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Police bodycam footage from 2023 has been released showing an Arizona teenager, who had been reported missing multiple times from a group home, telling an officer she didn't want to go back

Emily Pike, 14, ran away again in January 2025 and was found deceased on Feb. 14

The teen told a police officer that she didn't want to go back to her group home, insisting "I hate it there," per footage from her 2023 recovery

An Arizona teenager told a police officer she didn't want to return to a group home over a year before she ran away again and was discovered murdered.

Emily Pike, 14, was reported missing from a group home in Mesa, Ariz. on Jan. 27, 2025. Her remains were found the following month on Feb. 14 near Forest Road 355 on state land near the San Carlos Apache Indian Res

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