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| Pheobe Bishop disappearance: housemates charged with murdering teenager | Pheobe Bishop disappearance: housemates charged with murdering teenager |
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| Queensland police arrested a 34-year-old man and 33-year-old woman in Bundaberg area and charged them with murder | Queensland police arrested a 34-year-old man and 33-year-old woman in Bundaberg area and charged them with murder |
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| Police allege Pheobe Bishop’s housemates moved her body twice after murdering her, with investigations indicating the missing 17-year-old is in a national park. | Police allege Pheobe Bishop’s housemates moved her body twice after murdering her, with investigations indicating the missing 17-year-old is in a national park. |
| The housemates allegedly murdered the missing teenager before moving her body from a national park, police say. | The housemates allegedly murdered the missing teenager before moving her body from a national park, police say. |
| James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, will remain behind bars after their matters appeared in Bundaberg Magistrates Court in southern Queensland. | |
| They have been charged with murder and two counts each of interfering with a corpse. | |
| They have been remanded in custody ahead of their next court appearance on 11 August. | |
| The arrests came three weeks to the day after Pheobe missed a flight and vanished. | The arrests came three weeks to the day after Pheobe missed a flight and vanished. |
| Pheobe’s remains were yet to be located, police said. | Pheobe’s remains were yet to be located, police said. |
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| A police search will focus on locating Pheobe’s remains after resuming on Friday, with investigations indicating she may be in a national park near Bundaberg. | |
| “Whilst we always hoped to find Pheobe alive, our investigation ... quite clearly showed us that that was not going to be a viable outcome,” Detective Inspector Craig Mansfield said. | |
| Police allege Wood and Bromley drove Pheobe in a grey Hyundai ix35 to Airport Drive in Bundaberg but no one exited the car. | Police allege Wood and Bromley drove Pheobe in a grey Hyundai ix35 to Airport Drive in Bundaberg but no one exited the car. |
| Pheobe was allegedly murdered and her body was moved more than once from the Good Night Scrub national park, an hour’s drive from Bundaberg airport. | Pheobe was allegedly murdered and her body was moved more than once from the Good Night Scrub national park, an hour’s drive from Bundaberg airport. |
| Police had searched the park extensively during their investigation into Pheobe’s disappearance, saying evidence may have been moved from the national park before officers arrived. | Police had searched the park extensively during their investigation into Pheobe’s disappearance, saying evidence may have been moved from the national park before officers arrived. |
| Items were seized during the search for forensic information. | Items were seized during the search for forensic information. |
| Pheobe’s remains are yet to be located but police suspect they are in the national park, Mansfield told reporters on Friday. | |
| “We’re back to a particular area where we are suspecting that we may locate Pheobe, but again, it is a broad, unforgiving, large area,” he said. | “We’re back to a particular area where we are suspecting that we may locate Pheobe, but again, it is a broad, unforgiving, large area,” he said. |
| Telephone data led police to focus on the national park with search operations restarting on Friday after efforts were scaled back on Wednesday. | Telephone data led police to focus on the national park with search operations restarting on Friday after efforts were scaled back on Wednesday. |
| “We hope that we’ll have a resolution over the coming days,” Mansfield said. | “We hope that we’ll have a resolution over the coming days,” Mansfield said. |
| Police also believe they understand the motive for Pheobe’s murder. | Police also believe they understand the motive for Pheobe’s murder. |
| “We do have information that would suggest some form of motivation,” Mansfield said. | “We do have information that would suggest some form of motivation,” Mansfield said. |
| Wood’s SUV was seized by police for forensic examination on Thursday night. | Wood’s SUV was seized by police for forensic examination on Thursday night. |
| He has been living in the vehicle after the Gin Gin property he shared with Bromley and Pheobe was declared a crime scene after the teenager’s disappearance. | He has been living in the vehicle after the Gin Gin property he shared with Bromley and Pheobe was declared a crime scene after the teenager’s disappearance. |
| “There is a vehicle that we believe Pheobe was transported in, but I will not disclose that at this point in time,” Mansfield said. | “There is a vehicle that we believe Pheobe was transported in, but I will not disclose that at this point in time,” Mansfield said. |
| Mansfield said he shared the devastation Pheobe’s mother, Kylie Johnson, was experiencing. | Mansfield said he shared the devastation Pheobe’s mother, Kylie Johnson, was experiencing. |
| “Whilst we always hoped to find Pheobe alive, our investigation as it progressed quite clearly showed us that that was not going to be a viable outcome,” he said. | “Whilst we always hoped to find Pheobe alive, our investigation as it progressed quite clearly showed us that that was not going to be a viable outcome,” he said. |
| Wood had previously been taken into custody on Wednesday but was released several hours later without charge. | Wood had previously been taken into custody on Wednesday but was released several hours later without charge. |
| Wood and Bromley had earlier been charged with unrelated weapons offences. | Wood and Bromley had earlier been charged with unrelated weapons offences. |
| Police allegedly found a shortened firearm, ammunition and two replica handguns during a search of Bromley’s grey Hyundai ix35 and further ammunition in the pair’s Gin Gin home. | Police allegedly found a shortened firearm, ammunition and two replica handguns during a search of Bromley’s grey Hyundai ix35 and further ammunition in the pair’s Gin Gin home. |
| Mansfield said he could not speculate until Pheobe’s body was found on whether the weapons located were used in her murder. | Mansfield said he could not speculate until Pheobe’s body was found on whether the weapons located were used in her murder. |
| Johnson said on Thursday night her family had been “shattered”. | Johnson said on Thursday night her family had been “shattered”. |
| Johnson had been posting on social media almost every day since her daughter’s “suspicious” disappearance, pleading for information. | Johnson had been posting on social media almost every day since her daughter’s “suspicious” disappearance, pleading for information. |
| “Our world has just been shattered into the most horrific place I’ve ever been,” she wrote on Thursday night. | “Our world has just been shattered into the most horrific place I’ve ever been,” she wrote on Thursday night. |
| “I need my baby home to put her to rest! I’m absolutely begging anyone that knows anything to come forward. | “I need my baby home to put her to rest! I’m absolutely begging anyone that knows anything to come forward. |
| “We need to put her to rest, we need to put her to peace.” | “We need to put her to rest, we need to put her to peace.” |
| Wood and Bromley were due to appear in Bundaberg magistrates court on Friday. | Wood and Bromley were due to appear in Bundaberg magistrates court on Friday. |