Anne Pressly's mother approached defense attorneys moments after jurors spared the life of the Arkansas man convicted of killing her daughter in an attack so brutal that it left the television anchor's face shattered and unrecognizable. She leaned in and said softly, "You protected someone ...

A jury has begun deliberating whether to impose the death penalty on the man convicted of murder for the beating of an Arkansas TV anchorwoman. Jurors began their deliberations Thursday evening, a day after they convicted Curtis Lavelle Vance of capital murder, rape, burglary and theft in the death of 26-year-old Anne Pressly. Prosecutor Larry Jegley emphasized the brutality of ...

Forensic evidence gathered at the home of a slain television anchorwoman led police to a man now also suspected of raping a school teacher in eastern Arkansas, officials said Friday. Curtis Lavelle Vance, 28, of Marianna offered a DNA sample to Little Rock police detectives ...