A worried mother has lovingly described her missing daughter as a ‘wild gypsy banshee’ as she asks the public for help locating the teenager.
Pheobe Bishop, 17, has been missing since Wednesday, May 15 after she was scheduled to fly from Bundaberg to Western Australia.
Police say she was last seen on Airport Drive at Bundaberg about 8.30am on May 15, carrying her luggage and wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants.
She never checked in for her flight, and airport CCTV footage showed she didn’t make it inside the terminal.
Pheobe had been living with Tanika Bromley and her partner James Wood who detectives believe drove her to the airport in Bromley’s silver Hyundai.
The 17-year-old’s mum Kylie Johnson released a statement on Saturday saying ‘she has always been strong willed and followed her own beat to life’.
‘You can’t tame Phee’s spirit, empathy or fight for life,’ Ms Johnson wrote alongside a a family photo of her daughter pictured with her arms around two men.
‘She is sassy, feisty and loves harder than anyone I’ve ever met.
Pheobe Bishop’s family have appealed for anyone with information about her disappearance to call police (this photo was shared by Queensland Police on Saturday)
Pheobe’s mum Kylie Johnson said her daughter ‘loves harder than anyone I’ve ever met’
Forensics are seen looking at evidence bags during the search for Pheobe Bishop on Saturday
‘We are appealing to anyone who may have heard from Pheobe, or anyone who has information about where she may be, to please contact police.’
Ms Johnson said her daughter would ‘never not touch base with the people she loves’.
‘She would never go this long without contacting someone or anyone,’ she said.
‘Phee is the sunflower in a field full of wildflowers. She is an essential part of our lives and we need her home.
‘We need to hear her music, feel her hugs and hear her voice.’
On Wednesday, Queensland Police said Pheobe’s disappearance was being treated as ‘suspicious’ and two crime scenes were established.
One was the Gin Gin house where Pheobe was living with Bromley and Wood.
The second was a silver Hyundai, owned by Bromley, which police have seized.
Emergency crews searched the Good Scrub National Park on Saturday
Police and SES volunteers moved to a new location to search for Pheobe on Saturday
A silver Hyundai police have seized as part of their investigations is pictured
Crews are currently conducting a land, water and aerial search the Good Scrub National Park just outside of Gin Gin, an hour away from where Pheobe was last seen.
On Saturday, police asked for members of the public who may have seen a Hyundai ix35 in the Good Scrub National Par on May 15 to come forward.
‘Police are trying to nail down the timeline to where this vehicle has gone,’ Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said.
‘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.’
Police have also asked anyone with dashcam, CCTV footage, including bushcam CCTV to contact them if they have footage of around May 15.
Detectives have set aside Mingo Road and Gayndah Road as areas of interest.
Queensland’s State Emergency Service crews are combing through the bushland, while police divers search waterways.
On Friday night, police discovered an item of potential interest in the national park.
Pheobe ‘would never go this long without contacting someone or anyone’, her mum says
A specialist drone is being used to scour a river near Gin Gin during the search for Pheobe
Detective Acting Inspector Thompson said on Friday that the police diving squad searched a creek.
‘Police have subsequently been conducting some searches of the Good Night Scrub National Park in the hopes of finding some evidence in relation to her disappearance,’ he said.
‘There are no specific persons of interest, however, police are following up all avenues of enquiry.’
Police did not say if the item that was found was connected to Phoebe.
No charges have been laid and Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting Ms Bromley or Mr Wood is responsible for the teenager’s disappearance.
