statements suggesting that Mock believed Avers was the devil and that the killing was needed to "save herself". The Post quotes the affidavit as saying Mock told investigators, "I had to kill her, she wasn't going to stop." 1 2 Right · 1Mock told investigators, per the Post, that Mock went to the mother's room to talk about a job interview at Wichita station KSN and found the mother sharpening knives. Mock first said the mother came at Mock with a blade and that Mock overpowered the mother in a fight, then grabbed the knife and stabbed the mother. 2 Right · 2Mock's stepfather, Barry Avers, told investigators and local media that Mock had been diagnosed with mental illness, later believed to be schizoaffective disorder, and suffered delusions and depression. He said Mock was medicated and prone to angry outbursts but never violent, and that Mock had once been held at a psychiatric hospital for about two weeks. 2 1

Right · 2The court process included a competency finding. The Post says Mock was found not mentally fit for trial in January and sent to a psychiatric hospital, pausing the case. Fox News says a judge found Mock competent to stand trial in July. Mock then pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in August under a plea agreement. 2 1 Right · 2Mock worked as a TV anchor in St. Louis (KTVI) and Oklahoma City (KOKH) before moving into software sales. The outlets give the dates in a different order: the Post says KTVI from 2011 to 2015 and later KOKH, while Fox, citing LinkedIn, lists KOKH from 2007 to 2011. 2 1