A former Fox TV anchor for a local Missouri station has been arrested for murder after her elderly mother was found stabbed to death, according to police.
Angelynn Mock, 47, who anchored for St. Louis television station Fox 2 about a decade ago, was taken into custody on Friday in Wichita, Kansas for killing her 80-year-old mother Anita Avers.
Officers with the Wichita Police Department responded to a stabbing around 8am to find Mock standing outside a home while her mother was discovered in a bed with multiple stab wounds.
Avers was taken to a hospital where she later died, police said.
Mock was also treated at the hospital, but the agency did not specify why. She was then booked on a charge of first-degree murder.
The once glamorous journalist worked for Fox 2 as an anchor and reporter from March 2011 to February of 2015, according to her LinkedIn page.
Alyssa Castro, a neighbor who witnessed the aftermath of the gruesome incident, said Mock approached her and her boyfriend with blood all over her.
‘There was a woman who approached our vehicle with like blood, like her hands were filled, her body was filled with blood, asking to call 911,’ Castro told KAKE.
Angelynn Mock, a former TV anchor was arrested in Wichita, Kansas on Friday in connection to the stabbing death of her 80-year-old mother Anita Avers
Avers was found with multiple stab wounds in a bed inside the home. She was taken to the hospital where she later died
The startled resident told the outlet Mock begged to use her boyfriend’s cell phone to call the police and then ran back in the house with it. The phone was later returned to him by police.
Castro recalled trying to help Mock as much as she could after authorities were called.
‘I asked her if she was okay, and she was pretty shooken up and she seemed scared, and she just ran off,’ she said.
Avers’ husband told the outlet she was a marriage and family therapist at Wichita Counseling Professionals.
Mock was booked into Sedgwick County Jail where she is being held on a $1 million bond.
Mock was booked into Sedgwick County Jail where she is being held on a $1 million bond
The mother and daughter are seen in a picture together from 2019
News of Avers shocking death comes as the mother and daughter portrayed a happy relationship on social media.
The 80-year-old’s Facebook profile picture is an image of Mock reporting live on air at a baseball game.
Anther image showed the pair together, hugging and smiling.
The details surrounding the stabbing remain unclear.
The Daily Mail contacted the Wichita Police Department for more information.
