An undated courtesy photo of Iyonna and Rodrick Dantzler.
by:Leon Hendrix
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Iyonna Dantzler, daughter of a man who killed seven people nine years ago in Grand Rapids has dealt with the stigma of sharing his name.
The 25-year-old did not let that stop her.
Dantzler, is the daughter of Rodrick Dantzler, the man who went on a rampage on July 7, 2011 killing seven others before taking his own life.
Iyonna Dantzler told News 8, “We were just as much as victims as anybody else. I want to bring out a positive thing. I want to make sure that our name is known positive.
Today, she’s starting her own business — a retail store called The Box 616. It’s located on Eastern Avenue near Baxter Street in a newly constructed development on the west side of the road.
Wanting to share her own success story, Iyonna reached out to News 8, describing her plight in an email to the newsroom this way: “Iyonna Dantzler the daughter of Rodrick Dantzler uses rocky past and new beginnings to open up her very own urban retail store.”
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