The Arkansas television anchorwoman brutally attacked in her own home and found unresponsive in bed by her mother on Monday is now in critical but stable condition and will eventually recover from the savage beating she suffered.

Anne Pressly, 26, a popular television anchorwoman on Little Rock’s KATV, was rushed to hospital Monday after her mother found her beaten beyond recognition in her own home, in the Pulaski Heights neighborhood, close to the Little Rock Country Club.

Her mother had gone to Pressly’s home to check on her after she did not answer a wake-up call and thus probably saved her life. Pressly was to appear on the ABC affiliate’s “Daybreak” program in half an hour.

Police is currently investigating the attack. No evidence has yet been found to suggest that Pressly was attacked because of her celebrity. Sgt. Cassandra Davis, a spokeswoman for the Little Rock police, said the attack appeared to have been random.

Investigators are talking to Pressly’s co-workers, friends and family members in an effort to learn whether anyone had reason to harm the anchorwoman or whether there was a stalker.

Her purse was missing, thus indicating burglary as a possible explanation of the attack but there was no sign of forced entry in her apartment.

Police said she had suffered severe trauma to her head and had life-threatening injuries. As of Tuesday, her condition had already improved. Surgery was planned for Monday but had been delayed, Sgt. Davis added.

Detectives have not yet been able to talk with Pressly.

She has been an employee of KATV-TV since 2004 and currently appears on its “Good Morning, Arkansas” program. She has a small cameo in Oliver Stone’s recently released film “W.”