Wichita woman charged with premeditated murder in 80-year-old mom’s stabbing
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- Prosecutors filed a first-degree premeditated murder charge against Angelynn Mock, 47.
- Police found 80-year-old Anita Avers stabbed; she died at a Wichita hospital.
- Mock called 911, claimed she stabbed mom to “save herself,” according to scanner traffic.
A Wichita woman accused of murdering her 80-year-old mother on Halloween has been formally charged.
The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that it has filed a first-degree premeditated murder charge against 47-year-old Angelynn E. Mock in connection with the Oct. 31 stabbing death of Anita L. Avers at their home in the 1500 block of East Crowley.
“District Attorney (Marc) Bennett confirmed the charge was filed after reviewing the investigation conducted by the Wichita Police Department’s Homicide Section,” a news release from the DA’s Office says.
Mock is scheduled to make her first appearance in court at 3 p.m. Tuesday, court records show. No defense attorney was listed for her in court records early Tuesday afternoon.
Mock is currently being held in the Sedgwick County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond. She was arrested and booked at 2:22 p.m. on Friday after calling 911 to report the deadly stabbing, according to law enforcement records and emergency scanner traffic.
Wichita police said Friday that when officers responded to the family’s home, near Hydraulic and Wassall, just before 8 a.m., Mock met them in the street with cuts on her hands. Police then found Avers unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds to her neck and chest. Both were taken to a Wichita hospital for treatment. Avers died there.
It’s unclear exactly what transpired inside the house before the stabbing. In her 911 call, Mock said she attacked her mom to “save herself” after her mother “started slicing at” her and tried to kill her, emergency scanner traffic indicates.
The criminal complaint filed against Mock accuses her of killing Avers “unlawfully, intentionally, and with premeditation.” It also notes that the crime is a “domestic violence offense.”
The DA’s Office said Tuesday that it could not release any more details about the case due to “the ongoing nature of the investigation and impending legal proceedings.”
More information about what happened and why is likely contained in a probable cause affidavit, which the court can release upon request after a defendant is charged.
If convicted of premeditated murder, Mock would face a life prison sentence with no parole eligibility for 50 years.
Avers was working as a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist at the time of her death. “She had a passion for counseling and believed that was her special gift she could give to others,” her obituary says.
Mock’s LinkedIn page indicates she works in sales as a data management consultant and has a background in journalism that included jobs at TV news stations in Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma City and St. Louis from 2002 to 2015.
This story was originally published November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM.
