Gross detail at home where 17yo Pheobe Bishop was living before ‘suspicious' disappearance
A 'pervading stench of decay' lingers around the property where missing teenager Pheobe Bishop lived before her suspicious disappearance.
Media attending the Gin-Gin property on Thursday have reported a disgusting smell emanating from the dilapidated home, which remains an active crime scene as police continue to investigate the disappearance of the 17-year-old.
The Courier Mail earlier this week reported bags of rubbish were piled up outside the property and multiple dogs – reportedly dead – were seen being removed by detectives.
The Daily Mail reported a neighbour believed as many as 13 animals had been found.
Detectives were at the crime scene scouring the residence for more clues on Friday, as the search for the teen entered its eighth day.
Rubbish and various items could be observed scattered around the home, and a bus with the words 'let it ride' was parked on the nature strip.
Ms Bishop was last seen en route from the Gin Gin residence – where she was staying with local couple Tanika Bromley and James Wood – to Bundaberg airport on the morning of May 15.
She did not check-in for a booked flight and has not been seen or heard from since.
Along with the Gin Gin property, a grey Hyundai ix35 believed to be the car she travelled to Airport Dr in was also declared a crime scene on Wednesday.
Police are also appealing to the public for dashcam and CCTV footage of the grey Hyundai ix35 with Queensland registration 414EW3 near the Airport Drive and Samuels Road area in Bundaberg and also the Gin Gin area on May 15.
Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said public information would be vital to forwarding the investigation.
'You may have the small piece of information that leads us to finding Pheobe,' he said.
'People don't vanish – someone knows something and we're urging anyone with information to contact police immediately.'
'We're still working together to piece together her movements on that day,' he said.
A Queensland police spokesman said on Friday no one is in custody in relation to the investigation.
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"We do have information that would suggest some form of motivation," Det Mansfield said. Wood's SUV was seized by police for forensic examination on Thursday night. He has been living in the vehicle after the Gin Gin property he shared with Bromley and Pheobe was declared a crime scene following the teen's disappearance. "There is a vehicle that we believe Pheobe was transported in, but I will not disclose that at this point in time," Det Mansfield said. Det Mansfield said he shared the devastation Pheobe's mother Kylie Johnson was experiencing. "Whilst we always hoped to find Pheobe alive, our investigation as it progressed quite clearly showed us that that was not going to be a viable outcome," he said. Ms Johnson, who regularly shared updates begging for her daughter's whereabouts, said on Thursday night that her family had been "shattered". "Our world has just been shattered into the most horrific place I've ever been…" she wrote. "I need my baby home to put her to rest! I'm absolutely begging anyone that knows anything to come forward. "We need to put her to rest, we need to put her to peace." Wood had previously been taken into custody on Wednesday but was released several hours later without charge. Wood and Bromley had earlier been charged with unrelated weapons offences. Police allegedly found a shortened firearm, ammunition, and two replica handguns during a search of Bromley's grey Hyundai ix35 and further ammunition in the pair's Gin Gin home. Det Mansfield said he could not speculate until Pheobe's body was found on whether the weapons located were used in her murder. The housemates of Pheobe Bishop allegedly murdered the missing teen before moving her body from a national park, police say. James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, will face Bundaberg Magistrates Court in southern Queensland on Friday charged with 17-year-old Pheobe's murder. Wood and Bromley were arrested on Thursday night, three weeks to the day after Pheobe missed a flight and vanished. Wood and Bromley were also charged with two counts each of interfering with a corpse. Pheobe was last seen near Bundaberg airport about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend. Police allege Wood and Bromley drove Pheobe in a grey Hyundai ix35 to Airport Drive in Bundaberg but no one exited the car. Pheobe was allegedly murdered and her body was moved more than once from the Good Night Scrub National Park, an hour's drive from Bundaberg airport. Police had searched the park extensively during their investigation into Pheobe's disappearance, saying evidence may have been moved from the national park before officers arrived. Items were seized during the search for forensic information. Pheobe's remains are yet to be located but police suspect it is in the national park, Detective Inspector Craig Mansfield told reporters on Friday. "We're back to a particular area where we are suspecting that we may locate Pheobe, but again, it is a broad, unforgiving, large area," he said. Telephone data led police to focus on the national park with search operations restarting on Friday after efforts were scaled back on Wednesday. "We hope that we'll have a resolution over the coming days," Det Mansfield said. Police also believe they understand the motive for Pheobe's murder. "We do have information that would suggest some form of motivation," Det Mansfield said. Wood's SUV was seized by police for forensic examination on Thursday night. He has been living in the vehicle after the Gin Gin property he shared with Bromley and Pheobe was declared a crime scene following the teen's disappearance. "There is a vehicle that we believe Pheobe was transported in, but I will not disclose that at this point in time," Det Mansfield said. Det Mansfield said he shared the devastation Pheobe's mother Kylie Johnson was experiencing. "Whilst we always hoped to find Pheobe alive, our investigation as it progressed quite clearly showed us that that was not going to be a viable outcome," he said. Ms Johnson, who regularly shared updates begging for her daughter's whereabouts, said on Thursday night that her family had been "shattered". "Our world has just been shattered into the most horrific place I've ever been…" she wrote. "I need my baby home to put her to rest! I'm absolutely begging anyone that knows anything to come forward. "We need to put her to rest, we need to put her to peace." Wood had previously been taken into custody on Wednesday but was released several hours later without charge. Wood and Bromley had earlier been charged with unrelated weapons offences. Police allegedly found a shortened firearm, ammunition, and two replica handguns during a search of Bromley's grey Hyundai ix35 and further ammunition in the pair's Gin Gin home. Det Mansfield said he could not speculate until Pheobe's body was found on whether the weapons located were used in her murder.
