EXCLUSIVE Major update after human remains were found in search for Pheobe Bishop - and the key clues cops have yet to find
Human remains found in the search for Phoebe Bishop have been removed from the site by authorities.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal an undertaker collected the remains from the 'unforgiving' area deep within the Good Night Scrub National Park on Saturday night.
Dangerous dogs and feral pigs had hampered efforts to recover the body after it was located by authorities at 2.30pm on Friday.
Queensland Police remained on the scene on Sunday morning, sweeping the region for any remaining clues over the 17-year-old's tragic death.
The area is about an hour from Pheobe's hometown of Gin Gin, near Bundaberg in central Queensland, where she lived with Tanika Bromley and James Wood and is about 9km from where forensics found 'items of interest' last week.
The couple have been charged with her murder, along with two counts of interfering with a corpse, and are in police custody.
Wide Bay-Burnett Detective Inspector Craig Mansfield revealed on Saturday that police had yet to locate the luggage and phone belonging to Pheobe.
Pheobe's distraught mother Kylie Johnson last night thanked Bundaberg Police and the State Emergency Service for their efforts in locating her daughter.
'These guys have literally been on their hands and knees to find our baby and get her home to us. I will honestly never be able to repay them for what they have done for my family and Pheobe,' she said.
'They have worked 24 hour days since Pheobe went missing and they won't stop until she's home'.
This comes as family and friends prepare to honour Pheobe's life this evening at a candlelight vigil in Gin Gin from 4pm.
The community is encouraged to wear bright colours and butterflies, and bring a candle.
A family friend yesterday launched a go fund me in the teenager's memory, with proceeds going to the SES and Y Schools Bundaberg, which Pheobe attended.
It has so far raised almost $5,000.
Earlier on Friday, Pheobe's older sister, Kaylea, 18, had begged for help finding her sister's body in an impassioned plea outside Bundaberg Magistrates Court after Bromley and Wood's murder charges were heard.
She sat in the far corner of the front row, staring straight ahead flanked by friends, family and a court security guard as details of the murder charges against the couple were read out.
Neither Wood nor Bromley appeared in person or by video link for the hearing and afterwards Kaylea walked outside to make her heartbreaking statement.
'We just want her home,' she said tearfully through red-rimmed eyes.
'I don't know what to say, if you've got any information about Pheobe or the car, just come forward.
'Three weeks is too long for us as a family. She was loved, she's missed dearly.'
It comes as the house where Pheobe lived has been turned into a shrine.
A makeshift memorial has appeared at the ramshackle, rubbish-strewn Gin Gin home Pheobe shared with Bromley and Wood.
A large pink teddy bear stood guard over the property, surrounded with bouquets of flowers.
A poignant message left by one mourner read, 'Pheobe, you grew your wings too early beautiful girl. Now, you will no longer feel pain or heartache.
'You can spread your wings, and know you will be loved.'
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