Dismembered remains of missing 14-year-old girl are found in trash bags left along highway

The dismembered remains of a 14-year-old girl were found near an Arizona highway, weeks after she went missing. Police are now trying to determine how she died and who is responsible.

Emily Pike, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, was last seen wearing a pink and gray shirt on January 27 around 7.45 p.m. in the area of Mesa Drive and McKellips Road, Mesa Police announced last month.

Weeks later, on February 14, her remains in a trash bag were found off Highway 60 milepost 277 near Globe, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. The sheriff’s office and other law enforcement agencies are conducting an investigation into the homicide …

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