Overview

• Kenneth Robson, 68, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing 45-year-old Quitiza (also reported as Quitzia) Holmes and was sentenced to 25 years to life.
• Robson called 911 on April 30, 2024 to report he had hit his wife with a hammer, then left the Federal Street apartment and surrendered to Springfield police.
• Officers found Holmes face down in a pool of blood with catastrophic head injuries and defensive wounds; she died weeks later at Baystate Medical Center.
• Investigators recovered a blood-stained hammer, and prosecutors noted Robson’s statements claiming unexpected drug effects during the investigation.
• Robson was previously convicted in 1984 of killing his then-wife, Joan Cusson, and was released in 1995; members of Cusson’s family followed the case and voiced outrage.