Sad texts from Pheobe Bishop before disappearance revealed

Pheobe Bishop’s aunt has revealed a series of text messages she received from her 17-year-old niece.

Pheobe Bishop’s aunt has revealed a series of text messages she received from her 17-year-old niece before she vanished.

Caz Johnson, Pheobe’s mother’s sister, appeared on The Project on Wednesday.

Pheobe was last seen on May 16 at a property she rented with housemates James Wood and Takina Bromley, in Gin Gin, near Bundaberg in Queensland.

Pheobe Bishop has not been seen since May 16.

She had planned to fly to Western Australia to visit her boyfriend. She never arrived at the airport.

Her housemates have since been charged with unrelated weapons offences, that are unrelated to Phoebe. No charges have been laid over Pheobe’s disappearance. It is not suggested Mr Wood and Ms Bromley are involved in the disappearance. They have also been helping in the search for her.

Pheobe texted her aunt Ms Johnson on April 26, after not speaking for a period of time, to say her mother Kylie Johnson had told her to “get out” when the teenager asked to live with her dad.

“Up s**t creek but s**t happens,” Pheobe texted her aunt.

“I’m flying the f**k out of here to see my boyfriend.

“If it goes to plan I’m not coming back … I need to get out of this hell hole.”

When The Project host Waleed Aly asked if the messages concerned her, Ms Johnson said she was “puzzled”.

“It was like something’s really happening,” Ms Johnson said.

“All of a sudden, she (Pheobe) had to get out. She had no one to talk to, turn to.”

Ms Johnson, who is estranged from her sister Kylie, said Pheobe had a tough childhood.

“She was always changing schools. She had so many different stepdads in and out of her life. She never had no one that she could really speak to.”

Kylie Johnson and missing girl (daughter) Pheobe Bishop. Picture Facebook

When pressed on concerns for Pheobe, Ms Johnson said she feared the worst.

Aly asked: “Do you think police are going to find Pheobe?”

“Honestly, I don’t know, but I’m certain she won’t be found alive,” Ms Johnson said.

The teen was last seen on May 15, travelling towards Bundaberg airport, however, she failed to board the plane and has not been seen since.

Police began their search of the national park on May 23, and expanded the operation after they found evidence may have been moved from the Good Night Scrub area prior to their arrival.

Police with a dog and SES conduct a search in Good Night Scrub National Park looking for the missing 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop. Picture: NewsWire / Adam Head

Some items of interest have been located during the search and will undergo forensic examination.

Police said on Wednesday the investigation was “ongoing” and that “police are continuing to run out several lines of inquiry”.

“In addition to investigative work, physical searches will continue as needed and as information is provided,” a spokesman said.

“The greater Gin Gin area remains the focus of the investigation.”

Originally published as Sad texts from Pheobe Bishop before disappearance revealed