A former morning news anchor with Fox affiliate KTVI has been charged with murdering her own mother, in what the former journalist claims was an act of self-defense.
Angelynn Mock, 47, was charged in the gruesome slaying of her 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, on Halloween. A woman and her boyfriend became witnesses to a real-life horror movie when Mock approached them covered in blood, asking for help.
"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,” Alyssa Castro told KAKE.
Castro said Mock took her boyfriend's phone and ran back to the house, where Mock called 911 to report stabbing her mother to "save herself," dispatchers said. The cellphone was returned by police later on.
"I asked her if she was okay, and she was pretty shooken up and she seemed scared, and she just ran off,” Castro said.
The police responded to the scene around 8 a.m. on Friday and found Mock outside with bloody cuts on her hands. Her mother was found in her bed with multiple stab wounds. She was brought to a hospital, where she died.
Mock was also treated for her injuries and booked on charges of first-degree murder.
She was brought to Sedgwick County Jail, where she is being held on a $1 million bond.
"I'm just glad we were able to help you know what I mean. 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,” said Castro.
Avers' husband told KAKE that she was a marriage and family therapist at Wichita Counseling Professionals.
Residents of St. Louis may recall seeing Mock on the morning news on local station Fox 2, where she was an anchor from 2011 to 2015.
But some could be forgiven if they have trouble recognizing Mock in her rather disheveled mugshot. Here's a before-and-after comparison:
Former morning news anchor at FOX 2 in St. Louis, Angie Mock, accused of fatally stabbing her elderly mother on Friday, police say.
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Photos from Facebook show Mock and Avers looking happy together. It is unclear what led to this horrific incident, but more details are sure to emerge in the future.
