{"id":28692,"date":"2025-06-07T18:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28692"},"modified":"2025-06-07T18:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:22:37","slug":"teen-runaway-14-found-dismembered-in-remote-area-previously-told-police-she-didnt-want-to-return-to-her-group-home-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28692","title":{"rendered":"Teen Runaway, 14, Found Dismembered in Remote Area Previously Told Police She Didn&#8217;t Want to Return to Her Group Home: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">Emily Pike&#8217;s remains were discovered on Feb. 14, a few weeks after she was reported missing from her group home in Arizona<\/h2>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>otage from 2023 has been released showing an Arizona teenager, who had been reported missing multiple times from a group home, telling an officer she didn&#8217;t want to go back<\/li>\n<li>Emily Pike, 14, ran away again in January 2025 and was found deceased on Feb. 14<\/li>\n<li>The teen told a police officer that she didn&#8217;t want to go back to her group home, insisting &#8220;I hate it there,&#8221; per footage from her 2023 recovery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">An Arizona teenager told a police officer she didn&#8217;t want to return to a group home over a year before she ran away again and was discovered murdered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Emily Pike, 14, was reported missing from a group home in Mesa, Ariz. on Jan. 27, 2025. Her remains were found the following month on Feb. 14 near Forest Road 355 on state land near the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, per a May FBI\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/contact-us\/field-offices\/phoenix\/news\/emily-pike-investigation-reward\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The teen was found dismembered in garbage bags in a remote area,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/death-emily-pike-teen-found-dismembered-arizona-spurs-calls-regulation-rcna197982\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">NBC News<\/a>\u00a0previously reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Local news station KNXV&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/crime\/new-mesa-police-department-body-cam-video-released-in-emily-pike-case\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">ABC15<\/a>\u00a0recently obtained body camera footage from the Mesa Police Department recovering Emily when she ran away in September 2023. In it, Emily told an officer that she didn&#8217;t want to go back to the group home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block collapsed\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native-fluid_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native-fluid mm-ads-native \" data-right-rail-index=\"2\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native dynamic js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ruWaCeCilyUwdzk-cIE4UI3b0Xs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(708x461:710x463):format(webp)\/emily-pike-tribute-mesa-060625-76714caa080241a28493356fbcd40647.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ruWaCeCilyUwdzk-cIE4UI3b0Xs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(708x461:710x463):format(webp)\/emily-pike-tribute-mesa-060625-76714caa080241a28493356fbcd40647.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"A tribute to slain Native American teen Emily Pike adorns a fence near a vigil in her honor in Mesa, Ariz\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ruWaCeCilyUwdzk-cIE4UI3b0Xs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(708x461:710x463):format(webp)\/emily-pike-tribute-mesa-060625-76714caa080241a28493356fbcd40647.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ruWaCeCilyUwdzk-cIE4UI3b0Xs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(708x461:710x463):format(webp)\/emily-pike-tribute-mesa-060625-76714caa080241a28493356fbcd40647.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Tributes are left for Emily Pike.<\/span>AP Photo\/Samantha Chow, file<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The teenager was reported missing from the location, reportedly operated by Sacred Journey Inc., three times in 2023.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The clip from September 2023 showed Emily walking along a canal when she was found by police after being reported missing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;I just want to see my mom,&#8221; she told the officer, adding that she wanted to stay with her grandma.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to go to that f&#8212;&#8212; group home,&#8221; the teenager insisted. &#8220;I hate it there.&#8221; Despite her complaints, she eventually got into the car with the officer, the publication reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Another clip from January 2025 captured the moment that the group home called police to report the teenager missing. In it, a staff member told the officer, &#8220;I looked under the bed and the closet. I looked outside. The gate was open. The screen door, the screen window was kicked out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;We&#8217;ll get her in as a missing person,&#8221; the officer said, per the clip shared by the outlet. &#8220;And then if we get in contact with her, obviously we&#8217;ll notify you right away that we found her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In the May press release, the FBI confirmed it was &#8220;offering a reward of up to $75,000 for any person providing independently verifiable information identifying the individual(s) responsible&#8221; for Emily&#8217;s &#8220;disappearance and murder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xwTqxUxwXt6vvqpNUaU-Q5B9w7U=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(736x317:738x319):format(webp)\/police-vehicle-mesa-arizona-060625-0246cbedd9284a90abd2eb24b3b85e6a.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xwTqxUxwXt6vvqpNUaU-Q5B9w7U=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(736x317:738x319):format(webp)\/police-vehicle-mesa-arizona-060625-0246cbedd9284a90abd2eb24b3b85e6a.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Mesa Arizona Police Vehicle \" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xwTqxUxwXt6vvqpNUaU-Q5B9w7U=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(736x317:738x319):format(webp)\/police-vehicle-mesa-arizona-060625-0246cbedd9284a90abd2eb24b3b85e6a.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xwTqxUxwXt6vvqpNUaU-Q5B9w7U=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(736x317:738x319):format(webp)\/police-vehicle-mesa-arizona-060625-0246cbedd9284a90abd2eb24b3b85e6a.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">A photo of a Mesa Police Department vehicle.<\/span>City of Mesa Police Department\/Facebook<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/emily-pike-teen-did-not-want-go-back-group-home-more-than-year-before-her-murder-report-says\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Fox 10 Phoenix<\/a>, San Carlos Apache Tribe Chairman Terry Rambler previously said its council was also offering a $75,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The outlet stated that the tribe was requesting that state leaders tighten regulations for state-licensed residential group homes for children following Emily&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A legislative hearing was held last month focusing on Emily&#8217;s case and group home protocol, per ABC15.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A spokesperson for the Department of Child Safety (DCS) shared a statement with the outlet in March: &#8220;At this time, the department does not believe any action taken, or not taken, by the group home caused the terrible outcome in this case. We have opened a licensing inquiry to determine whether appropriate steps were taken by the group home during this incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Tribe chairman Rambler previously said in a letter of Emily&#8217;s death, &#8220;This crime must not go unsolved. Emily was murdered in a cruel, depraved and heinous act and the perpetrator(s) must be held accountable,&#8221; per NBC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The outlet stated that the tribe&#8217;s social services department had placed Emily at the group home. Her uncle, Allred Pike Jr., 50, declined to say why she was placed there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The Gila County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the Arizona Department of Child Safety and the San Carlos Apache Tribe didn&#8217;t immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for additional information. PEOPLE wasn&#8217;t able to reach out to a spokesperson for Sacred Journey Inc. for comment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Emily Pike&#8217;s remains were discovered on Feb. 14, a few weeks after she was reported missing from her group home in Arizona otage from 2023 has been released &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28694,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28692\/revisions\/28694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}