The father of Emily Pike has filed a civil lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against the Mesa group home that had the San Carlos Apache teen in its custody before she went missing and was murdered.
The seven-page complaint alleges Sacred Journey Inc. staff were negligent and “failed to reasonably watch, supervise, care for and protect” Emily while in their care — blaming them for her “wrongful death” through their action or inaction.
Back in February, Emily’s dismembered body was discovered in garbage bags tossed along an Arizona highway within the Tonto National Forest — over 100 miles away from where she was last seen at the Valley group home…