Former TV News Anchor Admits to Killing Mother on Halloween

A former television news anchor in Missouri entered a guilty plea Friday to first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her mother on Halloween last year. Angelynn “Angie” Mock, 48, admitted to killing her 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, on October 31, 2025, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office. The plea agreement carries a sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years.

Police responded to a Wichita residence shared by Mock, her mother, and her stepfather at approximately 7:50 a.m. on Halloween morning. Officers discovered Mock outside the home with cuts on her hands, while Avers was transported to a hospital with multiple stab wounds and subsequently died. According to the Wichita Police Department, Mock made statements suggesting she believed her mother was the devil and that she committed the act to “save herself.”

Mock’s stepfather told KAKE-TV that she had been diagnosed with mental illness and struggled with delusions and depression. A probable cause affidavit documented her statements indicating delusional thinking connected to the killing. She is scheduled to receive her sentence on October 5.

Mock worked as a news anchor and reporter for Fox 2 in St. Louis between 2011 and 2015, and previously served as a morning anchor at KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City from 2007 to 2011, according to her LinkedIn profile. She held additional reporting positions across Minnesota, Montana, and Nebraska earlier in her career.