KATV’s Anchor Anne Pressly Stabbed & Severely Injured In Her Home (Photos)

Posted on October 20, 2008

KATV’s anchor, Anne Pressly, was beaten and stabbed by an intruder in her home, possibly during a robbery. Pressly has life-threatening injuries, police said on Monday.

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KATV anchor Anne Pressly, 26, was found in her home by her mother at around 4:30 a.m. Monday lying in her bed and bleeding from “severe wounds,” stated Little Rock spokesperson Cassandra Davis said.

Anne Pressly is said to be in critical condition at a local hospital, after she was beaten and stabbed.

“She was beaten and there were some cuts to her body,” Davis said. She said the cuts were stab wounds.

Investigators have not ruled yetout robbery, but are talking to Pressly’s co-workers to determine whether she “has had any problems.”

The last time anyone heard from Anne Pressly was around 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Davis said Pressly’s mother gives her daughter a wake-up call and went over to her house Monday when Anne didn’t answer her phone.

During its 11:30 a.m. newscast, anchor Jason Pederson read a story about the attack and said Pressly was hospitalized.

“We would ask that you keep Anne in your thoughts and, especially, in your prayers,” Pederson said.

Anne Pressly had a small role in the new Oliver Stone movie W, which was filmed in Shreveport, La. Pressly appears briefly as a conservative commentator who speaks favorably of President Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech.

KATV’s Web site notes that Pressly’s most notable interview was with Vice President Dick Cheney. Pressly was returning from a story in Humphrey and traveling through Stuttgart, where the highway was blocked in front of hunting supply store Mack’s Prairie Wings.

It turned out that Cheney, an avid hunter, was inside. Pressly asked for an interview, which she conducted on the ammunition aisle.

Pressly is a native of Greenville, S.C., and moved with her family to Little Rock while she was in high school. She is a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

We wish Anne Pressly well as she recovers in the hospital.

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