Little Rock - Prosecutors rested Tuesday morning in the capital murder trial of Curtis Lavelle Vance, after a medical examiner testified that KATV's Anne Pressly died from blunt force trauma to her head.

In great detail, Dr. Stephen Erickson said that Pressly was the victim of a violent attack that likely included either a pistol-whipping or an attack with a club. He said that one blow knocked a tooth out of Pressly's mouth and that another shoved her jaw backward, cutting off blood flow to her brain.

Pressly, 26, was raped and beaten in her Little Rock home late on Oct. 20, 2008, and died five days later.

Vance has pleaded not guilty to capital murder and other charges. His lawyers are expected to begin calling witnesses after a break for lunch.

Vance could be sentenced to death if convicted.

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