A former television news anchor, Angelynn “Angie” Mock, has been deemed mentally unfit to face trial following the Halloween stabbing incident involving her mother. The determination was made during a competency hearing held on January 15 in Wichita, Kansas, as documented by the Sedgwick County District Court and reported by Oxygen.

During the proceedings, the judge ruled that Mock was “incompetent to stand trial,” leading to a court order for her to receive psychiatric treatment. Mock will undergo evaluation at a psychiatric facility in Larned, Kansas, for up to 90 days. After this period, her competency will be reassessed to determine if she is fit for trial or likely to become competent in the foreseeable future.

This legal development comes over two months after the tragic discovery of Mock’s 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, who was found dead at a private residence in Wichita. On October 31, officers from the Wichita Police Department responded to the scene, where they found Avers deceased from multiple stab wounds, according to a press release from the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.

The case update comes more than two months after Mock’s 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, was found dead at a private residence in Wichita.

The Wichita Police Department arrived at the scene on Oct. 31 to discover Avers “deceased from multiple stab wounds,” per a Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office press release.

Mock told responding officers that Avers had attacked her with a knife, per an affidavit, claiming she had to stab her mother in order to defend herself. 

Authorities said they found Avers lying on a bed with wounds to her head, face and torso—next to a pillow where kitchen-style knives and a cheese grater had been laid out on a pillow.

Mock was arrested that afternoon with her bond set at $1 million, per Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office inmate records.

The affidavit also included details from an interview with Avers’ husband, Barry Avers, who allegedly revealed that Mock had been previously diagnosed with a schizoaffective disorder.

Following a homicide investigation by the Wichita Police Department, the district attorney’s office announced on Nov. 4 that Mock had been charged with one count of first-degree murder.

Ten days later, the court ordered that the proceedings against Mock be suspended until a psychologist could evaluate her to see if she was fit to stand trial. The findings from that evaluation ultimately informed the Jan. 15 ruling.

Oxygen reached out to Mock’s attorney for comment, but has not yet heard back.