By Sejal Govindarao PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 From heartbreak and devastation to outrage, Emily Pike’s tragic death is stirring heavy emotions and spotlighting a crisis that has long plagued Native American communities, where a disproportionate number of people have been killed or have gone missing. In the case of the San Carlos Apache teenager, she disappeared from her group home in a Phoenix suburb in late January. Authorities posted her picture on social media, saying she was missing and had possibly run away. It was nearly a month later that sheriff’s deputies in a neighboring county reported finding and identifying Pike’s remains more than 80 miles (129 kilometers) from where she was last seen. Since then, news of her brutal death has reverberated through Indian Country and beyond. A crowd gathered… <\/p>\n
By Sejal Govindarao PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 From heartbreak and devastation to outrage, Emily Pike’s tragic death is stirring heavy emotions and spotlighting a crisis that has long plagued Native American communities, where a disproportionate number of people have been killed or have gone missing. In the case of the San Carlos Apache teenager, she disappeared from her group home in a Phoenix suburb in late January. Authorities posted her picture on social media, saying she was missing and had possibly run away. It was nearly a month later that sheriff’s deputies in a neighboring county reported finding and identifying Pike’s remains more than 80 miles (129 kilometers) from where she was last seen. Since then, news of her brutal death has reverberated through Indian Country and beyond. A crowd gathered... <\/p>\n