A former tv information anchor has admitted to murdering her 80-year-old mom on Halloween final yr at their Kansas residence after believing she was possessed by the satan.
Angelynn “Angie” Mock pleaded responsible on Friday to at least one rely of first-degree homicide for fatally stabbing her mom, Anita Avers, at their shared Wichita residence on Oct. 31, 2025, the Sedgwick County District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced.
Mock, 48, faces life in jail below the plea deal, with an opportunity at parole after 25 years, prosecutors mentioned.
Mock beforehand labored as a morning information anchor at KTVI in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015 and later at KOKH in Oklahoma Metropolis, however was working in gross sales at a knowledge administration software program firm on the time of the homicide.
The Wichita Police Division responded to the house Mock shared with Avers and her stepfather round 7:50 a.m. on Oct. 31 final yr to search out Avers with a number of stab wounds, in line with a possible trigger affidavit.
Mock was discovered outdoors the house with cuts on her arms after they arrived and brought into custody, in line with police.
She was discovered outdoors the house with cuts on her arms when officers arrived and brought into custody.
Following her arrest, Mock made a number of statements claiming she believed her mom was the satan and advised investigators she killed her to “save herself,” in line with the affidavit.
Mock advised investigators she went to her mom’s room to speak about an upcoming job interview at KSN and located her sharpening knives.
She claimed her mom got here at her with a blade and the 2 fought — however Mock mentioned she overpowered her and pushed her again.
She then claimed that her mom mentioned, “I do know you’re f–king Jesus Christ,” and spewed “venom” as she tried to again away from her.
Mock mentioned she then grabbed the knife, pinned her mom down and stabbed her — claiming she had no alternative however to take action to avoid wasting herself, in line with the affidavit.
“I needed to kill her, she wasn’t going to cease,” Mock mentioned, in line with the affidavit.
Mock was additionally heard speaking to herself when police arrived on scene, making statements suggesting she believed her mom was the satan.
“I’d kill that bitch to have my mother again any day. I don’t even know who she is anymore. I do know, I imagine she’s the satan,” Mock mentioned, in line with the affidavit.
Officers discovered a number of kitchen knives and a cheese grater laid out on a pillow subsequent to Avers’ physique on the mattress.
“All of the utensils had blood on them… the highest sheet had at the least 12 holes within the high half of the sheet, per these brought on by a knife,” the court docket paperwork said.
Mock’s stepfather, Barry Avers — who was at work throughout the killing — advised investigators she had been identified with schizoaffective dysfunction and suffered from delusions and despair, in line with the affidavit.
He advised investigators that Mock was on medicine, although he was unaware of the precise kind and solely assumed she was taking it as prescribed. He additionally famous that Mock was vulnerable to indignant outbursts however that he by no means thought-about her violent or felt threatened by her.
Barry advised investigators that Mock often slipped into delusional states, claiming individuals round her have been “robots” and “not actual individuals,” in line with the affidavit. It’s unclear when these outbursts occurred.
She additionally claimed to be religious, spoke to God and at occasions known as herself the Anti-Christ — rising indignant when others didn’t imagine her. On one event, he mentioned, she advised him: “I might blow everybody up if wanted to.”
Barry mentioned years earlier, an explosive outburst had led to police being known as and Mock being held at a psychiatric hospital for roughly two weeks, in line with the affidavit.
The latest episode her stepfather might recall was three or 4 weeks earlier than the killing — when she erupted at relations throughout a card sport.
Her stepfather described Mock and her mom as having a “back-and-forth relationship as most moms and daughters however have been shut.”
In January, Decide Jeffrey Goering dominated Mock was not mentally match to face trial and ordered her to a state psychiatric hospital for analysis and therapy, placing the prison proceedings on maintain.
Following her responsible plea Friday, Mock is about to face sentencing on Oct. 5.
