Lucy Pat Curl, wife to Pastor Bill Curl, is in critical condition after she was beaten by a man posing as a community service officer at the door of her home.
Lucy Pat, 85, was found by her husband on Friday (Jan. 31) after she was severely beaten by 55-year-old Ronald Davis.
According to the police, Davis forced his way into the Curls’ residence after he falsely identified himself as a community service officer and claimed he needed to check the home. Lucy Pat informed officers that Davis hit her multiple times until she was knocked unconscious.
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Law enforcement found Davis’ wallet inside of the Curls’ home. They were able to locate and arrest the assailant the following morning.
Lucy Pat Curl’s Husband Serves as a Pastor at First Baptist Orlando
Bill serves on the pastoral care team at First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida. On Sunday, Feb. 2, the church’s senior pastor, David Uth, addressed the congregation during the worship service regarding what happened to Lucy Pat.
“You know, if I could really be honest with you, I’d probably just stand here and weep today,” Uth said. The pastor went on to share that the Curls have been on staff at the church for over 50 years. For 18 years, they were missionaries with the International Mission Board and served in the western part of Europe until, Uth said, the Lord brought them back to America.
“[Bill] is in pastoral care. He’s the one that will be there for you in a heartbeat, and his wife, Lucy Pat is right there with him,” Uth explained. He described how Lucy Pat has been serving the church, saying, “She plays the piano incredibly well. She plays at so many funerals for us, and weddings and whatever the need may be. You’ll see them sometimes around here riding a bicycle built for two, and it’s a beautiful sight when you do on Friday afternoon.”
Pastor Describes How the Lucy Pat Curl Was Attacked
As Uth described how the attack unfolded, he shared that “Bill was doing some counseling with someone at the pregnancy center, and Lucy Pat was home. Somebody knocked at her door. She went to the door, and she asked the gentleman to identify himself, and he said he was a community service officer.”
“And she said, ‘Well, I need some verification. I need proof.’ And so he reaches in, [grabs] his billfold and starts fumbling around,” Uth continued, “but in the moment that she was looking to see the verification, [the assailant] knocked her down, came into the house, [and] hit her several times.”
“She’s 85 years old, but in great health, she survived cancer three times,” Uth said. The pastor said that when the intruder knocked her down, she hit a “coffee table like thing and it [just] destroys right side of her head.”
According to Uth, Davis then began “ransacking the house, and she’s screaming out. She got outside to the van and honked the horn trying to get somebody’s attention, a neighbor, but nobody came.”