Third person charged in relation to Pheobe Bishop's murder known to be fisherman, father and chronic social media user referring to himself as 'Rockspider'

Sky News AU

04-07-2025

The third person charged in relation to Pheobe Bishop's murder identified as Bundaberg man Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser, refers to himself online as the 'Rockspider', and has about seven social media accounts where he regularly posted about fishing, alcohol and women.
Detectives arrested Mittelheuser, 30, on Tuesday evening outside a local fast food outlet in Bundaberg west, just a day after Pheobe was put to rest by her family during a private funeral.
He is facing two counts of accessory after the fact to murder, one count of failure to appear in accordance with undertaking and one breach of bail condition.
Separate to those charges, Mittelheuser is also facing charges of driving while disqualified, fraud and drug possession.
Police will allege he used Pheobe's mobile phone to interfere with the investigation.
Mittelheuser reportedly did not appear in court when his case was mentioned on Wednesday, but he was heard by phone from custody and did not apply for bail, nor did he enter into any pleas.
The Courier Mail reported a solicitor told the court the fraud charge and the accessory after the fact charges were related.
He said the fraud charge involved the alleged use of a credit or debit card that is also relevant to the accessory allegations.
The 30-year-old's case has been adjourned until August 25.
Prior to his arrest, Mittelheuser regularly posted on social media with his posts indicating he is also a father to a young daughter, but there are no images of his partner.
His bio indicates he studied at Bundaberg State High School and was born in 1995.
His various Facebook pages are inundated with posts of him holding fish, alcohol, women, narcotics and statements about provocation.
One post he shared on his page reads: "Sometimes you just gotta break out the chainsaw and cut some mother******* up".
On one of his accounts, Mittelheuser made reference to Trent McRae in his bio, writing: "I got rinsed by Trent McRae".
McRae, 22, along with another man was charged in May for his involvement in an alleged fatal hit and run crash which killed Bundaberg cyclist Matty Nilsen on April 29.
His charges do not relate to Pheobe Bishop's murder.
Pheobe suspiciously disappeared from her hometown, on May 15, just a few hours before she was due to catch a flight from Bundaberg Airport to Western Australia, to visit her boyfriend.
She was last seen alive carrying her luggage on Airport Drive, near Bundaberg Airport, but police confirmed they are "certain" she never made it into the terminal.
Her housemates James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, who both claim to have driven the teen to the airport on the day of her disappearance, have been accused of her alleged murder.
The pair were charged in relation to Pheobe's alleged murder on June 5, and less than 24 hours after their arrest, her human remains were found.
They are due to face Bundaberg magistrates court on August 11 facing one count each of murder and two counts each of interfering with a corpse. They are both yet to enter pleas.
Authorities will allege her body was tampered with a number of times before it was found in bushland near Good Night Scrub National Park.
Mittelheuser remains in custody until his court appearance.