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The Australian
3 days ago
- General
- The Australian
Pheobe Bishop's mum makes sad plea for missing Bundaberg teen
The mother of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has made a devastating plea, as she grapples with the possibility her daughter will never come home. In a video statement shared by police on Saturday, Pheobe's mum Kylie Johnson said she was enduring 'a pain no person or family should have to experience'. 'Pheobe was a beautiful, loving and kind person, and every day not knowing where she has been is devastating for us,' she said. Pheobe was last seen travelling towards Bundaberg airport on May 15, where she was scheduled to fly to Brisbane in the first leg of a trip to WA to see her boyfriend. However, she failed to board the plane and has not been seen since. The mother of Pheobe Bishop, who was last seen on May 15, has made an emotional plea for information on the whereabouts of her daughter. Picture: QLD Police 'I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home, but I have to consider the possibility that she also won't,' Ms Johnson said. 'If the worst case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she's resting. 'I need to know where Pheobe is. 'My daughter wouldn't just disappear. Someone knows something, and as a mum I'm asking you to come forward with information.' Police launched a search of the Good Night Scrub National Park on May 23, and expanded the operation after they found evidence may have been moved from the area prior to their arrival. Some items of interest were found before the search was suspended on Wednesday after five days. Pheobe was last seen on May 15. Picture Supplied She was expected to board a flight from Bundaberg Airport., but never made it. Pheobe's flatmates, Tanika Bromley and her partner James Wood, told detectives they drove Pheobe to Bundaberg Airport in a grey Hyundai ix35 for her 8.30am flight; however, police believe the teenager never reached the airport as she failed to check-in. Ms Bromley and Mr Wood have since been charged with unrelated offences after the Hyundai was seized by police and their house was declared a crime scene. During the search of the Hyundai, police allegedly uncovered a stash of weapons, including a shortened firearm, two replica handguns and ammunition. James Wood was living with Pheobe at a home in Gin Gin at the time of her disappearance. Tanika Bromley (pictured) also lived at the Gin Gin address with her partner James Wood. Ms Bromley now faces charges including possessing or acquiring restricted items, unlawful possession of weapons, and two counts of failing to hold the required authority to possess explosives. Mr Wood, 34, was also charged with one count each of unlawful possession of weapons and unauthorised possession of explosives, and was issued with a notice to appear a Bundaberg Magistrates Court on June 13. Authorities have confirmed there is no indication the weapons charges are linked to the missing person case. No-one has been charged in connection to the teenager's disappearance. More to come. Hannah Moore Chief of staff, NCA NewsWire Hannah Moore is NCA NewsWire's chief of staff. She was previously the morning news editor at When she's not reading or talking about the news, Hannah is looking for another coffee. @hannahrlmoore Hannah Moore
News.com.au
3 days ago
- General
- News.com.au
Mum of Pheobe Bishop pleads for information on missing Bundaberg teen, as she makes devastating call
The mother of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has made a devastating plea, as she grapples with the possibility her daughter will never come home. In a video statement shared by police on Saturday, Pheobe's mum Kylie Johnson said she was enduring 'a pain no person or family should have to experience'. 'Pheobe was a beautiful, loving and kind person, and every day not knowing where she has been is devastating for us,' she said. Pheobe was last seen travelling towards Bundaberg airport on May 15, where she was scheduled to fly to Brisbane in the first leg of a trip to WA to see her boyfriend. However, she failed to board the plane and has not been seen since. 'I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home, but I have to consider the possibility that she also won't,' Ms Johnson said. 'If the worst case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she's resting. 'I need to know where Pheobe is. 'My daughter wouldn't just disappear. Someone knows something, and as a mum I'm asking you to come forward with information.' Police launched a search of the Good Night Scrub National Park on May 23, and expanded the operation after they found evidence may have been moved from the area prior to their arrival. Some items of interest were found before the search was suspended on Wednesday after five days. Pheobe's flatmates, Tanika Bromley and her partner James Wood, told detectives they drove Pheobe to Bundaberg Airport in a grey Hyundai ix35 for her 8.30am flight; however, police believe the teenager never reached the airport as she failed to check-in. Ms Bromley and Mr Wood have since been charged with unrelated offences after the Hyundai was seized by police and their house was declared a crime scene. During the search of the Hyundai, police allegedly uncovered a stash of weapons, including a shortened firearm, two replica handguns and ammunition. Ms Bromley now faces charges including possessing or acquiring restricted items, unlawful possession of weapons, and two counts of failing to hold the required authority to possess explosives. Mr Wood, 34, was also charged with one count each of unlawful possession of weapons and unauthorised possession of explosives, and was issued with a notice to appear a Bundaberg Magistrates Court on June 13. Authorities have confirmed there is no indication the weapons charges are linked to the missing person case. No-one has been charged in connection to the teenager's disappearance.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
‘I need to know': Mum's plea for missing 17yo
The mother of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has made a devastating plea, as she grapples with the possibility her daughter will never come home. In a video statement shared by police on Saturday, Pheobe's mum Kylie Johnson said she was enduring 'a pain no person or family should have to experience'. 'Pheobe was a beautiful, loving and kind person, and every day not knowing where she has been is devastating for us,' she said. Pheobe was last seen travelling towards Bundaberg airport on May 15, where she was scheduled to fly to Brisbane in the first leg of a trip to WA to see her boyfriend. However, she failed to board the plane and has not been seen since. 'I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home, but I have to consider the possibility that she also won't,' Ms Johnson said. 'If the worst case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she's resting. 'I need to know where Pheobe is. 'My daughter wouldn't just disappear. Someone knows something, and as a mum I'm asking you to come forward with information.' Police launched a search of the Good Night Scrub National Park on May 23, and expanded the operation after they found evidence may have been moved from the area prior to their arrival. Some items of interest were found before the search was suspended on Wednesday after five days. More to come.
ABC News
7 days ago
- ABC News
Police search for fifth day in Good Night Scrub park for evidence of missing Pheobe Bishop
The last known movements of missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop on the day she disappeared remain a mystery, 12 days after the 17-year-old vanished. Police say the teen from Gin Gin, about 50 kilometres west of Bundaberg, was reportedly last seen on Airport Drive en route to Bundaberg Airport for a flight to Brisbane, but she never made it into the terminal. Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said that information had been provided to police by her two housemates. "There has been no positive sighting since that day," Detective Thompson said. "Police have not received any other information that she was sighted by any other person in that area." On Tuesday, police started their fifth day combing through dense bushland at Good Night Scrub National Park, about 40 kilometres south of Gin Gin. It was revealed on Monday that evidence may have been removed from the national park before police began searching the area on Friday, more than a week after Pheobe went missing. Detective Thompson said several items police had retrieved from the national park believed linked to the investigation had been sent for forensic examination. He would not confirm the nature of the items. Pheobe's mother Kylie Johnson posted to social media that it was hard to get out of bed. "To find the strength to put one foot in front of the other and know what to do, what to think or what to say," she wrote. Police today renewed their appeal for any public information that could help in the investigation. Detectives are now appealing to anyone with information, vision or sightings of a grey Hyundai ix35 between May 15 to 18 in the greater Gin Gin area to contact police. Pheobe is described as being about 180 centimetres 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 was carrying luggage.
SBS Australia
26-05-2025
- SBS Australia
'This hell is heavy': Missing teen Pheobe Bishop's mother shares update as search continues
A community is rallying around an anxious family as police investigate a 17-year-old girl's "suspicious" disappearance after she missed a flight and vanished. Pheobe Bishop was last seen near Bundaberg Airport in southern Queensland about 8.30am on 15 May after booking a trip to Western Australia. She has not been seen or heard from since, with CCTV footage indicating she never entered the airport. A national park an hour's drive from the airport has emerged as "crucial" to the investigation, with homicide detectives and police divers called in. Her mother, Kylie Johnson, said her family was living in a "cyclone of uncertainty", and her young son was asking why his sister wasn't answering their calls. "Your little man/brother asked yesterday, 'Why won't Phee take our calls? She always takes our calls!'" Johnson wrote on social media on Monday. "Mate, I wish I knew, but we have to believe that the police and the lights that our amazing community are leaving on will ... bring her home to us." The Gin Gin property near Bundaberg, where Pheobe lived with two other people, has been declared a crime scene, along with a vehicle thought to have been used to take the teen to the airport. Queensland Police expanded their search about 40km south of Gin Gin to the Good Night Scrub National Park. The search continued on Monday with police encouraging anyone with information to come forward. Johnson said the wait for answers was taking its toll. "As we enter day 11 of Pheobe still not being home, our numbness to our tears, to our hearts breaking and this hell is heavy," she posted on Facebook. "Not knowing what to say, what to do or even how to continue to live in this cyclone of uncertainty. "The tears come, the anger and frustrations come and most of all our hearts are shattering more and more each Day." Queensland Premier David Crisafulli said every effort would be made to support the police search for Bishop. "Events like that rock the heart and soul of communities — they always do," he told reporters on Monday. "We want the community to know that we are thinking about them and we will give every resource that police need to do the job." Residents of the Gin Gin property where Pheobe lived have spoken to officers and are cooperating with police, who are treating her disappearance as suspicious. Pheobe is about 180cm tall with a pale complexion, long hair that has been dyed red and hazel eyes. She was last seen carrying luggage, wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants.
