Pastor's wife, 85, dies after brutal beating when burglar broke into her Florida home, cops say

Suspect Ronald Davis (left) is accused of pretending to be a community service officer to carry out a violent attack on Lucy Pat Curl (right) in her Florida home - (Orlando Police Department/First Baptist Church of Orlando)

An 85-year-old wife of a pastor was beaten to death after a burglar broke into her Florida home and pretended to be a community service officer, police said.

Lucy Pat Curl, the wife of Orlando pastor Bill Curl, was violently attacked by the suspect Ronald Davis, a convicted felon, on January 31, Orlando police said. She died in hospital on February 4.