Ex-TV anchor Angelynn Mock admits to stabbing own mom to death on Halloween after believing she was the devil
A former television news anchor has admitted to murdering her 80-year-old mother on Halloween last year at their Kansas home after believing she was possessed by the devil.Angelynn “Angie” Mock pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing her mother, Anita Avers, at their shared Wichita home on Oct.31, 2025, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office announced.Mock, 48, faces life in prison under the plea deal, with a chance at parole after 25 years, prosecutors said.Mock previously worked as a morning news anchor at KTVI in St.
Louis from 2011 to 2015 and later at KOKH in Oklahoma City, but was working in sales at a data management software company at the time of the murder.The Wichita Police Department responded to the home Mock shared with Avers and her stepfather around 7:50 a.m.on Oct.
31 last year to find Avers with multiple stab wounds, according to a probable cause affidavit.Mock was found outside the home with cuts on her hands when they arrived and taken into custody, according to police.She was found outside the home with cuts on her hands when officers arrived and taken into custody.Following her arrest, Mock made multiple statements claiming she believed her mother was the devil and told investigators she killed her to “save herself,” according to the affidavit.Mock told investigators she went to her mother’s room to talk about an upcoming job interview at KSN and found her sharpening knives.She claimed her mother came at her with a blade and the two fought — but Mock said she overpowered her and pushed her back.She then claimed that her mother said, “I know you’re f–king Jesus Christ,” and spewed “venom” as she tried to back away from her.Mock said she then grabbed the knife, pinned her mother down and stabbed her — claiming she had no choice but to do so to save herself, according to the affidavit.“I had to kill her, she wasn’t going to stop,” Mock said, according to the aff...