Police have declared two crime scenes as investigations into a missing 17-year-old-Queensland girl continue.
Pheobe Bishop was scheduled to fly from Bundaberg to Western Australia, via Brisbane, on Thursday May 15 to visit a friend.
However, the teen did not check in or board her Bundaberg flight and there has been no sign of her since she was last seen on Airport Drive, near the airport, at about 8.30am on Thursday.
Police said a property in Gin Gin, west of Bundaberg, where Pheobe was living prior to her disappearance, and a silver Hyundai ix35 believed to be the car she travelled to Airport Drive in, have been declared crime scenes. Police have seized the car.
Pheobe’s mum, Kylie Johnson, spoke out on Wednesday morning, seven days since her daughter was last seen.
‘As we enter another day with Pheobe still missing our heart’s are breaking more and more. Phee we just need to know that you’re ok? We just need to hear your voice!
‘I’m begging anyone that has anything to contact Police link 131 444.
‘We as a family are thankful for the message of support and offers of assistance. Right now we are grasping onto hope and just trying to breath.’
Pheobe Bishop, 17, was last seen at about 8.30am at Airport Drive in Bundaberg, Queensland, on Thursday May 15
A grey Hyundai ix35 (pictured) believed to be the car Pheobe travelled to Airport Drive in has been seized by police
Pheobe’s mum, Kylie Johnson, has put up more than 400 missing person posters across Bundaberg and surrounding areas as she desperately searches for her missing daughter
Acting Police Inspector Ryan Thompson said on Tuesday that Pheobe was dropped off at the airport by ‘associates’ but never made it to the terminal.
He said police were investigating what happened outside the terminal at the time of her disappearance.
‘We’re still working together to piece together her movements on that day,’ Insp Thompson said.
Detectives are collecting CCTV footage from the area and have urged anyone with dashcam footage around Airport Drive, Commercial Street and Samuels road to come forward.
Pheobe, who is approximately 180cm (six foot) tall with a pale complexion, long dyed red hair and hazel eyes, was travelling with luggage and was last seen wearing a green tank top and grey tracksuit pants.
A land search was conducted around Airport Drive and the surrounding areas on Monday but police failed to locate any of her personal belongings.
Pheobe’s phone and social media accounts have been inactive since she went missing, while her bank account has had no activity since May 14.
Insp Thompson added the teen’s disappearance was out of character and investigations would continue ‘as long as it takes’ to locate the missing girl.
The 17-year-old was set to fly from Bundaberg to Western Australia via Brisbane, but did not check in or board her flight
‘As time goes on, the more worried the family is and the more concerned police are becoming,’ Insp Thompson said.
‘We are keeping an open mind in relation to the investigation.
‘We do have associates that are assisting police with our inquiries at the moment, and this is why we’re trying to narrow down that timeline in relation to where Pheobe could be.’
Pheobe’s mum has put up more than 400 missing person posters across Bundaberg and surrounding areas.
In another message shared on Facebook, Ms Johnson expressed the family were ‘lost’ and unsure what to do next.
The distraught mother shot down suggestions that her daughter had run away as it was at odds with her character.
‘If you knew Pheobe you would know that she is free spirited and loves hard! She is loyal to the core and cut throat,’ Ms Johnson wrote.
She said her daughter last week marked the anniversaries of the deaths of her best friend and family members.
‘She would never leave her family without contact – especially this week. [She] would never not contact us at this emotional time.’
Police are urging anyone with dashcam footage of Airport Drive and Samuels Road area between 8.30am and 9.30am on May 15 to come forward (Pheobe and her mum above)
Police said Phoebe’s disappearance was out of character and investigations would continue ‘as long as it takes’ to locate her
Ms Johnson thanked volunteers who searched riverbanks and bushland near the airport.
She also shared an emotional message directly to her daughter, begging her to let them know that she was okay.
‘Honestly have no words to describe our heartbreak, heartache or fear that we won’t see or hear from her again,’ Ms Johnson wrote.
‘Flea, Flea, my heart tells me that you won’t see this, but I love you more than anything in the world.
‘Would be homeless just to hear you say “Hey Mummzie what’s doing”… I would honestly sell my soul to hear those words.’
