Rhonda Holland, 46, attended college near Hartford, CT where she studied advertising. She managed her mother’s gift shop in Littleton, CO and did all the decorating in the store. “She was extremely talented, ” said Hazel Brewer. Rhonda would even redo furniture for friends. Married in 1979, Rhonda had two sons, Jason and Jeffrey. After ten years of marriage, Rhonda and her husband divorced. “She had a real bubbly personality” said her mother, who added that Rhonda had lots of friends. On Saturday, January 17, 2004, the store was to have closed at 6 PM. When Hazel Brewer was unable to contact her daughter Sunday, she went to the store and found Rhonda dead from a single stab wound. The victim’s car was found at a motel four blocks away. The lights were still on in the unlocked gift shop at 5757 S. Rapp St. A suspect has been named.
LITTLETON Police believe they have solved the 2004 murder of Rhonda Holland, which happened at her family’s gift shop in downtown Littleton.
Thursday, Sept 6, 2007, Littleton Police announced warrants have been issued for Greg Parker, already in prison for killing his wife. but the District Attorney for Arapahoe County refuses to prosecute.
Greg Parker had been sentenced to 60 years in prison in 2005 for the murder of his wife, Barbara. He confessed to slitting her throat after an argument in their Littleton home. Parker is serving his sentence at the Buena Vista Correctional Complex.