Former news anchor pleads guilty to stabbing mother to death on Halloween

A former Missouri television news anchor has admitted to fatally stabbing her mother on Halloween last year after apparently believing she was the devil, authorities said last week.

Angelynn "Angie" Mock, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of her mother, 80-year-old Anita Avers, on Oct. 31, 2025, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Under the terms of the plea, Mock faces life in prison with eligibility for parole after 25 years.

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Officers were called to the Wichita home Mock and Avers shared with Mock's stepfather around 7:50 a.m. on Oct. 31. When they arrived, Mock was found outside with cuts on her hands, according to the Wichita Police Department.

Avers was taken to a hospital with multiple stab wounds, and later died.

Mock made several statements indicating she believed her mother was the devil, according to a probable cause affidavit. She allegedly told authorities that she killed her mother to "save herself."

Mock's stepfather told KAKE-TV that she had been diagnosed with mental illness and suffered from delusions and depression.

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She previously worked as a news anchor and reporter for Fox 2 in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Prior to that, she worked as a morning anchor from 2007 to 2011 at KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City, the profile states. Mock held other reporting stints in Minnesota, Montana, and Nebraska.

She is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5.

Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.