14 year old Emily Pike, a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe, was murdered.
Her body was found 100 miles away, dismembered in trash bags.

She didn’t merit the national media coverage that Gabby Petito did. 😞😢

Emily was listed as "Missing/Runaway." Emily wasn’t publicly identified until last week after a memo was leaked from the Gila County Sheriff’s Office on social media. The memo said her head and torso were found in trash bags and some of her remains are still missing." She was not the first or only young girl to have run away from the group home where she stayed.

"Justice for Emily" was written in red plastic cups at the intersection of Mesa Drive and McKellips Road in Mesa, the last place 14-year-old Emily Pike was seen alive.

A vigil, put on by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, is not just for Emily, but for all MMIWP, or Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People.

RESOURCES:

Arizona mom speaks in tearful interview after daughter’s remains found dismembered
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/03/01/arizona-mom-speaks-tearful-interview-after-daughters-remains-found-dismembered

Former roommate describes what happened before Emily Pike’s Mesa disappearance
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/03/05/former-roommate-describes-what-happened-before-emily-pikes-mesa-disappearance/

A 14-year-old teen disappeared from Mesa. Her body was found near Globe 17 days later
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2025/03/05/what-to-know-about-emily-pike-teen-found-in-the-woods-globe/81095924007/

Dead teen disappeared from Arizona group home with history of missing persons reports
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/mesa-group-home-where-arizona-teen-emily-pike-went-missing-history-missing-persons-reports/75-3dd493d7-8325-4d9d-b0a8-ed468b17d6fd


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