Police Examine if There Was ‘Unusual Interest’ in Beaten Anchor
Little Rock police continued to pound the pavement for clues as to who was involved in the “life-threatening” beating of KATV Little Rock anchor Anne Pressly.
By Michael Malone -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/21/2008 6:22:00 AM
Little Rock police continued to pound the pavement for clues as to who was involved in the “life-threatening” beating of KATV Little Rock anchor Anne Pressly. Sgt. Cassandra Davis did not rule out whether Pressly’s high-profile job was a factor in the beating, which occurred in her bedroom early Monday.
“We are trying to determine if she had a problem with anybody out there,” said Davis, “or if anyone had an unusual interest in Miss Pressly.”
Contacted this morning, Sgt. Davis said there are still no suspects, and that Pressly remains in “critical but stable” condition.
Pressly’s purse was taken from her home in the attack. Her mother, Patricia Cannady, found Pressly bleeding from the head and unresponsive after she failed to answer a wakeup call early yesterday. Sgt. Davis said Pressly was not stabbed, as had been previously reported. Blunt-force trauma caused her injuries.
A reporter on Daybreak and Good Morning Arkansas, Pressly remains in critical condition. Davis said Pressly’s role as a “public figure” is factoring into the investigation. “She was in the media,” said Davis. “There may be someone who had unusual interest for Miss Pressly, so we are investigating that also.”
Pressly, 26, had a minor role in the recently released Oliver Stone biopic W. She was cast as a conservative commentator after traveling to Shreveport to work on a story on the film industry there and meeting the film’s principals.
KATV President/General Manager Dale Nicholson said the young anchor possessed the unique ability to “light up a room and bring happiness into people’s lives.” He urged viewers to “pray to God that the best comes out of this.”
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What are you talking about? That doesn't have anything to do with Ann Pressly. She is a sweet person is friends with everyone she meets. Are you on crack or something?
anonymous - 10/22/2008 9:20:00 PM EDT -
Obviously a very disturbed, deranged deviant driven to hate by some twisted skewing of reality.
The characteristics of that type of person are spelled out to the letter in the comment by John Randolph. When that type of psychotic, uncontrollable vileness overtakes one's personality, violence is their only release.
Johnny Just - 10/21/2008 7:28:00 PM EDT -
Rightwingnuts like Limbaugh and Coulter spread hate and look what
we get - Unitarian church-goers getting massacred, Democratic
chairmans (in the same state, no less) being assassinated and now, an
actress/newscaster beaten almost to death because she had a minor
role in a movie critical of Bush. Hear their words:
"I tell people don't kill all the liberals. Leave enough so we can have
two on every campus -- living fossils -- so we will never forget what
these people stood for." (Rush Limbaugh)
"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York
Times building." (Ann Coulter)
"I'll tell you who should be tortured and killed at Guantanamo -- every
filthy Democrat in the U.S. Congress." (Sean Hannity)
"To fight only the al-Qaeda scum is to miss the terrorist network
operating within our own borders ... Who are these traitors? Every
rotten radical left-winger in this country, that's who." (Michael Savage)
To spread such hate isn't just wrong, It's morally disgusting. It kills
people just as shouting "Fire!" in a theater. Let these hate-mongers
pay for their crimes. Let us get past the hate-filled Republican years
that have tarnished our country.
John Randolph - 10/21/2008 5:38:00 PM EDT
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