Anne Pressly, a 26-year-old anchor for KATV, died Saturday night in a hospital. Hermother found her brutally beaten Monday after the journalist didn't answer her regular wake-upcall. Authorities have said they have no suspects.
Hundreds of comments flooded the station's Web site from across the United States,including messages from loyal viewers accustomed to seeing Pressly on TV to those who said they'dnever heard of her before the attack.
"Although I didn't know her or ever see her on the news I was very touched when Iread the first article about her brutal beating. I do hope the person who did this is caught andpunished to the full extent," a Connecticut woman wrote.
A makeshift memorial of flowers, candles and stuffed animals lay near a tree Sundayoutside the anchorwoman's home, which was still marked with yellow police tape.
KATV has established a reward fund for information leading to the arrest andconviction of Pressly's killer. The station said Sunday that the fund had reached $30,000.
Police have said they had no indication Pressly was targeted for the attack. Astatement from Pressly's parents, Guy and Patti Cannady, asked for privacy but also forsupport.
Pressly was born in South Carolina and moved with her family to Little Rock whileshe was in high school. She attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.
She had a small role as a conservative commentator in the new Oliver Stone movie W., which was filmed in Louisiana.
