Potential breakthrough in search for missing Queensland girl

Police judge they whitethorn person made a breakthrough successful nan hunt for missing Queensland teen Pheobe Bishop.

More than a week aft nan 17-year-old vanished earlier checking successful for a formation to Western Australia, constabulary person narrowed a hunt to an isolated area of bushland.

Homicide detectives person joined nan investigation, though constabulary opportunity they person not fixed up dream of uncovering Pheobe alive.

The find of an point of imaginable liking shifted nan attraction to scrubland westbound of Gin Gin, and Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said nan constabulary diving squad had helped pinch nan hunt of a creek.

"Police person subsequently been conducting immoderate searches of nan Good Night Scrub National Park successful nan hopes of uncovering immoderate grounds successful narration to her disappearance," he said.

"There are nary circumstantial persons of interest, nevertheless constabulary are pursuing up each avenues of enquiry."

The hunt was halted arsenic nighttime fell and will resume successful nan morning. Police person not confirmed if nan point that was recovered is connected to Phoebe's case.

Pheobe was past seen connected Thursday, May 15, by her housemates, who opportunity they dropped her disconnected extracurricular nan Bundaberg Regional Airport astatine 8.30am.

She had a summons to alert to Western Australia, via Brisbane, to sojourn her boyfriend, but she ne'er entered nan terminal aliases checked successful for her flight.

There has been nary confirmed sighting of Pheobe aliases her luggage since then.

Pheobe's mother, Kylie Johnson, made a renewed plea for accusation today.

"The numbness that we consciousness astatine nan not knowing is eating astatine america … we would do thing conscionable to perceive your voice," Johnson said.

"I person nary words to picture what this is doing to our family, to our friends and to our community."

Detectives returned coming to nan Gin Gin location Pheobe shared pinch her housemates, searching a autobus parked retired nan beforehand earlier being shown imaginable caller grounds by nan mother of 1 of Pheobe's friends.

The messages show nan 17-year-old talking astir looking guardant to her travel to Western Australia.

There person been nary arrests and Thompson said constabulary had nary circumstantial persons of interest.

When asked if constabulary believed Pheobe was still alive, Thompson said, "we ne'er springiness up hope, we surely dream truthful and I americium judge her family are hoping truthful arsenic well".

He said constabulary had antecedently spoken pinch Pheobe's roommates, who were nan past to spot her.

Their Gin Gin location remains an progressive crime scene, arsenic does nan car utilized to return her to nan airport, a grey Hyundai ix35 pinch Queensland registration 414EW3.

It is not clear if Pheobe was seen connected CCTV extracurricular nan airport.

Thompson said "versions that person been provided to police" had led investigators to see Airport Drive arsenic Pheobe's past known location.

Thompson would not uncover wherever aliases erstwhile Pheobe's telephone was past utilized but said that was besides portion of nan investigation.

Thompson said Pheobe's family were "overwhelmed" and that constabulary were keeping them up to day pinch developments.

Pheobe's fellow told 9News yesterday that he was devastated and couldn't judge nan business was existent but was holding up okay.

Earlier, Phoebe's mother had said nan family's "heartache and symptom is earthy and real".

"We arsenic a family are trying to bent onto nan ray of life that is our Free Spirited Gypsy Soul Phee Phee," she posted connected Facebook.

"Phee we request you home, we request to perceive your sassy sound and consciousness your hugs."

Family members person handed retired much than 400 missing personification flyers crossed Bundaberg and Gin Gin and person been searching rivers and bushland.

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

She was past seen carrying luggage and wearing a greenish vessel apical and grey tracksuit pants.

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