The suspect previously worked as an anchor and a reporter for Fox 2 in St. Louis
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- A former news anchor has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing and killing her elderly mother
- Angelynn “Angie” Mock, 47, worked for the Fox 2 news station in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015
- Her mother, 80-year-old Anita Avers, was found unresponsive in her home in Wichita, Kan., the morning of Friday, Oct. 31
A former news anchor has been charged with murder after she allegedly stabbed and killed her elderly mother.
Police responded to a “reported cutting” at a residence in Wichita, Kan., at about 7:52 a.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 31, per a media release shared on Facebook by the Sedgwick County Police Department (SCPD).
Upon arrival, police found a woman — who was later identified as 47-year-old Angelynn “Angie” Mock— standing outside the home. They then entered the residence and found Mock’s mother, Anita Avers, 80, “unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds.”…