A former St. Louis television news anchor was arrested for fatally stabbing her mother in Wichita, Kansas, authorities said.
Angelynn Mock, 47, was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder, jail records showed.
Wichita police said at approximately 7:52 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a reported cutting at a home along Crowley Street near Victoria Street on the city’s South Side. When officers arrived at the home, they found 80-year-old Anita Avers unresponsive in her bed, police stated.
Avers, who had been stabbed multiple times, was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 8:26 a.m.
Mock, who was identified as a suspect, was located outside the home following the stabbing, police stated. Mock previously worked as a morning news anchor at FOX 2 in St. Louis and KOKH FOX 25 in Oklahoma City.
Information about a possible motive hadn’t been revealed as of Sunday evening.
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