Homicide detectives and police divers brought to Gin Gin to investigate Pheobe Bishop disappearance
Homicide detectives and police divers have been brought in as police continue to investigate the disappearance of Pheobe Bishop.
Homicide detectives and police divers have been brought in as the search for missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop shifts to “consider all possibilities”.
Queensland police say they have “no specific persons of interest” following the disappearance of the 17-year-old from Bundaberg more than a week ago.
Detectives have widened their search for Ms Bishop from the Gin Gin home she shared with couple Tanika Bromley and James Wood, 50km west of Bundaberg, to include rural areas Goodnight Scrub National Park, Delan, and surrounds.
Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said police were keeping all “options open”.
“We’re certainly very hopeful that she is still alive,” Inspector Thompson said.
“We’re just keeping all our options open and making sure that we cover all avenues of inquiry.”
Ms Bishop was reportedly last seen at Bundaberg Regional Airport where she was due to board a flight to Western Australia to see a friend. She never checked in for the flight and was not seen on CCTV, leading investigators to believe she never arrived.
Her luggage has not been found.
Inspector Thompson confirmed that police dive squads had searched a creek within the Goodnight Scrub area.
A Hyundai ix35 that belongs to Ms Bromley and Mr Wood has also been declared a crime scene.
Ms Bromley is currently on bail for two charges of unlawfully possessing weapons and one charge of possessing a knife in a public place or school.
She is due to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on June 23.
Mr Wood and Ms Bromley have co-operated with police and it is not suggested that they are related to the disappearance.
Investigators have called on the community for any CCTV from the search areas.
The Bundaberg teen’s mother, Kylie Johnson, has written daily Facebook posts providing updates on the family’s response to the ongoing investigations.
“As another day starts, it’s getting harder to breath (sic) and the numbness that we feel at the ‘not knowing’ is eating at us,” she wrote on Friday morning.
“We would do anything just to hear your voice, to have you curl up in my lap and hold you tight with your wild crazy hair in my face annoying my nose.”
Ms Johnson pleaded for anyone with information to contact police.
Ms Bishop was last seen carrying luggage and wearing a green tank top with grey sweatpants.
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