Police in Kansas have arrested a former TV news anchor in connection to the stabbing death of her elderly mother.

Angelynn Elizabeth Mock, 47, is charged with first-degree murder after her 80-year-old mother was found unresponsive Oct. 31 with multiple stab wounds in her bed at her Wichita home, the Wichita Police Department said in a media release on social media.

The victim, identified as Anita Avers, was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said.

A motive in the killing was not immediately known on Monday, Nov. 3, and police said the case remained under investigation. USA TODAY has reached out to the Wichita police.

'Unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds'

Police said officers responded just after 7:50 a.m. local time to a report of a "cutting" at

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