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Parents of murdered Little Rock TV anchor confirm sexual assault
AP, via The Dallas Morning News ^ | December 2, 2008 | Staff

Posted on 12/02/2008 2:33:15 PM PST by La Enchiladita

12:00 AM CST on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 The Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The parents of a television anchorwoman beaten to death at her home said Monday their daughter was sexually assaulted during the attack, and an arrest warrant released by police says DNA evidence linked an eastern Arkansas man to the crime "with all scientific certainty."

In a television interview on NBC's Today show, Guy and Patti Cannady said Anne Pressly, 26, was beaten so severely that a portion of her jawbone was broken away. The couple said their daughter also broke her left hand while trying to defend herself.

The Cannadys said "yes" when asked if their daughter had been sexually assaulted during the Oct. 20 attack at her home. Ms. Pressly, 26, died Oct. 25 without regaining consciousness. "This monster stole my daughter's innocence," Patti Cannady said. "He took her life. He took her identity. He took our lives."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: annepressly; heterosexualagenda
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Police have declined to discuss whether Ms. Pressly was sexually assaulted. Little Rock police Lt. Terry Hastings did not dispute the Cannadys' comments. "A lot of those details, we want the jury to hear those first," he said Monday.

Chilling. Sometimes I wonder why a heinous crime like this would even get a trial by jury. What a waste.

1 posted on 12/02/2008 2:33:15 PM PST by La Enchiladita
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To: La Enchiladita

Did anyone seriously doubt that this monster perp would rape as well as kill?

Too bad Southern justice isn’t like it was 100 years ago.


2 posted on 12/02/2008 2:36:10 PM PST by Palladin (Obama on Ayers: "He's just a guy in my neighborhood." LIAR!!!)
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To: La Enchiladita; freekitty; ladyvet; TXRed; SouthTexas; justiceseeker93; Piquaboy; Arrowhead1952

This animal deserves the death penalty ASAP.


3 posted on 12/02/2008 2:36:44 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: La Enchiladita

I would pay $5,000 for the right to kill this monster myself. It would take a long, long time.


4 posted on 12/02/2008 2:36:46 PM PST by montag813 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: La Enchiladita

Once they capture the guy, he needs a speedy and fair trial and if convicted, as coldly and calculated as possible, he needs to be executed as one would remove a stain.

I would still pray for his soul though.

Ever read “The Shack”?


5 posted on 12/02/2008 2:38:31 PM PST by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
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To: La Enchiladita

“with all scientific certainty.”
Good enough for me. String him up!” Screw the 20 years of appeals.


6 posted on 12/02/2008 2:39:31 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: La Enchiladita
Life is so cheap to some people. In SoCal people are murdered everyday. You get to the point where it doesn't shock you anymore. I hope this monster suffers. I've always thought that murderers should be executed in the same way that their victims died. The USA is too humane to do that but it might be more of a deterrent to the would-be murderers.
7 posted on 12/02/2008 2:40:12 PM PST by originalbuckeye
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To: La Enchiladita

What interest exactly is being served by asking her parents if she was sexually violated? None, except ratings. We the public do not need to know that, its none of our business. Respect for family privacy is no longer of any consideration.


8 posted on 12/02/2008 2:42:54 PM PST by jdub
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To: Old Sarge

This scum is from my former home town of Marianna, Arkansas. I say “former” because there’s no way I’d live there again. It ain’t the “Mayberry” it was when I was growing up.

A few years back an old lady was raped there. I hope they test this guy’s dna with that case, right after they’ve hung him.


10 posted on 12/02/2008 2:49:37 PM PST by Terry Mross
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Bring him to Texas.


11 posted on 12/02/2008 2:53:50 PM PST by SouthTexas (Remember, it took a Jimmy Carter to bring us a Ronald Reagan!)
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To: La Enchiladita

The brutality of these crimes should surprise no one, the way the popular culture beats the ‘racism’ drum constantly. Its just payback, y’know.


12 posted on 12/02/2008 2:53:54 PM PST by skeeter (Its Barry's fault)
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To: La Enchiladita

Sick stuff.

If I show this to my wife, maybe she’ll bother to sit through the CCW class and get her permit finally. I keep nagging her to do it, but maybe this’ll convince her she needs to.


13 posted on 12/02/2008 2:54:19 PM PST by Wierzbowski
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To: Palladin
Too bad Southern justice isn’t like it was 100 years ago.

Mixed feelings about that one...this individual certainly deserves it, but how many innocent people were lynched because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time? We'll never know.

14 posted on 12/02/2008 2:56:14 PM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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I read that one of the last books Anne read before she was killed was The Shack.

The person who mentioned it said he believed it was an act of God that she was able to read it before everything that she suffered.

I haven't read it, but I'm told that it addresses the issue of horrible things like this happening to good people, and answers questions about where God is at times such as these.

I always think how our sinless Lord suffered on our behalf.

If we lived to be 200 years old, it wouldn't be a blip in eternity. I'm so thankful, because of Him we have the choice of where we spend eternity, and never have to suffer the likes of this evil again.

My heart breaks for Anne's suffering this, and her mom finding her, and having to see her precious daughter like that, yet, at the same time, I know she couldn't have born not being with her.

This man has far worse in store for him, if he doesn't repent and change his life.

15 posted on 12/02/2008 2:58:04 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: Old Sarge

Oh come on, they found the suspect and he’s a black dude.

Oh, wait......


16 posted on 12/02/2008 2:58:43 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Don' need no steenkin' bipartisan..... Oops, have I failed to be "gracious" AGAIN?!!)
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To: La Enchiladita
Sometimes I wonder why a heinous crime like this would even get a trial by jury.

Wouldn't need one if it had been my daughter. Prayers for the parents.

17 posted on 12/02/2008 2:59:40 PM PST by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: RobRoy

Someone told me recently about “The Shack.” But, I haven’t looked at yet.

I freely admit I can’t pray for someone like this.


18 posted on 12/02/2008 3:00:49 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Don' need no steenkin' bipartisan..... Oops, have I failed to be "gracious" AGAIN?!!)
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To: skeeter

Mmmm, hmmm, I’d like to see a jury nullify THIS.


19 posted on 12/02/2008 3:02:33 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Don' need no steenkin' bipartisan..... Oops, have I failed to be "gracious" AGAIN?!!)
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To: La Enchiladita

Time to find a tall tree and a short rope.


20 posted on 12/02/2008 3:04:15 PM PST by TexasNative2000
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