Former TV Anchor Gets Life After Guilty Plea in Mother’s Killing

Angelynn “Angie” Mock, a former St. Louis television news anchor who admitted killing her mother in Kansas on Halloween last year, has been sentenced to life in prison.

A Sedgwick County District Court judge ruled that Mock, 48, will become eligible for parole after serving 25 years, KWCH reported.

The sentence followed a plea agreement resolving the first-degree murder charge filed against her.

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

A probable cause affidavit said Mock made statements indicating that she believed her mother was the devil and had killed her in an effort to “save herself.”

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

He also told KWCH that Mock might have initially been diagnosed with bipolar disorder before doctors later believed she had 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.

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

Mock’s LinkedIn profile shows that she later moved into software sales after working as an anchor and reporter for Fox 2 KTVI in St. Louis between 2011 and 2015.

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