ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A man who pleaded guilty to murdering a Roanoke woman has been sentenced to life in prison.

Kurt Davis, 34, was sentenced December 1, 2025 for the February killing of 80-year-old Susan Williams .

Williams, a former longtime Executive Director of the Local Office on Aging, was found dead outside her south Roanoke apartment with head trauma. Court records indicated Davis told police he had hit her several times with a rock.

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