Bundaberg police appeal for public help to find missing teenager Pheobe Bishop
Police have made an appeal to the public for information they say is "vital" to finding 17-year-old Phoebe Bishop, who has been missing since she was last seen near Bundaberg Airport a week ago.
'People don't vanish," Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said.
"Someone knows something and we're urging anyone with information to contact police immediately
'You may have the small piece of information that leads us to finding Pheobe."
Investigators are speaking to people who know the teenager but no-one is in custody.
The appeal for information comes after police established two crime scenes on Wednesday — the house where Pheobe lived in Gin Gin , which is not the family home, and a car police believe she was driven to Bundaberg in on Thursday, which is owned by a person she lives with.
Pheobe was last seen about 8.30am on Thursday in Airport Drive, near the airport where she was to catch a flight, but police confirmed CCTV footage showed she did not make it inside the terminal.
Police are asking for dashcam and CCTV footage or any information about a grey Hyundai ix35, registration 414 EW3 near Airport Drive and Samuels Road or in the Gin Gin area on May 15.
Pheobe's mother Kylie Johnson has been active on social media, pleading for information about her daughter's disappearance.
"Us as a family have made the decision to leave all media releases to the QPS," she posted on Facebook on Wednesday night.
"They are doing their investigations and keeping us informed at every step.
"When we as a family are ready, and we aren't going to jeopardise the current police investigations, we will happily release our statement."
Pheobe is described as about 180cm, pale, with long, dyed red hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen carrying luggage and wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants.
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