Anne Pressly

On October 20, 2008, she was brutally attacked during a robbery at her home and died five days later.

• Name — Anne Sparkman Pressly • Born — August 28, 1982 • Birthplace — Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S. • Died — October 25, 2008 (aged 26) • Place of death — Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. • Education — Rhodes College- Bachelor's degree in Political Science • Occupation — News anchor, Actress • Credits — KATV Reporter

After earning her B.A. in Political Science from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, Pressly was hired at KATV in May 2004 to produce Good Morning Arkansas and report for MidDay Arkansas and Saturday Daybreak. She was promoted to a full-time reporter position in November 2004. Pressley's most notable interview was with Vice President Dick Cheney. A chance encounter with a casting director while working on a story helped her land a small role as Candice Black, a conservative commentator, in Oliver Stone's 2008 film W.

• Name — Murder of Anne Pressly • Date — October 20, 2008 • Time — before 4:30 a.m. CDT • Location — Little Rock, Arkansas • Suspects — Curtis Lavelle Vance • Charges — Capital murder Residential burglary Rape Theft of property • Verdict — Guilty on all four counts Sentenced to life in prison without parole on November 12, 2009 Anne Pressly was found at 4:30 a.m. on October 20, 2008, a half-hour before she was due to appear on the station's Daybreak program. The Little Rock Police Department were alerted by her mother, Patricia Cannady, when Pressly did not answer her wake-up call. Cannady found Pressly unresponsive in her bed with injuries sustained to her head and upper body consistent with a beating. She had been raped, her left hand had been broken, and her face had been crushed beyond recognition. The attacker took her laptop computer, her handbag with a credit card, and little else.

Little Rock Police Department spokesman Cassandra Davis said police did not believe that she was intentionally targeted, but robbery was the suspected motive after her purse was discovered missing. Her credit card was used at a service station several miles away, sometime after Cannady had discovered her daughter. Pressly owned two Cocker Spaniels and it was theorized the attacker gained entrance to her home via a dog door.

Pressly was hospitalized at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center and died five days later on October 25, 2008. On the evening of her death, Pressly's mother and stepfather released a statement:

On November 26, 2008, police in Little Rock, Arkansas arrested Curtis Lavelle Vance for the murder of Pressly. On November 11, 2009, Vance was convicted of capital murder, residential burglary, rape and theft of property. Police believe Vance committed a crime of opportunity, and they found no link between Pressly's public profession and her attack. The day following his conviction, Vance was sentenced to life in prison without parole. After Vance's sentencing, an interview was being conducted outside the courtroom with David Bazzell, a local radio personality and a friend of Pressly. Bazzell stated that he felt justice had been carried out. Vance's enraged mother was standing nearby and overheard the comment, shouting at Bazzell, "No it wasn't! No it wasn't! My son is innocent! No justice here today!" DNA evidence had proven that Vance was Pressly's rapist and attacker. The Arkansas Supreme Court rejected Vance's appeal on June 2, 2011. Vance was also charged with the kidnapping and rape of Kristen Edwards on April 21, 2008, at her home in Marianna, Arkansas. Before he fled with Edwards, the rapist stole her cell phone and charger, a video and $3 – all the cash she had with her at the time. Vance was subjected to a swab test for his DNA and all 16 genetic markers the test compared matched the DNA recovered from the semen in Edwards's abduction. During the trial, Vance admitted under questioning that he had been inside Edwards's home on the morning of the kidnapping, although he claimed that it was because "there were mobs roaming the streets in Little Rock" that morning and he was afraid. Despite his admission of being in the victim's home, her being brutally raped and forced from her home at gunpoint that morning, and the statistically negligible chance of his DNA matching anyone else's, the jury was hung, resulting in a mistrial.

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