A former Fox News anchor has been arrested in Kansas for allegedly stabbing her 80-year-old mother to death. According to a report from The IndependentAngelynn Mock, 47, who previously worked for Fox 2 News in St. Louis, was taken into custody Friday after police found her mother, Anita Avers, dead in their Wichita home.
Police said officers responded to a 911 call around 7:50 a.m. and found Mock outside the home with visible cuts on his hands. Inside, Avers was discovered unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
Local outlet KAKE reported that a woman called 911 claiming she “stabbed her mother to save herself,” though police have not confirmed who made the call.
Neighbor Alyssa Castro told reporters she saw the woman covered in blood shortly after the incident. “She asked to call 911 and took my friend’s phone and ran back inside. She looked really shaken and scared,” Castro said.
Mock, who anchored Fox 2 News between 2011 and 2015, was initially treated at a hospital for her injuries before being booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on charges of first-degree murder.
Mock’s LinkedIn account confirms that she transitioned to the evening reporter post in just over a year. She was also associated with ABC’s KLKN TV, KAAL-TV and weekend sports anchor at KECI-TV CNBC in the early 2000s.
After her stint in the media, she moved into sales in 2017, a post that lasted two years. The former news anchor worked as a data management software company called Imaging Office Systems.
The victim, identified as a marriage and family therapist at Wichita Counseling Professionals, was confirmed dead by her husband. Police said the investigation is still ongoing.
