‘Very joyful celebration’: Wedding pic of missing teen’s flatmate emerges

A wedding picture has revealed new details on the past life of the flatmate of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop.

A photograph of the flatmate of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has revealed details of his past life, after police sensationally arrested and released him before later charging him with her murder.

Pheobe, 17, was last seen being driven to Airport Dr in Bundaberg in a grey Hyundai ix35 hatchback on May 15.

She was due to fly out of the Rum City to visit her boyfriend in Western Australia, but never made it onto her flight.

Pheobe Bishop, 17, has not been seen or heard from since May 15, when she was due to board a flight from Bundaberg Airport. Picture: Supplied

James Wood, Pheobe’s flatmate, was arrested on Wednesday and questioned over the teens disappearance. Picture: Supplied

The teenager’s disappearance has been the subject of an extensive search and public appeal.

She lived with two flat mates at a run-down property in Gin Gin – the same property Pheobe was last seen leaving from in the grey Hyundai.

On Wednesday police confirmed Mr Wood, 34, had been arrested and was questioned over Pheobe’s disappearance.

By Thursday morning, he was released with no charges laid.

However, on Thursday night police charged Mr Wood and his partner Tanika Bromley, 33, were charged with a count each of murder and two counts each of interfering with a corpse.

Pheobe was last seen travelling in a grey Hyundai ix35 with Queensland registration 414 EW3. Picture: Supplied

Police on Wednesday also announced they had suspended the physical search for Pheobe.

“Detectives are continuing to run through several lines of inquiry as investigations continue, and will conduct physical searches when required,” a Queensland Police spokesman said.

“Police are continuing to appeal for any information about Pheobe’s whereabouts.

Tanika Bromley (pictured) lived at the Gin Gin address with her partner James Wood, and Pheobe Bishop. Picture: Supplied

“For investigative reasons, there is no further information available.”

Separately, a photo depicting Mr Wood getting married to another woman emerged.

A photograph and accompanying newsletter post from the St Patrick’s Parish in Emerald – in Queensland’s Central Highlands region – depicts Mr Wood getting married on July 10, 2021 in a “very joyful celebration led by Fr Yon at St Patrick’s Church”.

James Wood was previously married to another woman in 2021, according to a newsletter post from the St Patrick’s Parish in Emerald. Picture: Supplied

Mr Wood was thrust back into the public spotlight after he told The Daily Mail Pheobe had been “complaining” and having “emotional outbursts” on the day they left to drop her off at the airport.

Mr Wood said the teenager was stressing about not wearing makeup and missing her flight.

He asked his partner Tanika Bromley to pull over about 1km from the airport to give Pheobe “five minutes, give her own space to do what she needed to do”.

“We walked to the end, it was maybe five minutes, maybe it was three minutes or maybe it was eight but that’s about how long we were gone,” he told The Daily Mail.

Mr Wood said Pheobe was dropped off along Airport Dr in Bundaberg (pictured) and disappeared thereafter. Picture: Paul Beutel/ NewsWire

Mr Wood said when they returned, Pheobe and her bag were gone.

He said the pair checked to see if she had made it to the airport, before checking the surrounding roads in case she “walked off in another direction”.

Queensland Police on Thursday said investigations were continuing. Picture: Paul Beutel/ NewsWire

Mr Wood told the outlet he said this would have been the moment when CCTV footage picked up his car heading towards the Good Night Scrub National Park.

He maintained he never hurt Pheobe and assumed she had boarded her flight.

‘Out of hand’: Inside missing girl’s flat

New images of the Gin Gin property where Pheobe was residing with Mr Wood and Ms Bromley reveal the squalor she was living in.

The home and grey Hyundai at the centre of the police investigation – which is owned by Ms Bromley – were both declared crime scenes on May 21.

The quiet street was mostly deserted on Thursday, save for several media crews.

Pictures obtained by NewsWire revealthe front lawn still strewn with rubbish weeks after police cordoned off the property.

Rubbish clogs the front lawn of the property where Pheobe Bishop was living before she disappeared. Picture: NewsWire / Paul Beutel

Part of the police tape has since fallen away.

A bus is parked outside of the house – carrying a crudely-drawn sign saying “Let it Ride” – with its door open but most of its curtains drawn shut.

Photos inside capture junk piled up to the roof.

One woman said junk accumulating at the property had gotten “out of hand” in recent months.

A collection of miscellaneous items and rubbish is strewn across the lawn of the house, which remains a crime scene. Picture: NewsWire / Paul Beutel

People in town had complained on local Facebook groups about dogs at the Millen St house barking and howling more than usual.

“Each week there was more junk coming out,” the woman said of the house, clarifying she never felt unsafe close by.

A boat marked with police tape and filled with miscellaneous items also sits out the front of the Gin Gin property. Picture: NewsWire / Paul Beutel

A bus full of garbage is parked out the front of the Gin Gin property. Picture: NewsWire / Paul Beutel

The bus is cluttered with furniture and rubbish. Picture: NewsWire / Blake Antrobus

A computer chair is seen blocking the doors while the shelves, sides and floors are littered with containers, eskies, cooking lids and rubbish.

Some are piled into a cabinet which has been crammed onto the bus.

Clothes and miscellaneous items are seen strewn about what appears to be a kitchenette. Picture: NewsWire / Blake Antrobus