Housemate in custody over Pheobe Bishop's disappearance

The housemate of missing Bundaberg 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop has been taken into custody.

Queensland Police said James Wood, 34, is assisting pinch enquiries during nan investigation and nary charges person been laid. 

Pheobe's housemates — Wood and his partner Tanika Bromley — were nan past group to spot her aft they dropped her disconnected astatine Bundaberg Airport to alert to Western Australia via Brisbane astir 8.30am connected May 15.

Pheobe was meant to sojourn her fellow successful Western Australia but, according to police, ne'er checked successful for her formation aliases entered nan terminal.

Police, pinch nan thief of nan Homicide Investigation Unit, are continuing to analyse Pheobe's suspicious disappearance, but earlier coming suspended each beingness searches for her.

"There are presently nary beingness searches for Pheobe astatine this stage, nevertheless beingness searches will hap arsenic needed and arsenic accusation is provided," a Queensland Police spokesperson said.

"Investigations are ongoing and constabulary are continuing to tally retired respective lines of enquiry."

Today marked 20 days since Pheobe's disappearance.

Her mother, Kylie Johnson, took to societal media to opportunity she started nan time "still missing" her.

"I don't cognize if life will ever beryllium nan aforesaid again? I don't cognize if I will ever look astatine nan world nan aforesaid measurement that I did earlier May 15th," she said.

Johnson said she knew that group had accusation connected Pheobe's whereabouts and urged them to travel forward.

"What I do cognize is that group person accusation connected wherever you are Phee and we request that reported to police," she said.

Last week, constabulary suspended their hunt of nan Good Night Scrub National Park, astir an hr distant from wherever Pheobe was past seen, which had been a attraction successful nan investigation.

There, officers had seized immoderate items linked to her disappearance, but person been tight-lipped astir what those are. 

Police judge immoderate grounds had been moved from nan bushland anterior to their search.

Two crime scenes person been declared — nan location successful Gin Gin wherever Pheobe lived pinch Wood and Bromley, and her housemate's grey Hyundai ix35 pinch registration 414EW3.

A hunt of nan car led constabulary to allegedly find a shortened firearm, ammunition, and 2 replica handguns.

More ammunition was allegedly recovered astatine a location successful Gin Gin. 

Bromley and Wood person since been charged pinch unrelated weapons offences. 

They stay earlier nan courts connected nan weapons charges.

Pheobe is described arsenic astir 180 centimetres tall, pinch a ray complexion, agelong dyed reddish hair, and hazel eyes.

She was past seen carrying luggage, which is besides missing, and wearing a greenish vessel apical and grey sweatpants.

Her family has described her disappearance arsenic retired of character. 

Police are appealing to anyone pinch information, imagination aliases sightings of nan grey Hyundai ix35 pinch registration 414EW3 betwixt May 15 to 18 successful nan greater Gin Gin area to travel forward.

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