{"id":842331,"date":"2025-04-20T16:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T21:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/a-part-of-her-is-out-there-volunteers-search-for-dismembered-remains-of-14-year-old-indigenous-girl-emily-pike\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T21:12:27","slug":"a-part-of-her-is-out-there-volunteers-search-for-dismembered-remains-of-14-year-old-indigenous-girl-emily-pike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/a-part-of-her-is-out-there-volunteers-search-for-dismembered-remains-of-14-year-old-indigenous-girl-emily-pike\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A part of her is out there\u2019: Volunteers Search for Dismembered Remains of 14-year-old Indigenous Girl Emily Pike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A volunteer group in Arizona plans to search for the additional remains of 14-year-old Indigenous girl Emily Pike to provide closure for her family and tribal community.<\/p>\n

As CrimeOnline previously reported<\/a>, Emily vanished from her Mesa group home in late January and was found dead off U.S. 60 northeast of Globe on February 14. Hikers discovered her partially dismembered remains, with some body parts still missing.<\/p>\n

\u201cA part of her is out there wanting to come home,\u201d volunteer searcher Twila Cassadore said. \u201cA part of her is wanting us to come find her, and that\u2019s going to give her peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Gila County Sheriff\u2019s Office told ABC15<\/a> that additional searches with cadaver dogs have taken place in the area. The Tonto Rim Search and Rescue Team, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, the Department of Game and Fish, and U.S. Border Patrol assisted in these efforts.<\/p>\n

FBI agents, Gila County deputies, and tribal police searched Emily\u2019s mother\u2019s home on the San Carlos Apache Reservation this week with the mother\u2019s consent. No arrests were made, and no evidence was seized, according to an FBI spokesperson.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office is actively pursuing 10 leads in Emily\u2019s case but has not identified any suspects. Authorities said they will continue searching if new information emerges.<\/p>\n

Cassadore, a San Carlos Apache tribal member, emphasized the cultural significance of finding Emily\u2019s remains, stating, \u201cIn our Apache culture, you have to be whole when you go into the next life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cassadore will lead another volunteer search on Tuesday at milepost 277, where Emily was first discovered, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n