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Daily Mail
a day ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Chilling video of girl, 14, who went missing from her group home... then was found dumped by the side of the road
Chilling police bodycam footage showed the moment an Arizona teen was found by the side of a road on one of the times she fled her group home before she was brutally murdered earlier this year. Emily Pike, 14, was seen in the newly-released video running away in September 2023, one of at least four instances she went AWOL as she 'hated' her foster home. The clip showed her being approached by a cop as she walked along the street, and she initially denied being the missing girl before telling the cop: 'I just want to see my mom.' The then-13-year-old cried as she told the officer her group home is 'not her home', and repeatedly said she wanted to speak to her family. 'I'm not going to go to that f***ing group home,' she said in the footage from ABC15. 'I hate it there.' The teenager eventually got into the car with the officer, and authorities said on each of the times she left her home officers either took her back to the group home or to a behavioral health center. Emily ran away for the final time on January 27, 2025, when she broke a door to her group home and walked out on foot, before her dismembered body was found almost three weeks later. No arrests have been made and no suspects named in her case, with authorities releasing the new bodycam footage as Arizona lawmakers opened an investigation into her murder and alleged issues in the foster group home. Although Emily lived at the group home due to mental health issues, her family lived nearby on the San Carlos Apache reservation. She had run away from the home on at least four occasions, with the final time coming in January when she was brutally murdered by an at-large killer. Authorities are offering a reward of $175,000 for information leading to her killer, with the FBI and the San Carlos Apache Tribe contributing to the fund. What exactly happened to Emily when she left for the final time remains a mystery, with her dismembered body found three weeks later almost 100 miles from the group home. Her remains were hidden in a forest off US 60 near Globe, Arizona, and investigators said her body parts were stuffed in several contractor garbage bags. Her head and torso were in one bag and her legs in another, with the teenager's arms and hands still missing. Alongside the release of the footage from September 2023, authorities also revealed footage from when she was reported missing for the final time. The bodycam footage showed an officer asking a staffer at her group home, operated by Sacred Journey Inc., if Emily had run away before. 'Yeah, she had a while back,' the staffer said. 'She's got a pink and gray striped long-sleeved shirt,' they continued. 'That's what one of the girls here at the group home said she had. 'I looked outside. The gate was open. The screen door, the screen window was kicked out.' The bodycams were shown as a legislative hearing last month opened an investigation into Emily's murder and protocols at Sacred Journey Inc. The group home does not have a contract with the state, but the Department of Child Safety told lawmakers Emily was in the care of Tribal Social Services as her native tribe placed her in the care of the home. The teen's family say they are told investigators are looking at three potential suspects, as her mother Steff Dosela described her as a 'very happy and kind person' San Carlos Apache Attorney General Alex Richie defended the home as he said Emily's repeat attempts to run away from the home led them to not be 'convinced based on what they were saying that the child was actually missing.' The teen's family say they are told investigators are looking at three potential suspects, but no names have been released and Emily's murder remains a mystery. 'She was just an innocent… she was a baby,' her mother Steff Dosela told WCJB. 'She was a very happy and kind person.'
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Sheriff Grady Judd: 'Violent death' at group home prompts murder investigation
The Brief Sheriff Grady Judd says that a "violent death" at a group home has prompted a murder investigation in Bartow. First responders found the victim, an 81-year-old white man, dead this morning at an independent group living home owned by ET Care. Judd says they will release more information on Monday. BARTOW, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says that his office is helping the Bartow Police Department investigate what they are calling a "violent death." What we know First responders found the victim, an 81-year-old white man, dead this morning at an independent group living home. Three other people lived in the group home that is owned by ET Care. Judd says that the man was last seen on Saturday evening. READ: Riverview High School teacher arrested for having sexual relations with student: HCSO What we don't know No other information has been released and Sheriff Grady Judd says they will release more information on Monday. CLICK HERE:>>>Follow FOX 13 on YouTube The Source Information for this story was provided by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 13 TAMPA: Download the FOX Local app for your smart TV Download FOX Local mobile app: Apple | Android Download the FOX 13 News app for breaking news alerts, latest headlines Download the SkyTower Radar app Sign up for FOX 13's daily newsletter
Washington Post
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
D.C. housemates turn to older means of connection: a print magazine
They tried a lot of things to find community in Washington: recreational kickball, trivia night and other rites of social passage for young people in the busy city. None of it really stuck. So, this group home of five 20-somethings in D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood found something else that embodies the classic spirit of District residents — an off-hours activity that combines whimsy and work.
