Curtis Lavelle Vance

A man who told police he had been hoping to steal a laptop was convicted of capital murder Wednesday in the beating of an Arkansas TV anchorwoman so brutal that her face was shattered and she never regained consciousness.The panel was to reconvene later Wednesday to weigh whether Curtis Lavelle Vance should be executed or sentenced to life in prison without parole for the Oct. 20, 2008, attack on Anne Pressly at her Little Rock bungalow.Vance, 29, of Marianna, was also convicted of...Read Full Story

A police detective says the man accused in the death of an Arkansas anchorwoman told officers that he beat her with a wooden-handled garden tool.Curtis Lavelle Vance faces the death penalty in last October's attack on KATV personality Anne Pressly at her home. Detectives said Vance told officers he broke in to steal a laptop.Detective Tommy Hudson testified Tuesday that Vance told officers that when Pressly woke up and found him, he hit her with the garden tool about four times.Vance has...Read Full Story

A medical examiner says an Arkansas TV anchorwoman was beaten so severely that one blow knocked a tooth out of her mouth and another shoved her jaw to the back of her head.Dr. Stephen Erickson testified Tuesday in the capital murder trial of Curtis Lavelle Vance, who is charged with killing TV host Anne Pressly. He was the last witness before prosecutors rested their case.Vance has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers began their defense by asking crime scene technicians about what they didn't...Read Full Story

An Arkansas judge has ruled against delaying the trial of a man accused of killing a television anchorwoman.Pulaski County Judge Chris Piazza rejected arguments that Curtis Lavelle Vance might be mentally disabled and that his trial should be delayed so more tests can be run.That eliminates the last potential delay for the scheduled Nov. 2 capital murder trial of Vance, who is accused of killing KATV personality Anne Pressly. Vance has pleaded not guilty.Defense lawyers also asked Piazza to...Read Full Story

A man accused of killing a popular Arkansas television personality is going on trial.Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in Little Rock in the trial of Curtis Lavelle Vance. He has pleaded not guilty to capital murder, rape and burglary.KATV-Little Rock anchorwoman Anne Pressly was found brutally beaten in her bed in October 2008. She died days later without regaining consciousness.Prosecutors say they plan to use DNA evidence and taped confessions from Vance.Defense lawyers say...Read Full Story

The man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman says he no longer trusts his defense team.Curtis Lavelle Vance said in court Tuesday that prosecutors had evidence that he had not seen and that his lawyers would not talk to him about. Vance told the judge "you all got the whole world thinking I did this."Vance's lawyers asked that he be given a mental evaluation.Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza told Vance that he couldn't tell the state's public defender commission what...Read Full Story

The state run media reminds us all the time of "white violence" or "race violence" or "hate crimes". I want to call your attention to this crime of BLACK VIOLENCE against a white woman who was brutely murdered and raped. I am not going to automatically say it was race violence or a hate crime. If this woman was black the state run national media would also add these terms. Curtis Lavelle Vance acted so violently, Dr. Therese McBride testified that the front of Pressly's skull and jaw were...Read Full Story

FAT FACTS: Curtis Vance found guilty on all counts in capital murder trial Vance brutally beat and raped Anne Pressly, she later died Vance could receive the death penalty (Little Rock, AR 11/11/2009) A Little Rock juryt has returned a guilty on all counts verdict in the Curtis Vance trial. The jury deliberated for two hours after a week of testimony. Pressly was a news anchor at KATV-TV in Little Rock and a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis. The panel must now decide...Read Full Story

His name is Curtis Lavelle Vance. He's 28, married with two children. He lives in Marianna, the County Seat for Lee. It's near the State line approximately 80 miles East of Little Rock, and 40 miles Southwest of Memphis, TN. Vance apparently was aware that Police were on his trail, and attempted to flee. Authorities are confident of the arrest. Surveillance camera footage was taken the night of the murder at a local ATM of the suspect using Ms. Presley's debit card. According to Fox this...Read Full Story

12:19 PM CST, November 10, 2009 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Prosecutors rested at the capital murder trial of Curtis Lavelle Vance after a medical examiner testified that TV anchorwoman Anne Pressly died from blunt force trauma to her head. In great detail, Dr. Stephen Erickson said Tuesday that Pressly was the victim of a violent attack that likely included either a pistol-whipping or an attack with a club. He said that one blow knocked a tooth out of Pressly’s mouth and that...Read Full Story