KS: FORMER ANCHOR PLEADS GUILTY IN MOTHER'S MURDER
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WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — A former TV news anchor has pleaded guilty to stabbing her mother to death in her Wichita home last year.
During a hearing on Friday afternoon, 48-year-old Angelynn Mock entered the plea to first-degree murder in the death of 80-year-old Anita Avers last Halloween. The Sedgwick County district attorney’s office said the charge carries a presumptive prison sentence of life with parole eligibility after 25 years. Sentencing is scheduled for October 5.
Officers responded on the morning of October 31, 2025, to a reported cutting at a home in the 1500 block of East Crowley, near Wassall and Hydraulic. The Wichita Police Department said officers arrived to find Mock outside the home with cuts on her hands. Inside, they found Avers unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds. She died at the hospital a short time later.
Mock’s stepfather told investigators that she had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and suffered from delusions and depression, a court document states. Read more here.
Her stepfather told police that Mock was previously a news anchor in Missouri before being laid off after “an explosive situation involving alcohol,” according to the probable cause affidavit. Mock’s LinkedIn profile said she worked at the Fox Station in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015.
Judge Jeffrey Goering ruled in July that Mock was competent to stand trial. During a court hearing last November, Judge Goering ordered Mock to undergo a competency evaluation to see if she’s fit to stand trial. Goering found her incompetent during a hearing in January, and she was transferred to the Larned State Hospital for further evaluation.
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