Waitress stabbed to death in Millbury

By John Dyer, Globe Correspondent, and David Abel, Globe Staff

MILLBURY -- A waitress at a TGI Friday's at the Shoppes at Blackstone Valley was stabbed to death this afternoon in a nearby parking lot after ending her shift, co-workers said.

Police declined to comment. Officials from the Worcester district attorney’s office did not return telephone calls seeking comment.

Rosa Gentile, a hostess at TGI Friday's, said the woman, Rhonda, whose last name she did not know, was "hard-working" and "always talking about her three children."

Police cordoned off the parking lot and customers had emptied out of the restaurant shortly after the stabbing occurred at about 3:30 p.m.

"Just everyone's sad, everybody's trying to leave," Gentile said.

A manager at TGI Friday's declined to comment last night, but their corporate office released the following statement: "This is an absolute tragedy and prayers go out to the family of our team member."

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