Missing teen's chilling last call to boyfriend
The boyfriend of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has revealed the chilling final call he received before the 17-year-old disappeared from her home in regional Queensland two weeks ago.
Pheobe was living with two housemates at a property in Gin Gin, southwest of Bundaberg, when she was last seen on May 15.
The 17-year-old was supposed to fly from Bundaberg to Brisbane before catching another flight to Western Australia where she would meet up with her boyfriend.
However, the teenager failed to board her flight and has not been seen since. The final phone call Pheobe Bishop made to her boyfriend has been revealed. Credit: Supplied
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Pheobe's boyfriend said he received a call from her as she was en route to the airport.
However, he explained that he couldn't hear anything Pheobe was saying on the other end of the line before the call was cut off.
The boyfriend said he waited at Perth Airport for several hours for Pheobe to arrive, but she never did.
He later told his friends that he didn't realise anything was wrong, posting on social media, 'Maybe I deserve all the pain I am feeling right now, I mean it is my fault, I should have done better.
'Me staring at her dry texts wondering if I did something wrong and not asking cuz I don't wanna be annoying.' Pheobe (pictured with her mother Kylie Johnson) failed to board her flight from Bundaberg to Perth on May 15. Picture Facebook Credit: Supplied
Pheobe's housemates Tamika Bromley and her partner James Wood told detectives they drove the teenager to the airport in Ms Bromley's grey Hyundai ix35; however, police believe Pheobe never arrived at Bundaberg Airport as she failed to check in for her flight.
The Hyundai was later seized by detectives as part of the investigation, with the Gin Gin property being declared a crime scene.
During the search of the vehicle and house where the teenager was last seen, police located a shortened firearm and ammunition.
Mr Wood, 34, was charged with one count of unlawful possession of weapons (short firearm) and authority to possess explosives.
He was issued with a notice to appear at Bundaberg Magistrates Court on June 13.
Ms Bromley faced court over unrelated weapons charges, including possessing or acquiring restricted items, unlawful possession of weapons, and two counts of failing to hold the required authority to possess explosives.
There is no suggestion the charges are linked to Pheobe's disappearance.
Ms Bromley was granted bail on Tuesday after appearing on video link at Bundaberg Magistrates Court.
She was seen in public for the first time on Wednesday after being driven to Gin Gin police station and escorted out as part of her bail conditions. Police are undergoing widespread searches of the Gin Gin area. Adam Head Credit: News Corp Australia
Police will continue to investigate Pheobe's disappearance but called off the search in Good Night Scrub National Park after five days.
The search expanded to the national park after police found evidence may have moved from the area prior to their arrival.
'In addition to investigative work, physical searches will continue as needed and as information is provided,' a police spokesperson said on Wednesday.
'The greater Gin Gin area remains the focus of the investigation.'
Police told NewsWire there were no further updates regarding Pheobe's disappearance.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Perth Now
16 hours ago
- Perth Now
Photo of Pheobe Bishop's housemate reportedly spotted on popular app
An undated profile with a photo of the housemate of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has reportedly been seen on the popular dating app Tinder. Daily Mail Australia reported a profile purporting to be of Wood was seen on Tinder, with an undated photo of himself listed as looking for 'short-term fun' on the site. Wood is wearing aviator sunglasses and a cowboy hat in the photo, along with a high vis polo top. Wood shared a dilapidated home in the small town of Gin Gin, about 50km from Bundaberg, with Bishop and his current girlfriend, Tanika Bromley. The Gin Gin property and Tanika Bromley's grey Hyundai ix35 were both declared a crime scene following the disappearance. However, the vehicle has since been returned back to Bromley. A photo of Pheobe Bishop's housemate James Wood has been seen attached to a Tinder profile. Credit: Tinder 7NEWS is not suggesting Wood or Bromley are involved in the disappearance of Bishop. Police have repeatedly said both parties have been co-operative in the investigation. Bishop was last seen about 8.30am on May 15 at Airport Dr in Bundaberg, Queensland. The teenager was planning to fly to Perth to spend time with a boyfriend, prior to her going missing. The housemates told police they dropped the teenager to Bundaberg Airport. However, Pheobe failed to check in for her flight and no CCTV footage of her has emerged. Pheobe Bishop was last seen near Bundaberg's airport in southern Queensland. Credit: AAP Just days ago, Pheobe's mother, Kylie Johnson, released a heartbreaking statement asking for her daughter back. However, the distraught mother has had to deal with trolling after uploading the clip. 'I'm sorry that I'm currently an emotional wreck, trying to protect our other children from the media and the trolls, trying to continue to breathe while your world shatters around you!' Johnson said. 'People wanted a statement, they got one yet still question me as a mother?' Johnson posted afterwards. 'If anyone would like to be in this position please step in and show me how to do this? Show me what a perfect parent looks like. 'Show me how to navigate this? Show me how to deal with the unknown and the uncertainty? Show me how to use perfect language and emotion in a situation that no parent ever wants to be in.' Police, firefighters, SES crews have all been involved in the search for the teenager, near Good Night National Park, where they have deployed drones to scan dense scrub and creek beds. The search was called off last week. Pheobe is described as being 180cm, pale complexion, long dyed red hair, and hazel eyes.
The Advertiser
18 hours ago
- The Advertiser
Easey Street murder accused to hear witnesses' evidence
Nineteen witnesses will be called to give evidence over the alleged stabbing murder of two young women in their home almost five decades ago. Suzanne Armstrong, 28, and Susan Bartlett, 27, were found dead with more than two dozen stab wounds at their Easey Street property in the Melbourne inner-city suburb of Collingwood, while Ms Armstrong's 16-month-old son Gregory was left unharmed in his cot. Perry Kouroumblis, 65, is facing charges that he murdered the pair and raped Ms Armstrong between January 10 and January 13, 1977 in the infamous cold case dubbed the "Easey Street murders". Kouroumblis faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday via a video link. "Yeah I can," he responded when Magistrate Brett Sonnett asked if he could see and hear the courtroom. During the hearing, Kouroumblis' lawyers requested 21 witnesses be examined in an upcoming committal hearing which will test their evidence before a magistrate decides whether the case will go to trial in a higher court. Crown prosecutors opposed the cross-examination request for four witnesses, citing they had already provided statements of their recollections to police. But Mr Sonnett ruled two witnesses, former police officers who were first on the scene, "are appropriate" to be cross-examined. Kouroumblis is yet to enter a plea to the charges. He will return to the court on October 27 for a committal hearing over six days, when he will hear the evidence of 19 witnesses which will be tested. Kouroumblis, a dual Greek-Australian national, had been living in Greece since 2016, but a 20-year statute of limitation on the initiation of murder charges prevented him from being arrested. He was arrested on an INTERPOL red notice after travelling to Italy before being extradited to Australia in December to face the charges. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028 Nineteen witnesses will be called to give evidence over the alleged stabbing murder of two young women in their home almost five decades ago. Suzanne Armstrong, 28, and Susan Bartlett, 27, were found dead with more than two dozen stab wounds at their Easey Street property in the Melbourne inner-city suburb of Collingwood, while Ms Armstrong's 16-month-old son Gregory was left unharmed in his cot. Perry Kouroumblis, 65, is facing charges that he murdered the pair and raped Ms Armstrong between January 10 and January 13, 1977 in the infamous cold case dubbed the "Easey Street murders". Kouroumblis faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday via a video link. "Yeah I can," he responded when Magistrate Brett Sonnett asked if he could see and hear the courtroom. During the hearing, Kouroumblis' lawyers requested 21 witnesses be examined in an upcoming committal hearing which will test their evidence before a magistrate decides whether the case will go to trial in a higher court. Crown prosecutors opposed the cross-examination request for four witnesses, citing they had already provided statements of their recollections to police. But Mr Sonnett ruled two witnesses, former police officers who were first on the scene, "are appropriate" to be cross-examined. Kouroumblis is yet to enter a plea to the charges. He will return to the court on October 27 for a committal hearing over six days, when he will hear the evidence of 19 witnesses which will be tested. Kouroumblis, a dual Greek-Australian national, had been living in Greece since 2016, but a 20-year statute of limitation on the initiation of murder charges prevented him from being arrested. He was arrested on an INTERPOL red notice after travelling to Italy before being extradited to Australia in December to face the charges. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028 Nineteen witnesses will be called to give evidence over the alleged stabbing murder of two young women in their home almost five decades ago. Suzanne Armstrong, 28, and Susan Bartlett, 27, were found dead with more than two dozen stab wounds at their Easey Street property in the Melbourne inner-city suburb of Collingwood, while Ms Armstrong's 16-month-old son Gregory was left unharmed in his cot. Perry Kouroumblis, 65, is facing charges that he murdered the pair and raped Ms Armstrong between January 10 and January 13, 1977 in the infamous cold case dubbed the "Easey Street murders". Kouroumblis faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday via a video link. "Yeah I can," he responded when Magistrate Brett Sonnett asked if he could see and hear the courtroom. During the hearing, Kouroumblis' lawyers requested 21 witnesses be examined in an upcoming committal hearing which will test their evidence before a magistrate decides whether the case will go to trial in a higher court. Crown prosecutors opposed the cross-examination request for four witnesses, citing they had already provided statements of their recollections to police. But Mr Sonnett ruled two witnesses, former police officers who were first on the scene, "are appropriate" to be cross-examined. Kouroumblis is yet to enter a plea to the charges. He will return to the court on October 27 for a committal hearing over six days, when he will hear the evidence of 19 witnesses which will be tested. Kouroumblis, a dual Greek-Australian national, had been living in Greece since 2016, but a 20-year statute of limitation on the initiation of murder charges prevented him from being arrested. He was arrested on an INTERPOL red notice after travelling to Italy before being extradited to Australia in December to face the charges. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028 Nineteen witnesses will be called to give evidence over the alleged stabbing murder of two young women in their home almost five decades ago. Suzanne Armstrong, 28, and Susan Bartlett, 27, were found dead with more than two dozen stab wounds at their Easey Street property in the Melbourne inner-city suburb of Collingwood, while Ms Armstrong's 16-month-old son Gregory was left unharmed in his cot. Perry Kouroumblis, 65, is facing charges that he murdered the pair and raped Ms Armstrong between January 10 and January 13, 1977 in the infamous cold case dubbed the "Easey Street murders". Kouroumblis faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday via a video link. "Yeah I can," he responded when Magistrate Brett Sonnett asked if he could see and hear the courtroom. During the hearing, Kouroumblis' lawyers requested 21 witnesses be examined in an upcoming committal hearing which will test their evidence before a magistrate decides whether the case will go to trial in a higher court. Crown prosecutors opposed the cross-examination request for four witnesses, citing they had already provided statements of their recollections to police. But Mr Sonnett ruled two witnesses, former police officers who were first on the scene, "are appropriate" to be cross-examined. Kouroumblis is yet to enter a plea to the charges. He will return to the court on October 27 for a committal hearing over six days, when he will hear the evidence of 19 witnesses which will be tested. Kouroumblis, a dual Greek-Australian national, had been living in Greece since 2016, but a 20-year statute of limitation on the initiation of murder charges prevented him from being arrested. He was arrested on an INTERPOL red notice after travelling to Italy before being extradited to Australia in December to face the charges. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028
ABC News
2 days ago
- ABC News
E-scooter rider faces Perth court after alleged drunken crash leaves man in hospital
A 24-year-old woman visiting Western Australia has been remanded in custody after allegedly critically injuring a man in an e-scooter crash over the weekend. Police say Alicia Kemp was under the influence of alcohol while riding the e-scooter with a passenger when she crashed into the 51-year-old man on Murray Street in Perth's CBD about 8.40pm Saturday. Emergency services attended and took the man to Royal Perth Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition. The passenger on the scooter, a 26-year-old woman, was also taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The 24-year-old rider was treated by paramedics for minor injuries. She has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, and bodily harm, while under the influence of alcohol. Ms Kemp, who turns 25 on Wednesday, faced the Perth Magistrates Court on Monday morning and was denied bail. The court heard she was visiting WA and the prosecution argued there was a potential risk of her leaving the state. The magistrate noted Ms Kemp "looks younger than she is". "The surrender of a passport … doesn't stop someone jumping in a motor car on a huge continent and heading off into the ether," he said. Ms Kemp was remanded in custody and is next due to appear before the Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
