Overview

• Kenneth Robson, 68, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 25-years-to-life state prison sentence for the 2024 death of his wife, Quitiza Holmes.
• Robson called 911 around 4:50 a.m. on April 30, 2024, saying he had hit his wife with a hammer, then left the apartment at dispatchers' direction and surrendered to police.
• Officers found Holmes face down with catastrophic head injuries and defensive wounds, recovered a blood-stained hammer, and transported her to Baystate Medical Center, where she died on May 16, 2024.
• During the investigation, Robson made spontaneous statements to police claiming he had ingested drugs that were not what he expected and blaming his actions on their effects.
• Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni called the attack brutal and senseless, and members of Robson’s first wife Joan Cusson’s family attended proceedings expressing outrage over his prior release.