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Arizona Apache teenager's death reverberates throughout Indian Country

(7 Mar 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Mesa, Arizona - 6 March 2025 1. People along roadside with protest signs 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jadyn Palmer, Cousin of Emily Pike: (Wearing red/standing on left) "And the last conversation we talked to her with was when she said she was going to return within a month. She said that last year December, to us guys, said she was going to return back home to us." 3. People at vigil 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jadyn Palmer, Cousin of Emily Pike: "We thought she was actually going to come back. So we started planning everything. We told her that we were going to do this and this with her once she gets out. But like not even a week later or like two weeks later she ran off. And she ran off and none of us really knew that she ran off. Until some of us seen the missing person report of her or they finally told our grandma. And after that no one has seen her. We hadn't seen her then, or then. And then a month later they come down to our house and they tell us that she's gone. That she was no longer with us." 5. Wide of people at vigil standing in circle 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jadyn Palmer, Cousin of Emily Pike: "But she's actually gone now, so our trio is not going to be the same. We're not going to have a trio anymore. So it's just us two now." 7. People at vigil lighting memorial candles 8. SOUNDBITE (English) April Victor, Relative of Emily Pike: "In the Indigenous world, MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) is what we use in awareness all across what we call Turtle Island, Indian Country, all Native American tribes. And this is an awareness to bring, shed light on all the missing and murdered indigenous women you hear all the time especially as a Native American. And then, and then all of a sudden it happens to your own. It hits so close to home." 9. Wide of vigil 10. Close of candle held at vigil 11. SOUNDBITE (English) April Victor, Relative of Emily Pike: "For this occurrence to happen, not only that, to happen to your own family and, it's such a horrific experience." 12. People at vigil chanting name Emily Pike STORYLINE: 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 death has reverberated through Indian Country and beyond. A crowd gathered Thursday at an intersection in Mesa, near her group home, to honor Pike's life and to press for changes that might help curb the violence. Dozens of people of all ages from various tribal nations viewed the vigil's program on a large inflatable projector. Clad in red, they embraced, shielded candle flames on the windy night and held posters that read “No more stolen sisters” and “Justice for Emily Pike.” She said Pike would call her every so often and the last time they spoke was just weeks before she disappeared. In their last conversation, Pike shared she was going to return to the reservation within a month. Palmer and Steele became excited about the shopping trips they wanted to plan. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...