Pheobe Bishop: Mum Kylie Johnson pleads for information about daughter 20 days after she went missing
Vanished teenager Pheobe Bishop's mother is convinced someone has information about where she is, issuing an emotional plea for them to come forward.
In a social media post on Wednesday morning, Kylie Johnson noted it had been 20 days since the 17-year-old had gone missing.
Pheobe hasn't been seen since May 15 after failing to check in for her flight at Bundaberg Airport. She was on her way to visit her boyfriend in Western Australia.
Her bank and social media accounts have not been touched and police say her disappearance is suspicious.
'Starting day 20 with you still missing Pheobe,' Ms Johnson wrote in a Facebook post alongside an image of a Queensland Police alert calling for information about her daughter's disappearance.
'I don't know if life will ever be the same again? I don't know if I will ever look at the world the same way that I did before May 15th.
'What I do know is that people have information on where you are Phee and we need that reported to police.'
On Saturday, Ms Johnson spoke of her heartbreak and worry as detectives to try and piece together her daughter's movements.
In a prepared statement Ms Johnson told how her family's life had been changed for the worse since Pheobe's disappearance.
'This is a pain no person or family should have to experience,' she said.
'Pheobe was a beautiful, loving, kind person and every day not knowing where she has been is devastating for us.'
While she still held hope Pheobe would be found alive, Ms Johnson said 'if the worst case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she is resting'.
'Someone knows something and as a mum I am asking you to come forward with your information.'
Pheobe's housemates, Tanika Bromley and James Wood, told police that they drove Pheobe in their grey Hyundai ix35, dropping her and her luggage at the airport for the 8.30am flight. But police say she never made it.
That car and the Gin Gin house the trio had been living in were declared crime scenes in the early stages of the police investigation.
There is no suggestion that Mr Wood, 34, or Ms Bromley, 33, are involved in Pheobe's disappearance.
Both Mr Wood and Ms Bromley are facing unrelated weapons charges, stemming from a police search of their Hyundai during the investigation into Pheobe's whereabouts.
On Tuesday, the Nightly revealed that Queensland Police have yet to fly to meet with Pheobe's boyfriend for an in-person interview.
The teen is not believed to be a suspect in the case and is thought to have cooperated with detectives. Police previously confirmed they had spoken to the 17-year-old.
It's believed Pheobe tried to call her boyfriend as she was being driven to the airport but the call cut out.
He told the
Daily Mail
he could not hear Pheobe during the call.
Unaware that anything was wrong, he went to the Perth airport and waited hours in vain for her to arrive.
The greater Gin Gin area remains the focus of the investigation.
Police are appealing appeal to anyone with information, vision or sightings of a grey Hyundai ix35 between May 15 to 18 in the greater Gin Gin area to contact them.
Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000.
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