Pheobe Bishop’s remains confirmed as murder investigation continues

Pheobe Bishop’s family has spoken out after remains found in bushland were officially confirmed as hers. It comes as police reveal they’re still searching for these key items of interest.

Pheobe Bishop was reported missing on May 15. Her remains were formally identified a month later.

A month after the alarm was first raised that Pheobe Bishop was missing, her family finally has confirmation that the body found in rugged bushland is hers.

The heartbreaking development brings to an end to a month-long search in a case that has rocked Australia.

In an exclusive statement to this publication early Tuesday, the Bishop family said officers confirmed the remains were Pheobe’s on the evening of Monday, June 16.

Police later confirmed in a statement on Tuesday afternoon that the human remains which were found near Good Night Scrub National Park were that of the missing 17-year-old.

“The remains were discovered during a search of the area on June 6,” the statement read.

Police are continuing their search for remaining items of interest.

They continue to appeal for any information in relation to Pheobe Bishop or the movement of a grey Hyundai IX35 in the greater Gin Gin area between May 15 to 18.

Pheobe Bishop was reported missing on May 15, 2025.

Pheobe’s family thanked the police and public for their support and compassion over the past month.

“Our family would like to thank everyone involved from information reported to searching and everyone that has sent heartwarming messages,” their statement to this publication read.

“We just would also like to have time to process and grieve this new information as a family and ask for privacy at this time.”

While the discovery and confirmation of Pheobe’s remains officially closes the search, the case against the two housemates charged with her murder is only beginning.
Investigations are ongoing into what happened to the teen and how she died.

Pheobe was last seen on May 15, when she was reportedly dropped at Bundaberg Airport by her housemates to catch a flight to Western Australia to visit her boyfriend.

But police later confirmed Pheobe never entered the terminal.

Pheobe with her mother Kylie.

She did not board the flight and no CCTV captured her inside the airport.

Authorities now allege Pheobe was murdered shortly after she was last seen, and that her body was moved several times before being located in remote bushland near Good Night Scrub National Park on June 6.

The house at Gin Gin, near Bundaberg on the Queensland coast, where Pheobe Bishop was living before she disappeared. Picture: NewsWire / Paul Beutel

James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, were arrested on June 5 and charged with murder and interfering with a corpse.

The pair remain in custody and are due to appear in court again in August.

The property where Pheobe lived with the accused was found in shocking condition, with evidence of animal neglect and major structural damage.
A GoFundMe endorsed by Pheobe’s family previously revealed she had moved to Bundaberg from New South Wales for NDIS support, but had instead been left in “disgusting and degrading” living conditions.

The housemates of missing teen Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder.

On Sunday, a moving convoy of more than 50 cars, 4WDs and motorbikes travelled from Gin Gin to Bundaberg in Pheobe’s memory.

Vehicles were decorated with colourful butterflies and many participants wore bright, joyful colours in her honour.

Tributes have flowed from strangers and loved ones alike, including from her boyfriend Levi, who had been preparing for a beach trip with Pheobe and had recently gifted her a professional camera to support her dreams of becoming a photographer.

As the Bishop family continues to grieve, the investigation remains open — with detectives continuing to piece together the final movements of Pheobe’s life and the tragic events that followed.

Originally published as Pheobe Bishop’s remains confirmed as murder investigation continues