‘People don't vanish': Update on missing teen
Police have issued a fresh plea for public assistance, a week on from the last known sighting of Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop.
Phoebe Bishop, 17, was last seen at Airport Dr in Bundaberg around 8.30am on May 15.
She did not check-in for a booked flight and has not been seen or heard from since.
Her disappearance is being treated as suspicious. Queensland Police appeal for public assistance to locate Pheobe Bishop, who disappeared without a trace while scheduled to board a flight. Facebook Credit: Supplied
Police on Thursday revealed that no one is currently in custody in relation to the disappearance the teenager.
A Gin Gin property where Ms Bishop had been living with two other people was remains an active crime scene, as well as a seized grey Hyundai ix35. Police are appealing to the public for footage of a grey Hyundai ix35 with Queensland registration 414EW3 to aid their investigation. QLD Police Credit: Supplied
Police are also appealing to the public for dashcam and CCTV footage of the grey Hyundai ix35 with Queensland registration 414EW3 near the Airport Drive and Samuels Road area in Bundaberg and also the Gin Gin area on May 15.
Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said public information will be vital to forwarding this investigation.
'You may have the small piece of information that leads us to finding Pheobe,' he said.
'People don't vanish – someone knows something and we're urging anyone with information to contact police immediately.' Police are continuing to investigate the disappearance of 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop (pictured). Credit: Supplied
Act. Insp Thompson said police were told Ms Bishop was dropped off at the airport by 'associates'.
'We're still working together to piece together her movements on that day,' he said.
Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy said police hold 'real concerns' for Ms Bishop's welfare and also pleaded for anyone with information to come forward.
'We've got real concerns, Ms Bishop's been now missing for seven days and we'll now treat her as a missing person [that is] suspicious,' Act. Commissioner Chelepy said on the 4BC Breakfast Show. Pheobe's mother, Kylie Johnson, has issued multiple appeals for help on Facebook. Facebook Credit: Supplied
'If any of the public have seen that vehicle and its movement or seen Pheobe in that time, we really do urgently need them to contact Crimestoppers or Policelink today.'
Pheobe's mother Kylie Johnson, who has been pleading for public assistance since her daughter first disappeared, wrote a heartfelt message to the missing teenager on Thursday.
'Phee is still missing our heartache and pain is raw and real,' she wrote on Facebook.
'We as a family are trying to hang onto the light of life that is our Free Spirited Gypsy Soul Phee Phee.
'Phee we need you home, we need to hear your sassy voice and feel your hugs.'
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Her latest update documented the heartbreaking toll the disappearance of Pheobe is having on the family. "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," Ms Johnson posted on Facebook on Wednesday. "What I do know is that people have information on where you are Phee and we need that reported to police." The community had rallied around the missing teen's family during the search with a "Leave the Lights On for Pheobe" campaign. Gin Gin locals posted photos on social media of their front lights switched on "to guide Pheobe home". Wood and Bromley are set to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Friday. The two housemates of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder, more than three weeks after the 17-year-old's "suspicious" disappearance. James Wood, 34, and Tanika Kristan Bromley, 33, were arrested in the Bundaberg area in southern Queensland late on Thursday, police said. Pheobe was last seen near Bundaberg airport about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend. CCTV footage indicated Pheobe never arrived at the airport terminal. "The remains of Pheobe Bishop have not been located to date," a police statement said on Thursday night. "Detectives continue to investigate this matter, and physical searches will continue as needed as information is provided." Wood and Bromley have also been charged with two counts each of interfering with a corpse. Wood had previously been taken into custody on Wednesday but was released several hours later without charge. The search for Pheobe was scaled back on Wednesday after police had spent weeks combing several areas of interest in southern Queensland. One of those areas was a property in Gin Gin where Pheobe had lived with Wood and Bromley. The Gin Gin property near Bundaberg and a grey Hyundai ix35, thought to have been used to take Pheobe to the airport, were declared crime scenes soon after her disappearance. The police search initially focused on Good Night Scrub national park, an hour's drive from Bundaberg airport, with homicide detectives, cadaver dogs and divers called in. Some items believed to be linked to the investigation were seized for forensic examination. The search revealed evidence might have been moved from the national park before police arrived. Wood and Bromley had earlier been charged with unrelated weapons offences. Pheobe's mum Kylie Johnson has been posting on social media almost every day pleading for information about her daughter's whereabouts. Her latest update documented the heartbreaking toll the disappearance of Pheobe is having on the family. "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," Ms Johnson posted on Facebook on Wednesday. "What I do know is that people have information on where you are Phee and we need that reported to police." The community had rallied around the missing teen's family during the search with a "Leave the Lights On for Pheobe" campaign. Gin Gin locals posted photos on social media of their front lights switched on "to guide Pheobe home". Wood and Bromley are set to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Friday. The two housemates of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder, more than three weeks after the 17-year-old's "suspicious" disappearance. James Wood, 34, and Tanika Kristan Bromley, 33, were arrested in the Bundaberg area in southern Queensland late on Thursday, police said. Pheobe was last seen near Bundaberg airport about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend. CCTV footage indicated Pheobe never arrived at the airport terminal. "The remains of Pheobe Bishop have not been located to date," a police statement said on Thursday night. "Detectives continue to investigate this matter, and physical searches will continue as needed as information is provided." Wood and Bromley have also been charged with two counts each of interfering with a corpse. Wood had previously been taken into custody on Wednesday but was released several hours later without charge. The search for Pheobe was scaled back on Wednesday after police had spent weeks combing several areas of interest in southern Queensland. One of those areas was a property in Gin Gin where Pheobe had lived with Wood and Bromley. The Gin Gin property near Bundaberg and a grey Hyundai ix35, thought to have been used to take Pheobe to the airport, were declared crime scenes soon after her disappearance. The police search initially focused on Good Night Scrub national park, an hour's drive from Bundaberg airport, with homicide detectives, cadaver dogs and divers called in. Some items believed to be linked to the investigation were seized for forensic examination. The search revealed evidence might have been moved from the national park before police arrived. Wood and Bromley had earlier been charged with unrelated weapons offences. Pheobe's mum Kylie Johnson has been posting on social media almost every day pleading for information about her daughter's whereabouts. Her latest update documented the heartbreaking toll the disappearance of Pheobe is having on the family. "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," Ms Johnson posted on Facebook on Wednesday. "What I do know is that people have information on where you are Phee and we need that reported to police." The community had rallied around the missing teen's family during the search with a "Leave the Lights On for Pheobe" campaign. Gin Gin locals posted photos on social media of their front lights switched on "to guide Pheobe home". Wood and Bromley are set to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Friday. The two housemates of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder, more than three weeks after the 17-year-old's "suspicious" disappearance. James Wood, 34, and Tanika Kristan Bromley, 33, were arrested in the Bundaberg area in southern Queensland late on Thursday, police said. Pheobe was last seen near Bundaberg airport about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend. CCTV footage indicated Pheobe never arrived at the airport terminal. "The remains of Pheobe Bishop have not been located to date," a police statement said on Thursday night. 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The search revealed evidence might have been moved from the national park before police arrived. Wood and Bromley had earlier been charged with unrelated weapons offences. Pheobe's mum Kylie Johnson has been posting on social media almost every day pleading for information about her daughter's whereabouts. Her latest update documented the heartbreaking toll the disappearance of Pheobe is having on the family. "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," Ms Johnson posted on Facebook on Wednesday. "What I do know is that people have information on where you are Phee and we need that reported to police." The community had rallied around the missing teen's family during the search with a "Leave the Lights On for Pheobe" campaign. Gin Gin locals posted photos on social media of their front lights switched on "to guide Pheobe home". 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