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Kimberlee Ann Emkens

Case from Grand-rapids, MI dated Jul 07, 2011

Victim Details

Kimberlee Ann Emkens

Female

White / Caucasian

Grand-rapids

MI

2011-07-07

23

Kimberlee

Ann Emkens

06/23/2026

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In the summer of 2011, a tragedy unfolded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, forever altering the lives of several families. Kimberlee Ann Emkens, a 23-year-old Caucasian woman, found her life abruptly and violently cut short on July 7th of that year. Her death was not an isolated incident but part of a horrific spree of violence that stunned the community.

On that fateful day, Rodrick Shonte Dantzler, a 34-year-old man with whom Kimberlee had previously been in a relationship, embarked on a dead ...
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  • NBC News: Police: Killer of 7 was 'hunting' ex-girlfriends, relatives
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