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ABC News
22-05-2025
- ABC News
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.
News.com.au
22-05-2025
- News.com.au
‘People don't vanish': Update on ‘suspicious' disappearance of 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. 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 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.' 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. '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.'
The Guardian
22-05-2025
- The Guardian
Pheobe Bishop's mother pleads for answers after Queensland teenager's ‘suspicious' disappearance
An investigation into the 'suspicious' disappearance of a 17-year-old girl is continuing as her mother pleads for answers and police continue the search a week after her suspicious disappearance. Pheobe Bishop was last seen near Bundaberg airport in southern Queensland about 8.30am on 15 May after booking a trip to Western Australia, police said. She has not been seen or heard from since, while CCTV footage shows she never entered the airport. Pheobe's mother, Kylie Johnson, has launched another plea on social media for any information about her daughter. 'Phee we love you more than you could imagine and we're praying that you come home,' she posted on Facebook. The teenager's disappearance has been deemed suspicious as police investigate the out-of-character incident. 'We do hold concerns for her safety,' Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson told reporters on Wednesday. 'It has been nearly a week since she was last sighted and it's out of character for her not to make any contact with anyone.' Police have declared two crime scenes at a property in Gin Gin, where she was last known to be living with two other people, and a Hyundai ix35 believed to be the car Pheobe travelled to Airport Drive in. The vehicle has been seized by police, who believe it belongs to a resident of the property. Det Insp Thompson suspected Pheobe was dropped at the airport by the people she was living with, who had been spoken to by police. Police have appealed for dashcam or CCTV footage of the vehicle – Queensland registration 414EW3 – near the airport or in the Gin Gin area on Thursday. Detectives remain hopeful Pheobe is still alive as the investigation combs through her last movements. 'Just because we are deeming this suspicious doesn't mean … anything sinister has happened,' Thompson said. Pheobe is about 180cm tall with a pale complexion, long hair that is dyed red, and hazel eyes. She was last seen carrying luggage, wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants.
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Pheobe's last moments before vanishing revealed as cops probe EXACTLY what happened on her drive to the airport
Missing teen Pheobe Bishop may have got in an argument during a trip to the airport and been 'kicked out' of the car before she disappeared, police have revealed. The 17-year-old was scheduled to fly from Bundaberg to Western Australia, via Brisbane, on Thursday May 15, to visit a friend. However, the teen did not check in or board her 8.30am flight, and there has been no sign of her, or her luggage, since. Detectives have now confirmed they are 'quite confident' she did not reach the airport. They have not been able to find her in airport CCTV footage. Police declared two crime scenes on Wednesday: a property in Gin Gin, west of Bundaberg, where Pheobe was living prior to her disappearance. It was also the location where a 2011 silver Hyundai ix35 hatchback with registration 414-EW3 - believed to be the car she travelled to Airport Drive in - was found. Police have now seized the car and forensic experts are examining it at a facility in Bundaberg. Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson revealed the chilling new details of the police investigation in an update on Wednesday afternoon. The seized car 'belonged to persons who were residing with Pheobe', he said, and Quizzed over reports Pheobe had been arguing with the driver and was then 'kicked out' of the car, Det Insp Thompson admitted 'that's forming part of our investigation. 'Police are still inquiries in relation to the timeline of this vehicle, and in relation to the circumstances of Pheobe travelling to the airport,' he added. Mr Thompson said Pheobe was living with two people at the Gin Gin address who were not direct family members, and 'she had been with [them] for a while'. It was those two people who police believe were driving her to the airport, he said. Detectives have spoken to them and 'they are being cooperative with police'. Mr Thompson said they were now focusing on the last known moments of Pheobe and whether she ever reached the airport. 'That's something that we're concentrating on in relation to the timeline of this vehicle,' he said. 'We're currently appealing for information as to whereabouts Pheobe was last seen'. Police are still looking for Pheobe's luggage, but on Wednesday afternoon it had not been located. It comes after reports that several dead dogs were found at the Gin Gin property where Pheobe was living and removed by police, but Mr Thompson said he could not confirm those reports and 'it's not something I'm aware of'. A large single-decker bus, daubed with 'Let it ride' above the windscreen, is parked outside the front of the property, and the grounds of the home are littered with trash. A family member revealed that Pheobe had saved up money and purchased her airfare to visit her boyfriend in WA and was on her way when she vanished. 'He was her high school sweetheart that moved away,' they said. Another relative said that Pheobe had spoken to her boyfriend on the phone just before she disappeared. 'She didn't check in for her flight to visit her boyfriend who she spoke to on the phone at 8.30am,' they said. 'Her phone has been switched off from this point. She hasn't contacted anyone at all, no one has seen her.' The teenager's social media accounts have been inactive since she went missing, while her bank account has had no activity since May 14. A land search was conducted around Airport Drive and the surrounding areas on Monday but police failed to locate any of her personal belongings. Pheobe's mum, Kylie Johnson, has put up more than 400 missing person posters across Bundaberg and surrounding areas. Ms Johnson has shared a series of updates on social media. 'As we enter another day with Pheobe still missing our heart's are breaking more and more,' Ms Johnson wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. 'Phee we just need to know that you're ok? We just need to hear your voice! 'I'm begging anyone that has anything to contact Police Link (on) 131 444. 'We as a family are thankful for the message of support and offers of assistance. Right now we are grasping onto hope and just trying to breath. 'Again all anyone can do to help is: Keep sharing Pheobe's flyer, follow the QLD police for updates and requests for information, keep having conversations with your loved ones, community and colleagues and hold your babies close! 'We would currently do anything to be able to hold our baby tight right now.' In another message shared on Facebook, the distraught mother shot down suggestions that her daughter had run away, saying her disappearance was out of character. 'If you knew Pheobe you would know that she is free spirited and loves hard! She is loyal to the core and cut throat,' Ms Johnson wrote. She said her daughter last week marked the anniversaries of the deaths of her best friend and family members. 'She would never leave her family without contact - especially this week. [She] would never not contact us at this emotional time.' Ms Johnson also shared an emotional plea addressed directly to her daughter, begging her to let them know that she was okay. 'Honestly have no words to describe our heartbreak, heartache or fear that we won't see or hear from her again,' Ms Johnson wrote. 'Flea, Flea, my heart tells me that you won't see this, but I love you more than anything in the world. 'Would be homeless just to hear you say "Hey Mummzie what's doing"... I would honestly sell my soul to hear those words.' Pheobe is described as approximately 180cm (six foot) tall with a pale complexion, long dyed red hair and hazel eyes. Police are urgently appealing for anyone with dashcam footage of Airport Drive, Commercial Street and Samuels Road area between 8.30am and 9.30am on May 15 to come forward. Anyone with information regarding Pheobe's whereabouts is urged to contact police link on 131 444.
