The grief-stricken mother of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has admitted the ‘worst case-scenario could have happened’ to her daughter as she begged the public to share any information about her disappearance with police.
Kylie Johnson’s voice wavered as she fronted cameras for a video appeal shared by Queensland Police on Saturday, over two weeks after Pheobe was last seen leaving a home in Gin Gin, Bundaberg, on the morning of May 15.
Pheobe shared the rundown property with housemates James Wood and Tanika Bromley who have since been charged with unrelated weapons offences.
No charges have been laid over Pheobe’s disappearance and Daily Mail Australia does not suggest Bromley and Wood were involved in her disappearance.
‘This investigation will not be over for me until we find Pheobe,’ Ms Johnson said during the two-minute clip.
‘I still hold hope that Pheobe will come home but I have to consider the possibility that she also won’t.
‘If the worst-case scenario has happened, I at least need to know where she’s resting. I need to know where Pheobe is.
‘My daughter wouldn’t just disappear. Someone knows something.
Kylie Johnson’s voice wavered as she fronted cameras for a video appeal shared by Queensland Police on Saturday, over two weeks after her daughter was last seen on May 15
Ms Johnson (pictured with Pheobe) has begged anyone with information about her disappearance to come forward in a video appeal shared by Queensland Police
‘As a mum, I’m asking you to come forward with your information.
‘Please speak to police if you have any information, big or small. You can report information to police anonymously, via PoliceLink or CrimeStoppers.’
At the start of the two-minute clip, Ms Johnson thanked the police and the community for their ongoing support over the last fortnight.
‘Our lives have been changed for the worst after the sudden disappearance of my daughter who was last seen on May 15.
‘This is a pain no person or family should ever have to experience. Pheobe was a beautiful, loving, kind person.
‘Every day not knowing where she has been is devastating for us.
‘This is why we are appealing to anyone with any information that may help to bring Pheobe home to contact the police.
‘Even the smallest bit of information may be all police need to find Pheobe.
‘I would like to thank the police for their tireless efforts in looking for my daughter. They have kept me informed and they are doing everything they can to find her. I also want to thank our community for their constant support and messages.’
The appeal comes just days after Pheobe’s family hit back at her aunt after she went on Network Ten’s The Project and shared disturbing texts from the missing teen.
The appeal comes just days after Pheobe’s family hit back at her aunt (pictured) after she went on Network Ten’s The Project and shared disturbing texts from the missing teen
Pheobe told her aunt she was up s*** creek in a series of text messages between the pair
Caz Johnson – the sister of Pheobe’s mum Kylie Johnson – made allegations about the 17-year-old’s tumultuous family life on Wednesday night’s program.
Her aunt revealed Pheobe sent her a series of text messages out of the blue on April 26 to say her mother had told her to ‘get out’, but didn’t want to talk about the matter as it was ‘a long story’.
‘Up s*** creek but s*** happens,’ Pheobe wrote, in texts shown on the show.
‘I’m flying the f*** out of here to see my boyfriend. If it goes to plan I’m not coming back. I can’t do s*** anymore. I need to get out of this hell hole.’
Caz Johnson also said that Pheobe had an unsettled childhood, regularly changing schools and having to deal with new stepdads coming in and out of her life.
But Pheobe’s mother reacted immediately on social media after The Project segment aired, saying her sister knew ‘nothing’ about her daughter.
But Pheobe’s mother reacted immediately on social media after The Project segment aired, saying her sister knew ‘nothing’ about her daughter.
Caz Johnson ‘hasn’t spoken to my children or myself for the last 13-14 years’, she wrote.
‘She knows nothing about Pheobe and who she was as a person. I haven’t always made the right decisions in life but I’ve tried my hardest to protect my babies.
‘I love you and I promise I will bring Phee home! That’s my declaration to our family! I won’t rest and I won’t give up till Phee is with us.’
Pheobe’s housemates have told detectives they drove her to Bundaberg Airport on May 15 for an 8.30am flight to Brisbane and then on to Perth, where she planned to meet up with her boyfriend.
They claimed to have dropped the teen off at the airport in Bromley’s 2011 silver Hyundai ix35 hatchback. No CCTV of her at the airport has been found.
Police launched an intense search for Pheobe in a nearby bushland area, scouring it for several days with cadaver dogs – but on Wednesday, cops confirmed they had suspended the search.
More to come.
