Mum begs to know missing daughter's whereabouts
A mother's spirits have dimmed as she admits her missing daughter may not be found alive, as a police investigation drags into a third week.
Pheobe Bishop was last seen near Bundaberg airport in southern Queensland about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend.
There has been no sign of the 17-year-old in more than a fortnight and her mother Kylie Johnson is facing the reality that she may not find her daughter alive.
"I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home, but I have to consider the possibility that she also won't," she said in a video statement released by Queensland Police.
"If the worst-case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she's resting."
The family's lives have been changed for the worse since Pheobe disappeared, Ms Johnson said.
"This is a pain no person or family should ever have to experience," she said.
The teen has been described as a "beautiful, loving and kind person" with every day that passes without knowing her whereabouts weighing heavily on the family.
Ms Johnson begged for anyone with even the smallest amount of information to contact police, as she believes her daughter would not just disappear and someone knows something.
"I know that this investigation isn't over ... it will not be over for me until we find Pheobe," she said.
Police are continuing to search the Gin Gin area, a town near Bundaberg, which is now the focus of the investigation.
"Investigations are ongoing and police are continuing to run out several lines of inquiry," police said in a statement on Saturday.
Officers had earlier focused on combing through Good Night Scrub National Park with homicide detectives, volunteers, cadaver dogs and divers deployed.
The national park search has since been abandoned after several items of interest were seized for forensic examination.
Police also received information that some other evidence may have been removed from the area.
Meanwhile, two of Pheobe's housemates, James Wood and Tanika Kristan Bromley, have been charged with unrelated weapons offences.
Police allegedly found a shortened firearm, two replica handguns and ammunition during a search of a grey Hyundai ix35 and a Gin Gin home.
The home - where Pheobe lived with the pair - and the car, which was thought to have been used to take the teen to the airport, were declared crime scenes in the disappearance investigation.
Wood, 34, was charged with one count each of unlawful possession of weapons (short firearm) and authority to possess explosives.
Bromley, 33, was also charged with possessing/acquiring restricted items, unlawful possession of weapons and two counts of authority required to possess explosives.
Bromley was granted bail at Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday while Wood has been issued a notice to appear on June 13.
Police have said the weapons charges were unrelated to Pheobe's disappearance and there was no suggestion Bromley or Wood were involved.
Police are still appealing for information - particularly regarding the movements of the grey Hyundai between May 15 and May 18 in the Gin Gin area - to come forward.
Pheobe is about 180cm tall with a pale complexion, long dyed red hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants, and carrying luggage.
A mother's spirits have dimmed as she admits her missing daughter may not be found alive, as a police investigation drags into a third week.
Pheobe Bishop was last seen near Bundaberg airport in southern Queensland about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend.
There has been no sign of the 17-year-old in more than a fortnight and her mother Kylie Johnson is facing the reality that she may not find her daughter alive.
"I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home, but I have to consider the possibility that she also won't," she said in a video statement released by Queensland Police.
"If the worst-case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she's resting."
The family's lives have been changed for the worse since Pheobe disappeared, Ms Johnson said.
"This is a pain no person or family should ever have to experience," she said.
The teen has been described as a "beautiful, loving and kind person" with every day that passes without knowing her whereabouts weighing heavily on the family.
Ms Johnson begged for anyone with even the smallest amount of information to contact police, as she believes her daughter would not just disappear and someone knows something.
"I know that this investigation isn't over ... it will not be over for me until we find Pheobe," she said.
Police are continuing to search the Gin Gin area, a town near Bundaberg, which is now the focus of the investigation.
"Investigations are ongoing and police are continuing to run out several lines of inquiry," police said in a statement on Saturday.
Officers had earlier focused on combing through Good Night Scrub National Park with homicide detectives, volunteers, cadaver dogs and divers deployed.
The national park search has since been abandoned after several items of interest were seized for forensic examination.
Police also received information that some other evidence may have been removed from the area.
Meanwhile, two of Pheobe's housemates, James Wood and Tanika Kristan Bromley, have been charged with unrelated weapons offences.
Police allegedly found a shortened firearm, two replica handguns and ammunition during a search of a grey Hyundai ix35 and a Gin Gin home.
The home - where Pheobe lived with the pair - and the car, which was thought to have been used to take the teen to the airport, were declared crime scenes in the disappearance investigation.
Wood, 34, was charged with one count each of unlawful possession of weapons (short firearm) and authority to possess explosives.
Bromley, 33, was also charged with possessing/acquiring restricted items, unlawful possession of weapons and two counts of authority required to possess explosives.
Bromley was granted bail at Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday while Wood has been issued a notice to appear on June 13.
Police have said the weapons charges were unrelated to Pheobe's disappearance and there was no suggestion Bromley or Wood were involved.
Police are still appealing for information - particularly regarding the movements of the grey Hyundai between May 15 and May 18 in the Gin Gin area - to come forward.
Pheobe is about 180cm tall with a pale complexion, long dyed red hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants, and carrying luggage.
A mother's spirits have dimmed as she admits her missing daughter may not be found alive, as a police investigation drags into a third week.
Pheobe Bishop was last seen near Bundaberg airport in southern Queensland about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend.
There has been no sign of the 17-year-old in more than a fortnight and her mother Kylie Johnson is facing the reality that she may not find her daughter alive.
"I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home, but I have to consider the possibility that she also won't," she said in a video statement released by Queensland Police.
"If the worst-case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she's resting."
The family's lives have been changed for the worse since Pheobe disappeared, Ms Johnson said.
"This is a pain no person or family should ever have to experience," she said.
The teen has been described as a "beautiful, loving and kind person" with every day that passes without knowing her whereabouts weighing heavily on the family.
Ms Johnson begged for anyone with even the smallest amount of information to contact police, as she believes her daughter would not just disappear and someone knows something.
"I know that this investigation isn't over ... it will not be over for me until we find Pheobe," she said.
Police are continuing to search the Gin Gin area, a town near Bundaberg, which is now the focus of the investigation.
"Investigations are ongoing and police are continuing to run out several lines of inquiry," police said in a statement on Saturday.
Officers had earlier focused on combing through Good Night Scrub National Park with homicide detectives, volunteers, cadaver dogs and divers deployed.
The national park search has since been abandoned after several items of interest were seized for forensic examination.
Police also received information that some other evidence may have been removed from the area.
Meanwhile, two of Pheobe's housemates, James Wood and Tanika Kristan Bromley, have been charged with unrelated weapons offences.
Police allegedly found a shortened firearm, two replica handguns and ammunition during a search of a grey Hyundai ix35 and a Gin Gin home.
The home - where Pheobe lived with the pair - and the car, which was thought to have been used to take the teen to the airport, were declared crime scenes in the disappearance investigation.
Wood, 34, was charged with one count each of unlawful possession of weapons (short firearm) and authority to possess explosives.
Bromley, 33, was also charged with possessing/acquiring restricted items, unlawful possession of weapons and two counts of authority required to possess explosives.
Bromley was granted bail at Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday while Wood has been issued a notice to appear on June 13.
Police have said the weapons charges were unrelated to Pheobe's disappearance and there was no suggestion Bromley or Wood were involved.
Police are still appealing for information - particularly regarding the movements of the grey Hyundai between May 15 and May 18 in the Gin Gin area - to come forward.
Pheobe is about 180cm tall with a pale complexion, long dyed red hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants, and carrying luggage.
A mother's spirits have dimmed as she admits her missing daughter may not be found alive, as a police investigation drags into a third week.
Pheobe Bishop was last seen near Bundaberg airport in southern Queensland about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend.
There has been no sign of the 17-year-old in more than a fortnight and her mother Kylie Johnson is facing the reality that she may not find her daughter alive.
"I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home, but I have to consider the possibility that she also won't," she said in a video statement released by Queensland Police.
"If the worst-case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she's resting."
The family's lives have been changed for the worse since Pheobe disappeared, Ms Johnson said.
"This is a pain no person or family should ever have to experience," she said.
The teen has been described as a "beautiful, loving and kind person" with every day that passes without knowing her whereabouts weighing heavily on the family.
Ms Johnson begged for anyone with even the smallest amount of information to contact police, as she believes her daughter would not just disappear and someone knows something.
"I know that this investigation isn't over ... it will not be over for me until we find Pheobe," she said.
Police are continuing to search the Gin Gin area, a town near Bundaberg, which is now the focus of the investigation.
"Investigations are ongoing and police are continuing to run out several lines of inquiry," police said in a statement on Saturday.
Officers had earlier focused on combing through Good Night Scrub National Park with homicide detectives, volunteers, cadaver dogs and divers deployed.
The national park search has since been abandoned after several items of interest were seized for forensic examination.
Police also received information that some other evidence may have been removed from the area.
Meanwhile, two of Pheobe's housemates, James Wood and Tanika Kristan Bromley, have been charged with unrelated weapons offences.
Police allegedly found a shortened firearm, two replica handguns and ammunition during a search of a grey Hyundai ix35 and a Gin Gin home.
The home - where Pheobe lived with the pair - and the car, which was thought to have been used to take the teen to the airport, were declared crime scenes in the disappearance investigation.
Wood, 34, was charged with one count each of unlawful possession of weapons (short firearm) and authority to possess explosives.
Bromley, 33, was also charged with possessing/acquiring restricted items, unlawful possession of weapons and two counts of authority required to possess explosives.
Bromley was granted bail at Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday while Wood has been issued a notice to appear on June 13.
Police have said the weapons charges were unrelated to Pheobe's disappearance and there was no suggestion Bromley or Wood were involved.
Police are still appealing for information - particularly regarding the movements of the grey Hyundai between May 15 and May 18 in the Gin Gin area - to come forward.
Pheobe is about 180cm tall with a pale complexion, long dyed red hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants, and carrying luggage.
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