A third person has been arrested and charged following the alleged murder of Bundaberg teenager Pheobe Bishop.
Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser, 30, has been charged with two counts of accessory after the fact to murder.
He will face Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
‘It will be alleged the man used the victim’s mobile phone to interfere with the investigation,’ a Queensland Police Service spokesperson said on Wednesday morning.
‘Following extensive investigations, police arrested the man shortly after 7pm last night in Bundaberg West.’
Pheobe, 17, went missing near Bundaberg Airport about 8.30am on May 15, after booking a trip to WA to visit her boyfriend.
On June 6, police discovered the Gin Gin teenager’s remains near Goodnight Scrub National Park. They allege her body was moved more than once.
On Monday afternoon Pheobe’s family held a private funeral for the teen in Bundaberg before a cremation at the Springfields Crematorium.
A third person has been arrested and charged following the alleged murder of Bundaberg teenager Pheobe Bishop (pictured)
Her former housemates, 33-year-old Tanika Bromley (pictured) and 34-year-old James Wood, were charged with her murder on June 5
Wood (pictured) is now being held at Brisbane Correctional Centre
Pheobe’s funeral notice described her as the ‘beloved daughter of Kylie and Ray, Kevin and Stacey. Dearly loved sister of Jamie, Jesse, Kaylea, Ruby-Leigh, Aybel and sister-in-law to Janay. Loving aunty to Tallullah. Much loved niece, cousin and friend to many’.
Her mum Kylie Johnson said she was ‘devastated’ to farewell her daughter.
‘This is absolutely everybody’s worst nightmare, however, we promised to get Phee home and give her a send-off that Phee would approve of and that’s what will happen,’ Ms Johnson said in a statement.
Her former housemates, 33-year-old Tanika Bromley and 34-year-old James Wood, were charged with her murder on June 5.
They are being held in jail on remand while they await their next court appearance. Neither have entered pleas.
Wood is now being held at Brisbane Correctional Centre, and Bromley is in Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre.
