LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The parents of an Arkansas television anchorwoman who was beaten to death say there's forensic evidence their daughter was sexually assaulted as well, and she broke her hand fighting off her attacker.

Guy and Patti Cannady talked with the "Today" show's Matt Lauer on Monday, five days after suspect Curtis Lavelle Vance was arrested in the beating death of KATV anchorwoman Anne Pressly of Little Rock. They said while the police were investigating the case as a homicide, there's a lot of evidence that there was more to it than that.

Pressly was a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis and worked previously for WBBJ-TV in Jackson, Tennessee.

Pressly died in the hospital five days later without regaining consciousness.

Guy Cannady said the family still has many questions about the murder. He said the police theory is that Pressly interrupted a random robbery, but he isn't convinced of that.

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