A former local Fox News anchor has pleaded guilty to murdering her 80-year-old mother in a gruesome Halloween attack involving multiple kitchen knives and a cheese grater.
Angelynn Mock, 48, admitted to first-degree murder in the Oct. 31, 2025, killing of her mother, Anita Avers, inside the older woman’s Wichita, Kansas, home.
Avers was discovered gravely wounded in her bed, wearing only a bra and underwear and suffering from multiple stab wounds to her face and torso. She was rushed to a hospital but later died from her injuries.
Police said the scene inside the bedroom was disturbing.
According to court documents, officers found several kitchen knives and a cheese grater arranged on a pillow near Avers.
“All the utensils had blood on them,” investigators wrote in the affidavit.
Even more chilling, Mock reportedly called 911 herself after the attack.
She allegedly told the dispatcher that her mother had tried to kill her and that she stabbed her in return.
When Wichita police arrived, Mock was reportedly standing at the door with a towel wrapped around her blood-covered hands.
Mock later gave investigators a bizarre account of what she claimed happened in the moments before the killing.
She told police she had gone into her mother’s bedroom and found Avers “sharpening knives,” according to the affidavit.
Mock claimed her mother then came toward her with a knife, sparking a struggle.
At one point, Mock allegedly told her mother, “I know you’re f—-g Jesus Christ.”
She claimed she backed away but said Avers kept coming toward her. Mock then allegedly grabbed a knife, climbed on top of her mother and began stabbing her.
Mock told investigators she attacked because her mother “started spewing venom at me out of her f—–g mouth,” according to court records.
The former TV journalist also claimed an argument had erupted over a possible return to broadcasting.
Mock said she had gone to speak with her mother about an upcoming job interview with KSN, Wichita’s NBC affiliate.
She allegedly believed Avers was jealous of the opportunity and did not want her to land the job.
Mock previously worked as an on-camera anchor at KTVI Fox 2 in St. Louis and at KOKH Fox 25 in Oklahoma City. At the time of her mother’s death, she was reportedly working in sales for a data-management software company.
Avers’ husband and Mock’s stepfather, Barry Avers, told investigators he had been at work when the killing happened.
According to the affidavit, Barry said Mock had been laid off from a previous Fox television job following what he described as an “explosive situation involving alcohol.”
He said Mock had been living with him and Anita for roughly four to five years.
Barry also told investigators that he and his wife had encouraged Mock to seek mental health treatment after previous diagnoses, according to court documents.
While being questioned at the Wichita Police Department, Mock allegedly made several disturbing statements about her mother.
“I’d kill that b—h to have my mom back any day,” she reportedly told investigators. “I don’t even know who she is anymore. I know, believe she’s the devil.”
Police also reported seeing Mock talking to herself during questioning.
Before the case could move toward trial, Mock underwent a court-ordered competency evaluation. A judge ultimately ruled that she was competent to stand trial.
Mock then waived her right to a jury trial and entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder.
She is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5.
The former news anchor now faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life behind bars, with parole eligibility potentially coming only after 25 years.
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