Everything we know about the disappearance of Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop

Published on: May 24, 2025

By MATT JONES FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 06:03 BST, 24 May 2025 | Updated: 07:14 BST, 24 May 2025

The disappearance of 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop has rattled a small Queensland country town as police continue a desperate search to find her.

Pheobe was living in Gin Gin in Bundaberg, about 360km north of Brisbane, when she failed to board her flight to Western Australia last week.

When did Pheobe go missing?

The 17-year-old was supposed to travel from 40 minutes from Gin Gin to Bundaberg Airport on the morning of Thursday, May 15.

Where was she going?

Pheobe was flying from Bundaberg to Western Australia to visit her boyfriend. When she failed to board her flight, the alarm was raised.

Police issued a missing person’s report the following day at 6pm on Friday, May 16.

Who were the last to see her?

Pheobe Bishop, 17, was supposed to travel to an airport in Bundaberg when she vanished

Up to 40 SES volunteers (pictured) searched Good Night Scrub National Park on Saturday

Police say she was last seen on Airport Drive at Bundaberg at 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.

On Monday, May 19, police searched along Bundaberg’s Airport Drive and nearby areas but failed to find Pheobe or her belongings.

Police said her disappearance was ‘out of character’.

Pheobe had been living with Tanika Bromley and her partner, James Wood who detectives believed drove her to the airport in Bromley’s silver Hyundai.

Where are the crime scenes?

On Wednesday 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 detained.

‘We do have police and scientific officers at that address conducting examinations,’ Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said.

Police established a crime scene at a Gin Gin property Pheobe was living in

A grey Hyundai was detained by police and declared a crime scene last Wednesday

‘Police are trying to nail down the timeline to where this vehicle has gone.

‘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 also appealed for dash cam and CCTV footage of the car.

What is the latest police update?

On Thursday, Detective Thompson appealed to the public for information.

‘People don’t vanish,’ he said.

‘Someone knows something and we’re urging anyone with information to contact police immediately.

‘You may have the small piece of information that leads us to finding Pheobe.’

On Friday, homicide officers became involved in the case specialist police, including the dive squad, were searching waterways at Good Night Scrub National Park.

Daily Mail Australia contacted Queensland Police at 2pm on Saturday. Police said there were no further updates on Pheobe’s disappearance at this stage.

Pheobe was described as about 180cm tall, with a pale complexion, long, dyed red hair and hazel eyes.