NEW : Little Rock , Arkansas , police chief says he has ` ` solid case '' against suspect . Curtis Lee Smith , 28 , arrested late Wednesday in death of TV news anchor . Curtis Lavell Vance , 28 , was arrested at a Little Rock home soon after investigators named him as a suspect . KATV - TV reporter Barbara Pressly was 26 . She was severely beaten in her home , died days later at home .
NEW : Little Rock , Arkansas , police chief says he has ` ` solid case '' against suspect . Curtis Lee Smith , 28 , arrested late Wednesday in death of TV news anchor . KATV - TV reporter Barbara Pressly was 26 . She was severely beaten in her home , died days later at home .