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The final post shared on social media by missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop was a cryptic conversation with her younger self.
Bishop was allegedly being driven to Bundaberg airport by her housemates when she was last seen on the morning of May 15.
A major police investigation is now underway with police searching waterways in the Bundaberg area and the Good Night Scrub National Park on Friday.
According to the Courier Mail, Bishop last posted to TikTok two days before her disappearance. She shared a version of TikTok’s “coffee with my younger self” trend in which she described an imagined conversation between her current and past self.
“She sat down after giving every person in the cafe a dirty look … I walked in greeting everyone with a smile and being greeted by one,” the post said.
The post went on to say that the teen has been focusing on finding herself.
In a separate social media post from March, Bishop said, “I’m not built for this town, these aren’t my people”.
Pheobe Bishop's last TikTok was a conversation with her younger self. Photo / Facebook
Bishop was last seen en route from the Gin Gin residence, where she was staying with local couple Tanika Bromley and James Wood, to Bundaberg airport.
She did not check in for a booked flight and has not been seen or heard from since.
Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said on Friday divers began searching waterways in the Bundaberg area in the search for the missing teen, but had not yet found any items or luggage that belonged to her.
He said police were also now searching the Good Night Scrub National Park, with a focus on rural areas west of Gin Gin.
The search for 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop entered its eighth day, with detectives seen at a property in Gin Gin as investigations continue. Photo / Lexa Smith via news.com.au
“We are searching for any evidence or any information that might assist police in helping to try and find Pheobe,” he said.
He again asked anyone who was in the vicinity of the airport at the time Pheobe disappeared to come forward.
“No little bit of information is too much, and we will keep trying to follow through those avenues of inquiry,” he said.
“We’re trying to search areas that we’re receiving public information from, and we’re making sure that we’re covering all those areas.”
Bishop’s mother Kylie Johnson shared a heartbreaking message on Facebook, saying as each day passed, it was getting “harder to breathe” and she felt numb not knowing where her daughter was.
“We would do anything just to hear your voice, to have you curl up in my lap and hold you tight,” she said.
“I have no words to describe what this is doing to our family, to our friends and to our community.
“What we need right now from everyone is to hold your loved ones tight and tell them you love them.”
A “pervading stench of decay” lingers around the property where Pheobe lived before her suspicious disappearance.
Media attending the Gin Gin property on Thursday have reported a disgusting smell emanating from the dilapidated home, which remains an active crime scene as police continue to investigate the disappearance of the 17-year-old.
The Courier Mail this week reported bags of rubbish were piled up outside the property and multiple dogs – reportedly dead – were seen being removed by detectives.
The Daily Mail reported a neighbour believed as many as 13 animals had been found.
Detectives were scouring the residence for more clues on Friday, as the search for the teen entered its eighth day.
Rubbish and various items could be observed scattered around the home, and a bus with the words “let it ride” was parked on the nature strip.
Court documents reveal flatmate Bromley has been on bail since February this year on charges of unlawful possession of a shortened firearm, unlawful possession of a weapon category a, b or m, and unlawful possession of a knife in public.
According to court documents, the alleged offences occurred in Emerald.
Bromley first fronted Bundaberg Magistrates Court on March 28 and is due back in court on June 23.
Along with the Gin Gin property, a grey Hyundai ix35 – believed to be the car she travelled to Airport Drive in – was also declared a crime scene on Wednesday.
Police are also appealing to the public for dashcam and CCTV footage of the grey Hyundai ix35 with Queensland registration 414EW3 near the Airport Drive and Samuels Rd area in Bundaberg and also the Gin Gin area on May 15.
Thompson said they had not yet found any items or luggage that belonged to Pheobe and public information would be vital to advancing the investigation.
“You may have the small piece of information that leads us to finding Pheobe,” he said.
“People don’t vanish – someone knows something and we’re urging anyone with information to contact police immediately.
