The Tragic Disappearance & Murder of Emily Pike: A Call for Justice

Emily Pike is a Tragedy That Shouldn’t Happen

Mar 15, 2025

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🚨 Trigger Warning: This article discusses violence against Indigenous women and children. 🚨

The heartbreaking case of Emily Pike, a 14-year-old Indigenous girl from the San Carlos Apache Tribe, has shaken her community and the nation. What started as a missing person’s case turned into a horrifying discovery 💔—one that has reignited urgent conversations about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW).

🌟 Who Was Emily Pike?

🖌️ A creative spirit: Emily loved painting and had dreams of attending college.
💖 Kind and full of life: Her family describes her as a happy, caring, and gentle soul.
🏠 Lived in a group home: At the time of her disappearance, Emily was staying in a facility for at-risk youth in Mesa, Arizona.

🚨 The Night She Vanished

📅 January 27, 2025
🕖 7:45 PM
🚶 Last seen leaving her group home on foot in Mesa, AZ.

And then… she was gone. 😢

Despite a history of running away, this time was different. Emily never returned. Her family, desperate for answers, launched a frantic search. But the outcome they feared most was about to come true.

💀 A Horrifying Discovery

📅 February 14, 2025
📍 U.S. Highway 60 near Globe, AZ (100 miles from her last known location)
🗑️ Dismembered remains found in garbage bags

💔 Emily was found brutally murdered. The condition of her body—trauma to the face and head, dismemberment—left law enforcement and her family devastated.

⚖️ Who did this? No one knows—yet. As of March 2025, no arrests have been made.

🏚️ A Troubling Look at Her Group Home

❌ Over 80 police calls in 3 years for missing persons.
❌ 30 official missing reports for 18 different children.
❌ Emily had run away 4 times—3 times led to missing reports.

💬 What’s happening inside these group homes? Why are so many children disappearing from them?

🚨 Following Emily’s death, Arizona's Department of Child Safety (DCS) launched an investigation into the home she stayed at.

📢 Community Outrage: “Justice for Emily!”

🔥 Rallies & vigils held across the country!
🪶 Indigenous activists demand justice.
💪 MMIW crisis finally getting attention!

One of the largest protests happened in Cathedral City, CA, where people gathered to honor Emily and raise awareness about the thousands of missing Indigenous women and girls.

📝 Fighting for Change: A New Law in Emily’s Name?

📜 House Bill 2281 (being debated in Arizona’s legislature) aims to:

✅ Expand Amber Alerts & Silver Alerts to include missing Indigenous individuals.
✅ Improve coordination between tribal, state, and federal law enforcement.

⚖️ If passed, this law could help prevent future tragedies like Emily’s.

🚨 The Bigger Picture: The MMIW Crisis

🔴 Indigenous women are 10x more likely to be murdered than non-Indigenous women.
🔴 Over 5,700 cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women remain unsolved.
🔴 Law enforcement often fails to act quickly on missing Indigenous persons cases.

💔 Emily’s case is not just a tragedy—it’s part of a terrifying pattern.

💬 A Mother’s Grief, A Family’s Fight for Justice

😭 “She was just a baby.” – Emily’s mother, Cassandra Pike

Emily’s family refuses to let her story fade. They are fighting for answers, justice, and change.

🕯️ They will not stop until her murderer is found.

❗ How You Can Help ❗

📢 Spread awareness! Share Emily’s story. MMIW cases don’t get enough attention.
📧 Contact lawmakers! Support HB 2281. Indigenous lives matter.
💰 Donate to MMIW organizations! Help fund search efforts for missing Indigenous women.

💔 Emily’s story is heartbreaking, but her death must not be in vain.

Let’s demand justice. Let’s fight for change. Let’s honor Emily.

💬 What are your thoughts? How can we do more to protect Indigenous women and children? Let’s talk. ⬇️

#JusticeForEmilyPike #MMIW #SayHerName