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https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/gil...-investigationAccording to the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, the girl was identified as 14-year-old Emily Pike, who was last seen on Jan. 27 near Mesa Drive and McKellips Road.
Deputies said Emily was from the San Carlos Apache Tribe, and the Gila County Sheriff’s Office is leading the homicide investigation.
Authorities called the scene disturbing where they discovered the teen’s body off the U.S. 60, a few miles away from the Jackson Butte Recreation area on Feb. 14.
The sheriff’s office said detectives found a head and torso in large contractor trash bags with the girl’s legs in separate bags.
However, they couldn’t find her arms and hands.
Nearly one week after she was identified, Gila County Sheriff's Office told ABC15 they have leads and the FBI is also getting involved in the case.
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
"Gila County Sheriff's Office received a call from some people that were actually out in the area, and during their course of walking down the trail, discovered the trash bags that when they kind of investigated it, they believe that there was possibly a body in one of the bags," said Lt. James Lahti.
The Sheriff's Office said that discovery is what sparked their investigation. Pike was found on February 14, but she wasn't identified until February 27.
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