Forensic expert testifies in anchorwoman’s death

 
By The Associated Press
Published: November 8, 2009

LITTLE ROCK , Ark. — A single hair found in the bloody bedroom of television anchorwoman Anne Pressly bore the genetic signature of the man charged with raping and killing her, a crime lab expert testified Friday.

The root of the hair contained DNA that placed Curtis Vance at the scene, said Melissa Myhand , the chief forensic DNA examiner for the Arkansas Crime Laboratory.

Vance, 29, of Marianna, A...


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