Cops Collect New Video in Anne Pressly's Attacker Case Newswoman Anne Pressly was severely beaten in her home.
Little Rock, Ark. Police are searching for any information leading to the person, or persons, who beat local morning TV anchor Anne Pressly, 26, to death in the early morning hours of October 20, 2008. Now, investigators have released new clues to America's Most Wanted on who they believe was reponsible for fatally beating television anchor woman Anne Pressly. Employees at a fitness center in Little Rock told AMW producers that police collected surveillance video from a camera on the exterior of their facility, which was trained on a nearby road. Along with the surveillance video from the gym, police have collected video from a Shell gas station. A clerk there told AMW that Anne's credit card was used at one of the gas pumps there the night of her attack. The employee said that there was a surveillance camera working on the premises, and that the video has been turned over to police, but investigators working the case have not confirmed this information. The last contact Anne had with anyone was through a text message with a friend at 9:50 p.m. on October 19, 2008. Anne's mother, who was visiting from South Carolina, says she always calls Anne in the morning for an early wake-up call, and was alarmed when her daughter didn't answer her repeated phone calls. She went to Anne's house to check on her, and was horrified to find Anne in bed, bleeding. Cops say Anne was beaten in the head and chest area, and was listed in critical condition at a local hospital before she died. AMW has also learned that despite reports to the contrary, Little Rock Police have not named a suspect in the beating, and following the attack, a citizen donated pepper spray, which cops distributed other female local TV reporters. Police Seek Suspect In Popular Anchor's Fatal Beating Everyone who knows Anne has describes her as a smart, popular woman with no known enemies. Investigators are trying to determine why Anne was attacked. They suspect that the beating happened during the course of a robbery, because Anne's purse was missing, but they say there is the potential that the attacker was a stalker. AMW has also learned that despite reports to the contrary, Little Rock Police have not named a suspect in the beating, and following the attack, a citizen donated pepper spray, which cops distributed other female local TV reporters. Pressly was beaten around the head, face and neck during the attack. She had been unable to communicate with her family or police, while being kept sedated in the intensive care unit. Pressly was discovered Monday, Oct. 20, a half-hour before she was to appear on ABC affiliate KATV's "Daybreak" program. Her mother went to the woman's home after she didn't answer her regular wake-up call. Police have yet to identify a suspect in the attack, and cops are looking for any information that might lead an arrest. If you know anything about this savage beating, call our hotline at 1-800-CRIME-TV right now.
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Poster Comment:
Q: Why aren't we told the race of the suspect they have on video?
A: Because the perp's race doesn't fit the accepted inversion or reality to which the TV-watching public has become accustomed, that's why.