She walked away from a group home. 18 days later, she was gone.
Emily Pike was fourteen years old, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, living in a group home a hundred miles from her family in Mesa, Arizona. On January 27, 2025, she walked away on foot. Eighteen days later, hikers found her remains off Highway 60, near the San Carlos Apache Reservation. More than a year and a half later, no arrest has been made and no suspect has been publicly named.
This is the story of Emily's case: the institutional failures that placed her so far from home, the five-agency task force that formed within days, the lawsuit her family filed against the group home operator, the state law passed in her name, and the FBI's new nationwide initiative that named her case again this August.
The reward for information leading to an arrest stands at $75,000.
If you have any information, contact the FBI's toll-free tip line: 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
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Sources and image credits
FBI Phoenix Field Office, Seeking Information: Emily Pike (fbi.gov) -- official case summary, reward amount, tip line, victim photograph (public domain, U.S. federal government work). FBI press release, FBI Announces Voices Not Forgotten (Aug 18, 2026) -- nationwide Indian Country reward initiative; Emily Pike named among highlighted cases. 12News (KPNX); AZFamily (KTVK/KPHO), Jan 27 2026 and Feb 15 2026 coverage -- reward figures, agency list, case status. AZFamily, Emily Pike's dad files wrongful death lawsuit against Mesa group home (Sept 18, 2025). Cronkite News (azpbs.org), One year later: Emily Pike's legacy fuels reform and demands justice (Feb 17, 2026) -- Emily's Law, the Turquoise Alert System. KJZZ, FBI offers $75,000 reward in murder case of San Carlos Apache teen Emily Pike (May 7, 2025). Wikipedia, Disappearance and killing of Emily Pike -- background, timeline cross-reference. Congress.gov -- Savanna's Act and the Not Invisible Act (2020), referenced for context. Forest road image: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, illustrative of the area near where Emily's remains were found, not the exact site. Downtown Mesa, Arizona and U.S. Capitol/vigil images: Wikimedia Commons, illustrative only. Nobody is named as a suspect or person of interest anywhere in this video. No arrest has been made in this case as of production.
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