source : the age
Search teams are scouring a national park south-west of Bundaberg for clues in the disappearance of a teenage girl earlier this month.
Pheobe Bishop failed to check in for her flight from Bundaberg to Western Australia about 8.30am on May 15 and has not been seen since.
The police search continued at the Good Night Scrub National Park near Paradise Dam on Saturday, about 65 kilometres south-west of Bundaberg.
Pheobe Bishop, 17, pictured with her mother Kylie.Credit: Facebook
“Another day and minimal answers,” Pheobe’s mother, Kylie Johnson, posted on social media Saturday morning.
“Phee still isn’t home and someone somewhere has to know something. I’m absolutely begging anyone with any information to contact the Queensland Police Service.”
Senior Constable Matthew Baker, the search co-ordinator, said the operation at Good Night Scrub was part of a wider search area including the Gin Gin and Bundaberg areas.
“The search of the Good Night Scrub National Park area is crucial to the police investigation, and this includes dive squad searching waterways and land areas,” he said.
“Police also have assistance from SES and [the Queensland Fire Department].”
Baker said anyone in the area with CCTV, dashcam or bushcam footage from May 15 should contact police.
“This includes any vision of the Mingo Road and Gayndah Road areas,” he said.
“Anyone who has seen or have heard of a Hyundai ix35 in the area at the time are encouraged to contact police.”
A forensic team looks for clues at Pheobe Bishop’s Gin Gin home.Credit: Nine News Queensland
A 33-year-old woman media outlets have identified as a housemate faced court on serious charges just days before the disappearance, this masthead has confirmed.
Tanika Kristan Bromley was accused of carrying a shortened firearm and knife in public in late February.
She faced Bundaberg Magistrates Court on May 12, and remains on bail ahead of another hearing on June 23.
This masthead is not suggesting she was in any way linked to the disappearance.
The revelation came after reports emerged multiple dogs were found dead by investigators at the Gin Gin home.
Initial reports from police suggested housemates dropped Bishop at Bundaberg airport the morning she went missing.
Investigators are now exploring whether that happened, with CCTV confirming she never entered the terminal.
Police are calling for any footage taken that morning at nearby Airport Drive and Samuels Road to come forward.
