Who Is Angelynn Mock? Ex-Fox News Anchor Admits Stabbing Her Mom to Death Using Four Kitchen Knives and Cheese Grater

A former local Fox News anchor has admitted to killing her 80-year-old mother, stabbing her with four kitchen knives and a cheese grater. Angelynn Mock, 48, pleaded guilty Friday afternoon to first-degree murder in the brutal killing of her mother, Anita Avers, in Wichita, Kansas.

Avers was found unresponsive in her bed on Oct. 31, 2025, in a bra and underwear and suffering from multiple stab wounds to her face and torso, according to an affidavit reviewed by the Daily Mail. Court documents reveal several kitchen knives and a cheese grater were found “laid out on a pillow” beside her in the bed, with “all the utensils” covered in blood.

Showing No Mercy

Mock, who worked as an anchor at Fox 2 in St. Louis, Missouri, about a decade ago, was the one who called 911. She told the dispatcher that her mother had tried to kill her, prompting her to stab Avers in response, according to the affidavit.

When Wichita police arrived at Avers’ home, they found Mock outside with a towel wrapped around her bloodied hands, according to police.

Avers was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where she later died.

Mock later told investigators that she had gone into her mother’s bedroom before the stabbing and saw her “sharpening knives.” She claimed Avers then “came after her with a knife and fought her,” the affidavit said.

Mock told officers that she pushed her mother away after Avers told her, “I know you’re f***ing Jesus Christ,” according to police. She said she then backed away, but Avers continued coming toward her.

Mock told investigators that she grabbed a knife and “got on top of her,” the affidavit stated.

According to the documents, Mock said she stabbed her mother because she “started spewing venom at me out of her f***ing mouth.”

Mock later told police that she had gone into her mother’s bedroom to talk about an upcoming job interview with KSN, where she hoped to work as a news anchor.

KSN is an NBC affiliate. Mock previously worked for Fox 2 in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015 and also held a position at KOKH Fox 25 in Oklahoma City. At the time of her arrest, Mock was working in sales for a data management software company, which cited her now-deleted LinkedIn profile.

Mock said that after she told her mother about the potential job, Avers, who she claimed was “sharpening knives with bigger knives,” became jealous and said she did not want her daughter to get the position, the affidavit mentions.

No Truth in Her Version

Investigators also spoke with Barry Avers, Anita’s husband, who was at work when his wife was killed.

Barry told investigators that Mock was his stepdaughter and had previously worked for the St. Louis station before being fired following “an explosive situation involving alcohol,” authorities said.

He said Mock moved into the home with him and Avers about four or five years ago. Avers had encouraged her daughter to seek mental health treatment after she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, according to the affidavit.

The diagnosis was later changed to schizoaffective disorder, which the documents described as a condition involving symptoms associated with mood disorders and schizophrenia.

Barry said that, to his knowledge, Mock was taking medication after experiencing “bouts of delusions mixed with periods of depression,” police said.

About a month before her mother’s death, Mock became upset during a family card game, Barry recalled. She complained that everyone hated her and that she hated them, too, before telling her relatives, “They’re all robots” and “They’re not real people,” according to the affidavit.

Barry also told police that Mock would often “claim to be spiritual and talk to God” and had described herself as “Anti-Christ,” the documents stated.

Her outbursts would often happen while she was riding her stationary exercise bike, Barry told investigators.

Following the stabbing, Mock was taken to a hospital and later transported to the Wichita Police Department’s Investigation Section.

While in an interview room there, Mock repeatedly spoke to herself and said she believed her mother was the devil, according to the affidavit. “I’d kill that b**** to have my mom back any day. I don’t even know who she is anymore. I know, believe she’s the devil,” she said, according to court documents.

Before entering her guilty plea, Mock was ordered to undergo a competency evaluation to determine whether she was fit to stand trial. A judge ruled in July that she was competent.

Mock has since waived her right to a trial and is set to be sentenced on Oct. 5.

A first-degree murder conviction can carry a life sentence, with the possibility of parole after 25 years.