Emily Pike, 14, was dismembered and discarded in trash bags after running away from a Mesa group home. Pregnant Zariah Dodd, 16, was fatally shot in the head and 10-year-old Rebekah Baptiste died from prolonged reported abuse.
All three were either under the care of, or had contact with, the state Department of Child Services.
Those deaths prompted state Sen. Carine Werner to sponsor seven bills aimed at addressing failures in the state system tasked with keeping children in group homes safe…