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9 News
2 days ago
- 9 News
'Someone knows something': Mum of missing teen makes emotional video plea
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here The mum of missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop has issued a further plea for public assistance, as the search for the 17-year-old daughter approaches a third week. Pheobe was last seen on May 15 before she failed to board a flight from Bundaberg to Perth. Despite large scale police searches, including in rugged bushland last week , detectives have been unable to locate the young girl. Pheobe Bishop's mum Kylie Johnson issued a heartbreaking video statement, urging anyone with information to come forward. (Queensland Police) Today, her mum Kylie Johnson issued a heartbreaking video statement, urging anyone with information to come forward. "This is a pain no person or family should ever have to experience," Johnson said. "Pheobe was a beautiful, loving, kind person, and everyday not knowing where she has been is devastating for us. "This is why we're appealing to anyone with any information that may help to bring Pheobe home, to contact police. "Even the smallest bit of information may be all the police need to find Pheobe." Police say Pheobe's housemates Tanika Bromley and James Wood were the last to see her about 8.30am on May 15, when they claim they dropped her off outside Bundaberg Regional Airport. They've both since been charged with unrelated weapons offences. Pheobe Bishop's mum, Kylie Johnson, said the family's "heartache and pain is raw and real". (Facebook/Kylie Johnson) Their home in Gin Gin has been declared a crime scene, and a grey Hyundai has been seized. Detectives are still appealing for vision or sightings of a grey Hyundai ix35 in the greater Gin Gin area between May 15 and 18. "I know that this investigation isn't over. It will not be over for me until we find Pheobe," Johnson said. "I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home, but I have to consider the possibility that she also won't. "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 your information." Police say they continue to "run out several lines of enquiry". The greater Gin Gin area remains the focus of the investigation. queensland national Australia missing persons crime CONTACT US Property News: You can only access this beach shack at low tide.
1News
2 days ago
- 1News
Queensland mum begs to know missing teenage 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." ADVERTISEMENT The family's lives have been changed for the worse since Pheobe disappeared, 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. 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 today. ADVERTISEMENT Kylie Johnson with her daughter Pheobe Bishop. (Source: Facebook / Kylie Johnson ) 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. ADVERTISEMENT 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.
The Advertiser
2 days ago
- The Advertiser
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.
Perth Now
2 days ago
- Perth Now
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.
Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Sky News AU
Kylie Johnson pleads for anyone with information about missing 17-year-old daughter Phoebe Bishop to speak to Qld Police after vanishing on May 15
The mother of Pheobe Bishop has issued a new appeal, with police having little leads to go off after the teen's disappearance in regional Queensland more than two weeks ago. The 17-year-old was last seen alive near Bundaberg Airport about 8.30am on May 15, when she was set to board a flight to see her boyfriend in Western Australia. However, she never made it on a plane, which was bound for Brisbane, with CCTV from inside the terminal showing the teen had failed to even make it inside the airport. Police and State Emergency Services (SES) have spent five days searching nearby Good Night Scrub National Park, about 40 minutes from her home in the town of Gin Gin. That search was abandoned on Wednesday. Queensland Police on Saturday released a video message of Pheobe's mother Kylie Johnson desperately appealing for anyone in the community with information. "Our lives have been changed for the worst after the sudden disappearance of my daughter who was last seen on May 15," she said in the clip. "This is a pain no person or family should ever have to experience. "Pheobe was a beautiful, loving, kind person and every day not knowing where she has been is devastating for us. This is why we're appealing to anyone with any information that may help to bring Pheobe home to contact the police. "Even the smallest bit of information may be all the police need to find Pheobe." Ms Johnson also thanked detectives for their efforts so far in trying to find her daughter, flagging she has been kept informed throughout the investigation. "I also want to thank our community for their constant support and messages. I know this investigation isn't over. it will not be over for me until we find Pheobe," she said. The mother remained calm throughout the video, later saying she has "hope Pheobe will come home" but understands there's a possibility that she won't. "If the worst case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she is resting. I need to know where Pheobe is," Ms Johnson continued. "My daughter wouldn't just disappear. Someone knows something and as a mum I'm asking you to come forward with your information. "Please speak to police if you have any information big or small. You can report information to police anonymously via Police Link or Crime Stoppers." The search of the national park had involved SES volunteers, drones, a rescue helicopter and cadaver dogs, which are trained to find human remains. Photographs from the scene showed police taking away brown bags from items collected in the bushland that would likely go under forensic examination. Police suspect evidence may have been removed before they arrived. Despite the search of the national park being suspended, police stressed the investigation was ongoing and they had "other areas" of interest. In a statement to on Saturday, a Queensland Police spokesman said "the greater Gin Gin area remains the focus of the investigation". Couple Tanika Bromley and James Wood were the last people to see Pheobe alive. They insisted to have dropped the 17-year-old at Bundaberg Airport. The pair drove a Hyundai ix35 with number plates 414 EW3, which has already been seized and undergone some examination by forensic police. Pheobe had lived with the couple prior to her sudden disappearance. Anyone with information can contact police anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online via the suspicious activity form.
