Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
24%
5 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A deranged former TV news anchor has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her elderly mother on Halloween — having claimed she “had to kill her” because she was “the devil.”
asserted
she → sentence → her
Angelynn “Angie” Mock, who for years had worked as a morning news host in St. Louis and Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty to murdering her 80-year-old mom, Anita Avers, on Halloween morning last year at their home in Wichita, Kansas.
asserted
who → work → Wichita
She will not be eligible for parole for 25 years, according to KWCH.
uncertain
She → accord → KWCH
The mom was found in her bed with multiple stab wounds — and her ranting 48-year-old daughter was outside the house with cuts on her hands.
asserted
daughter → find → hands
“I’d kill that bitch to have my mom back any day.
asserted
I → kill → mom
I don’t even know who she is anymore,” Mock said, according to the affidavit.
uncertain
Mock → know → affidavit
“I know, I believe she’s the devil.”
asserted
she → know → ?
Mock, 48, later told investigators she went to her mother’s room to talk about an upcoming job interview at local Wichita news station KSN and found her sharpening knives.
asserted
her → tell → knives
She initially accused her mom of coming at her with a blade, saying she then overpowered her as they fought — accusing her mom of spewing “venom,” telling her daughter, “I know you’re f–king Jesus Christ.”
asserted
you → accuse → Christ
Mock said she then grabbed the knife, pinned her mother down and stabbed her — claiming she had no choice.
asserted
she → say → choice
“I had to kill her, she wasn’t going to stop,” Mock said.
asserted
Mock → have → her
Mock had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and suffered from delusions and depression, her stepfather, Barry Avers, told investigators.
asserted
stepfather → diagnose → investigators
She frequently would spiral into delusional states, claiming people around her were “robots” and “not real people,” he said.
asserted
he → spiral → her
She also claimed that she spoke to God and called herself the Anti-Christ — and got upset when others didn’t believe her.
asserted
others → claim → her
She was taking medication and was prone to angry outbursts, but was never violent, according to Barry.
uncertain
She → take → Barry
Years earlier, Mock had an explosive outburst that led to her being held at a psychiatric hospital for roughly two weeks, according to the affidavit.
uncertain
her → have → affidavit
The most recent episode her stepfather could recall was three or four weeks before the killing — when she erupted at family members during a card game.
uncertain
she → recall → game
Mock was initially found not mentally fit to stand trial in January and a judge ordered that she go to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation and treatment, putting the criminal proceedings on hold.
asserted
she → find → hold
She pleaded guilty in August.
asserted
She → plead → August
She was sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole for 25 years, a judge ruled Monday.
asserted
judge → sentence → years
Mock previously worked as a morning news anchor at KTVI in St. Louis from 2011 to 2015 and later at KOKH in Oklahoma City, but was working in sales at a data management software company at the time of the murder.
asserted
Mock → work → murder
The Aporia
