Emily Pikes family wants Amber Alert system for missing Indigenous people [Video]

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The death of 14-year-old runaway Emily Pike is leading to a possible change at the state Capitol.

There’s a renewed push to create an Amber Alert system for missing Indigenous people as HB 2281 makes its way through the Legislature.

The family of Emily Pike supports the measure. The 14-year-old girl was part of the San Carlos Apache tribe but was living in a group home in Mesa before she ran away on Jan. 27. Her remains were found stuffed into trash bags off the US 60 in eastern Arizona on Valentine’s Day.

Looking at pictures of his niece, Allred Pike Jr. will always see a little girl smiling back. “She’s still a baby to the family,” said Allred Pike Jr. “It’s hard enough that she’s gone but the way she went is just unbearable.”

It’s been terrifying and heartbreaking for Emily’s family as they wait for answers, but it has given them hope that Emily’s …