PHOENIX (AP) — From heartbreak and devastation to outrage, Emily Pike’s tragic death is stirring heavy emotions and spotlighting a crisis that has long plagued Native American communities, where a disproportionate number of people have been killed or have gone missing.
In the case of the San Carlos Apache teenager, she disappeared from her group home in a Phoenix suburb in late January.
Authorities posted her picture on social media, saying she was missing and had possibly run away. Sheriff’s deputies in a neighboring county reported finding Pike’s remains nearly a month later and more than 80 miles (129 kilometers) from where she was last seen…