PHOENIX (AZFamily) — About 1,400 children remain in Arizona group homes despite state efforts to reduce those numbers, according to the latest report from the state’s Department of Child Safety.
Group homes have faced increased scrutiny following the murders of two teens, Zariah Dodd and Emily Pike.
Pike, 14, lived on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in southeastern Arizona for most of her life before being placed in a Mesa group home. She was murdered and dismembered nine months ago, and her killer remains at large…