A former Aussie detective has shared the crucial time frame police have now missed as the search for Pheobe Bishop in Queensland continues.
The 17-year-old was last seen leaving a home in Gin Gin, Bundaberg, where she had been living with couple Tanika Bromley and James Wood, on May 15.
Detectives believe the pair drove Pheobe the 40 minutes to Bundaberg Airport where she was supposed to board an 8.30am flight to Brisbane and then onto Perth where she planned to meet up with her boyfriend.
Former homicide detective Charlie Bezzina has told Daily Mail Australia that with Pheobe now being missing for 10 days, detectives have missed a key time frame.
‘Like any missing person the significant percentage of success would be within the first 24 hours,’ he said.
‘The longer it goes on, the more chance of success diminishes unfortunately as the loss of possible evidence and clues increases.
‘In respect to missing persons, unlike America there is no 24 hour rule that you have to wait, police are guided by the circumstances of the individual and what they are told by their loved ones.’
In a telling update, cadaver dogs have been brought in as the search for missing teenager Pheobe continues.
Pheobe Bishop (pictured with her mum Kylie Johnson) was last seen leaving a home in Gin Gin, Bundaberg, where she had been living with couple Tanika Bromley and James Wood, on May 15
On Saturday, police began conducting a land, water and aerial search of the Good Scrub National Park
Queensland Police deployed the canines at the Good Night Scrub National Park just outside of Gin Gin, an hour away from where Pheobe was last seen, on Sunday.
Questions remain over exactly why she was living at a house with the Ms Bromley and James Wood.
Social media posts made by Pheobe before she disappeared suggested the troubled teen had fallen out with her mother and would not return home.
The couple have been questioned by police and were released. No charges have been laid over Pheobe’s disappearance and Daily Mail Australia does not suggest Mr Wood and Ms Bromley were involved.
On Saturday, police began conducting a land, water and aerial search of the Good Scrub National Park.
Queensland’s State Emergency Service crews are combing through the bushland, while police divers search waterways.
More to come.
