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Motorcycle Procession Honors Passion Schurz on Route to Salt River Community

Medicine Wheel Ride led a show of support for the 28-year-old mother’s family.

Overview

  • Dozens of motorcyclists escorted Passion Elliah Schurz’s body from Messinger Mortuary down Indian School Road to the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community.
  • The escort was led by Medicine Wheel Ride, an Indigenous women-led motorcycle collective.
  • Riders traveled from across Arizona and New Mexico to join the procession.
  • Schurz was reported missing in March, and a passerby later found her body in a Scottsdale canal and called police.
  • A memorial service is scheduled for 4 a.m. Sunday, followed by a final ride to the Salt River Cemetery.