A former Fox morning show anchor in Missouri is accused of killing her elderly mother on Halloween and then told dispatchers she did it “to save herself.”
Residents of a peaceful neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas, say they were shocked when 47-year-old Angelynn Mock staggered outside just before 8 a.m. on Friday, covered in blood.
“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,” neighbor Alyssa Castro said.
Castro said Mock grabbed her phone and dashed back into the home, where she reportedly called authorities and declared she “stabbed [her] mother to save herself,” Sedgwick County dispatchers told the outlet.
Wichita police found Mock outside the house with serious cuts on her hands. Inside, authorities found Anita Avers, 80, “unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds.” Police said she died about 30 minutes later at a hospital nearby.
Mock was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder at Sedgwick County Jail. The sheriff’s office said she is being held on a $1 million bond.
Later, the police returned Castro’s boyfriend’s phone to him. Castro told the newspaper that she was just glad they could help.
“Like, we never know what anyone is going through. This happened randomly, but as long as we were able to get 911 and see what we can do, that’s all I really care about,” she said.
Her spouse told KAKE that Avers worked as a marriage and family therapist for Wichita Counseling Professionals.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Mock worked as a fill-in anchor for KTVI Fox 2 in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015. She then worked in sales in the area for a while, but took a two-year break.
She finally joined a data management company with operations in several Midwest cities, including Wichita.
