Former TV Anchor Sentenced to Life in Prison for Mother's Murder

<p>Angelynn "Angie" Mock, a former television news anchor from St. Louis, has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing her mother, Anita Avers, in Kansas on Halloween 2025. Mock, 48, will be eligible for parole after 25 years, as stated by a Sedgwick County District Court judge, according to KWCH.</p><p>The sentence follows a plea agreement in which Mock was charged with first-degree murder. On October 31, 2025, officers found Avers, 80, with multiple stab wounds inside their Wichita, Kansas home, which she shared with Mock and Mock’s stepfather.</p><p>A probable cause affidavit indicated that Mock made statements suggesting she believed her mother was the devil and that she killed her to "save herself." Mock’s stepfather reported to KAKE-TV that she had been diagnosed with mental illness, suffering from delusions and depression, and was believed to have schizoaffective disorder.</p><p>Despite these claims, a judge ruled Mock competent to stand trial in July. In August, she pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder. Mock previously worked as a news anchor and reporter for Fox 2 KTVI in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015 and was a morning anchor at KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City from 2007 to 2011.</p><p><i>Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.</i></p>