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MESA, Ariz. - The family of Emily Pike, a teen found murdered after being reported missing, has filed a lawsuit against the Mesa group home where she was living.

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Philips Law Group, which is representing Pike’s father, Jensen Pike, announced the lawsuit. It alleges Sacred Journey Inc., which operated the group home, was negligent in Emily’s death.

Jensen Pike is currently incarcerated in an Arizona prison.

"Not only do we not have the murder solved, we have so many questions sitting in front of us about what could've been done differently?" said Olivia Lemorocco, the firm's vice president of operations.

Body camera footage from Mesa Police shows one of several instances in which Emily ran away from the group home, telling officers she wanted to go home to

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