Pheobe Bishop’s flatmate James Wood has been taken into custody
The flatmate of a missing teenage girl has been taken into custody after almost three weeks of police searches.
A 34-year-old man has been taken into custody in Bundaberg, north of Brisbane, after the disappearance of his teenage flatmate who has been missing for almost three weeks.
James Wood lived with 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop when she went missing on May 15, when she had planned to fly to Western Australia to see her boyfriend.
Ms Bishop lived at a home with Mr Wood and his 33-year-old partner Tanika Bromley, at Gin Gin, 50km west of Bundaberg, which was declared a crime scene on May 21, as was the couple’s grey Hyundai ix35.
The two flatmates had told detectives they drove Ms Bishop to Bundaberg Regional Airport in their Hyundai for her flight, with police believing she never entered the facility.
Mr Wood was charged ten days after the disappearance, on one count each of unlawful possession of weapons and authority to possess explosives.
At the time, a Queensland Police spokesperson said the charges were unrelated to Ms Bishop’s disappearance.
Mr Wood’s partner, Ms Bromley, was charged with four offences after police allegedly found a shortened firearm, ammunition and two replica handguns inside the Hyundai.
Further ammunition was allegedly found at the home.
She was arrested in Milibank on May 25.
At the time of her arrest, she was on bail for two charges of unlawfully possessing weapons and one charge of possessing a knife in a public place or school.
She was granted bail for the four charges.
Police have searched Gin Gin’s wider area, bringing homicide detectives, dog squads and search divers.
Mr Wood has not been charged since he was taken into custody on Wednesday.
Items believed to be linked to the investigation were found during the search and taken for forensic examination.
Police released the Hyundai after forensic examination, which was since spotted on May 26 with altered number plates in Bundaberg, 50km away from Ms Bishop’s home.
Her luggage has not been found.
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