Accused killer Curtis Vance confesses to the murder of anchorwoman Anne Pressly. On the 4th day of testimony prosecutors played audio and video interviews Vance gave to police.
This was
not the first time the tapes had been heard in open court. They're the same statements Vance's attorneys wanted thrown out of his trial because he uses his own words to put himself in Pressly's home. Little Rock detective J.C. White told jurors about three separate interviews he's had with Curtis Vance.
One was the night of his arrest. Then there was a two-hour audio interview a few weeks later. And a final four-hour took place interview last February.
On the night of his arrest, Vance tells police he could see into Anne Pressly's bedroom window from her backyard. He told detectives he stole her laptop and purse, set them outside and then walked back into her bedroom.
When Pressly woke up, he told police he struck her 4-5 times in the face with a metal tool.
After leaving he says he used Pressly's gas card downtown and threw the murder weapon into the Arkansas River.
Two weeks later Vance comes back to detectives and tells them two accomplices were with him and that he was just the lookout. When confronted with DNA evidence, Vance raises his voice saying "I ain’t no woman killer, I didn't strike her."
In his final interview on video, Vance puts himself again alone in Pressly's home. Vance admits to police to beating Pressly with a stick but denies sexually assaulting her. And has no explanation for how his DNA gets left behind.
Prosecutors told the jury the only possibility is that Vance killed Pressly alone.
