Former TV anchor accused of stabbing 80-year-old mother to death, told neighbor she did it to 'save herself'

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A former morning TV news anchor is behind bars after she allegedly stabbed her elderly mother to death.

Angelynn "Angie" Mock, 47, who previously anchored for FOX 2 News in St. Louis, was arrested Friday in Wichita, Kansas , after police say she killed her mother, 80-year-old Anita Avers, inside the home they shared.

When officers responded to the home around 7:50 a.m., they found Mock outside with cuts on her hands, according to the Wichita Police Department .

Inside, they discovered Avers unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds . Avers was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Mock was treated at a hospital for injuries before being booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder . She is being held on a