Bundaberg police to give update on missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop
Police are set to provide an update about missing 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop, whose body they believe was discovered near a national park in southern Queensland yesterday afternoon.
In a statement on Friday night police said they had discovered what they "believed to be human remains" near the Good Night National Park near Gin Gin at about 2:30pm on Friday.
"The remains are yet to be formally identified; however, investigators are in contact with the family of missing 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop," the statement said,
Ms Bishop was last seen on May 15 when she was supposed to fly to Brisbane from Bundaberg Airport.
Her housemates James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, were charged with one count each of murder, and two counts each of interfering with a corpse on Thursday.
The cases against Mr Wood and Ms Bromley were mentioned at Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Friday.
Neither of the accused men appeared and the matters were adjourned until August 11.
Police are continuing to appeal for any information relating to Pheobe and the movement of a grey Hyundai IX35 between May 15 and 18 in the greater Gin Gin area.
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