Arkansas TV anchorwoman dies after beating

In an article from the Associated Press, Anne Pressly died Saturday night in a hospital. The 26-year-old anchor for KATV was found by her mother brutally beaten Monday. She didn't answer her regular wake-up call.

"She was like an angel walking on earth," Dana Bradley, who was once Pressly's producer and colleague at KATV in Little Rock, Ark., told Today's Matt Lauer Monday.

The police said Ms. Pressly sustained trauma to her face, head and neck during what they believe was a robbery in her home. Detectives have said they have no evidence that Ms. Pressly had been singled out or stalked. A credit card belonging to Ms. Pressly was used at a service station several miles from her residence shortly after her mother discovered her daughter, the police said.

Authorities have said they have no suspects. KATV has established a reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Pressly's killer. The station said yesterday that the fund had reached $30,000. Police have said they had no indication Pressly was targeted for the attack.

Ms. Pressly appears in an uncredited role in the Oliver Stone film "W," based on the presidency of George W. Bush. Mr. Stone awarded her a 30-second part when he reportedly noticed her physical resemblance to the conservative commentator Ann Coulter when Ms. Pressly visited the set of the film, in nearby Shreveport, La., to prepare a feature story on the production.