Curtis Lavelle Vance Charged With Death Of TV Anchorwoman Anne Pressly (Photos/Video)
Posted on December 1, 2008
DNA evidence has linked Curtis Lavell Vance to the sexual assault and killing of television news anchor, Anne Pressly, age 26.
Curtis Lavelle Vance consented to DNA swabs, but had denied being in Little Rock, Arkansas, when Anne Pressly was killed, police said.
Repotedly the crime lab “confirmed with all scientific certainty that Mr. Vance is the DNA contributor of the suspect in Ms. Pressly’s murder,” the affidavit said.
Police investigators are now “110 percent” certain Vance killed Anne Pressly.
Curtis Lavelle Vance, 28, has not made any comments, nor has an attorney spoken on his behalf.
The Little Rock public defender’s office said it will be representing Vance but is making no comments at this time.
TV anchor Anne Pressly was found beaten at her home in October by her mother, who could not reach Pressly on the telephone.
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In an interview Monday on NBC’s “Today Show,” Pressly’s parents said evidence shows Pressly was sexually assaulted.
Hastings said police are not commenting on that.
The affidavit describes “multiple blunt force injuries.”
Pressly’s mother, Patti Cannady, told NBC, “She fought for her life. She fought her attacker. Her left hand was broken from trying to fight this man off.”
Cannady offered disturbing details. “Six weeks ago this morning, I found my daughter beyond recognition with every bone in her face broken, her nose broken, her jaw pulverized so badly that the bone had come out of it; I actually thought that her throat had possibly been cut. Her entire skull had numerous fractures from which she suffered a massive stroke.”
She added, “This monster stole my daughter’s innocence. He took her life. He took her identity. He took our lives.”
Hastings told CNN that DNA evidence also ties Vance to a rape in April in Marianna, Arkansas. “It was a forensic match between their suspect and him. They helped us locate him,” he said.
Hastings said investigators do not believe Pressly’s being on TV had anything to do with the killing. “I think he saw her someplace, probably followed her home with intention of robbing her. And then went from there,” he said. The killer did rob Pressly, taking her purse, Hastings said.
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Pressly’s parents said the case will be tried as a capital murder case, but the prosecutor has not told them whether he will seek the death penalty if Vance is convicted.
Here’s video on Anne Pressly’s murderer Curtis Lavelle Vance below:
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3 comments
…NAIL HIM, folks!!
He’s already soared into the Top10 on the GhettoBraggingRights Sexiest & Hardest Ghetto Black Male Felon competition:
http://urlsnub.com/curtis-soars-into-top10
Why not seek the death penalty ? Is not robbing, raping and killing a woman enough for a death penalty?
Is there some reason we as a society need to keep someone like Curtis Lavelle Vance around for ? Maybe so he can one day get parole and do it again ? or maybe he can find religion and say he’s sorry ?
Personally i am so tired of watching our justice system fail, We still haven’t executed that sniper guy who was convicted to death 7 years ago. Why is our justice system so inept ? Why does it take 15 or more years to carry out a sentence of death in this country ? A person who is sentenced to die should get 1 automatic appeal and that’s it. Someone who gets convicted and given the death penalty should be executed within 2 years. We need some major changes in our justice system.