MESA, Ariz. — The father of 14-year-old Emily Pike, an Arizona girl who was murdered earlier this year after running away from her Mesa group home, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility.
Emily’s body was discovered in February; her remains were found in trash bags near Globe, about 70 miles from where she was last seen alive.
“It’s tragic to say the least,” said Olivia Lemorocco, vice president of operations at Phillips Law Group, the law firm that filed the lawsuit on behalf of Pike’s father…