Australia Australia - Pheobe Bishop, 17, failed to board a scheduled flight from a Queensland Airport. Last seen Airport Drive, Bundaberg, 15 May 2025 #2

[findmollie]

This is based on memory / google maps, but there is a unmarked road off Airport Drive. For anyone looking at Google Maps, it's the dirt (from memory) road that leads to an area with trees and a few buildings. There's construction and a few additional buildings on the same side as the Airport, but from memory, the opposite side (left side of Airport Drive coming from Takalvan Street) of the Airport is still somewhat vacant. I haven't paid attention to it to be honest when I've driven there (which is a lot), so others who are more observant and local may want to add their thoughts.

Looking at the map, it's in between Airport Drive, UltraTune and The Brother's Sports Club where they play touch football. In the off chance that there is someone else involved in PB's disappearance and the car wasn't captured on CCTV via Commercial Road, Takalvan St etc. I'd look there.

I'd also hope that police are looking at every car that drove along Airport Drive around that time, and knowing where they went. A car would either go to the Bundaberg Airport, exit via Takalvan Street intersection or Commercial Street. If they didn't appear anywhere there, then I'd hope police would be following up with them and asking them why.

 

[Alli1982]

Bombshell leaked text messages emerge from Pheobe Bishop's flatmate

Explosive texts from missing teen's housemate are revealed, saying she stole money from them before she disappeared.

www.dailymail.co.uk

And here we have more....and the possible motive (according to his narrative) we've been wondering about. Is this the story he's also telling police, the mind boggles.

 

[findmollie]

Any idea what this is underneath the car?

It looks to me like the car has been driving in long grass?

Police arrest flatmate of missing teenager Phoebe Bishop

 

[TMich6811]

Any idea what this is underneath the car?

It looks to me like the car has been driving in long grass?

Police arrest flatmate of missing teenager Phoebe Bishop

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Looks like someone driving through the woods bottoming out

I bet their soil samples will match

 

[Pineapple5]

any chance TB and JW were involved in selling drugs? Was that $5k money that had to be paid back to someone else? And they desperately needed that money back?
Would love to know if he noticed the $5k missing before OR after she went missing?? Gosh these people are feral. At the end of the day they lived in filth and owned firearms. Your average Australian isn’t like that.

“Money and jewellery” lol that’s like a movie line

 

[findmollie]

Bombshell leaked text messages emerge from Pheobe Bishop's flatmate

Explosive texts from missing teen's housemate are revealed, saying she stole money from them before she disappeared.

www.dailymail.co.uk

And here we have more....and the possible motive (according to his narrative) we've been wondering about. Is this the story he's also telling police, the mind boggles.

If JW and TB aren't involved, the media has effectively ruined their lives and they have been hunted. Until he's charged and more information is revealed by police, we won't know for sure.

 

[findmollie]

any chance TB and JW were involved in selling drugs? Was that $5k money that had to be paid back to someone else? And they desperately needed that money back?
Would love to know if he noticed the $5k missing before OR after she went missing?? Gosh these people are feral. At the end of the day they lived in filth and owned firearms. Your average Australian isn’t like that.

If it is true, I would be VERY surprised if the 5K was from a legitimate source of income.

IMO

 

[mishy66]

Pheobe Bishop's housemate James Wood breaks his silence

The flatmate of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has revealed explosive new details about the her car ride to the airport on the day she disappeared.

www.dailymail.co.uk

1. She wanted to get up at 5am but I said I wasn't waking up that early, it's not that far. Then she slept through her alarm and when she got up she was furious

2. She gets like that sometimes and usually we can calm her down

3. she was escalating and then she smashed the TV

4. After that she started shouting about not having anything to wear ( he says of a 17 yr old, who had already packed days earlier for her big trip and would have already worked out her attire as all 17 yr olds do)

5. Wood claimed emotional outbursts were not unusual for the 17-year-old

6. She does have a temper but she is not a bad kid

7. I said to Tanika if I go in it will just escalate things again

8. she said if she went in it would look like we were parenting her

9. she was living with us because she couldn't live at home anymore; There were too many fights, too much had gone on; If I had a little sister and all she had was her car to live in then I would want someone to help her.

All comments made by JW .
Painting a solid picture here of her being uncontrollable.
Blaming PB throughout that morning , a typical response to laying blame at the feet of the victim. Painting PB as an uncontrollable teenager within a "nurturing parental environment" .

 

[findmollie]

Looks like someone driving through the woods bottoming out

I bet their soil samples will match

Does anyone know if they declared the car a crime scene again? Or did they just take JW into custody. He still hasn't been charged or released as far as I can see (I'm looking at the QLD Police News for updates - please correct me if wrong).

 

[Teche]

Texts confirm 5 puppies died from Hookworm before treatment could work.

Not 11 dogs

“One local told Daily Mail Australia that they had been forced to close their windows and doors to block the smell of the rotting dogs as temperatures soared past 28C.”

What was the local weather that morning? If it was hot leading up to it she might have left out shorts or similar to wear on the plane. Then if the morning of leaving was cold in comparison that might (and it’s a stretch I think) mean her own warm clothes were packed hence the loan of the brand new track suit pants still unsure how they’d look on her, she is tall so height might be ok but she looks slighter than him. That said I don’t think the photos used of her are recent.

The reason dead dogs were found at the home where Pheobe Bishop lived

Pheobe's flatmate confirms - via a leaked text - that there were dead dogs on his property

www.dailymail.co.uk

I guess the roommates didn't own a shovel to bury the dead dogs.

 

[mishy66]

Bombshell leaked text messages emerge from Pheobe Bishop's flatmate

Explosive texts from missing teen's housemate are revealed, saying she stole money from them before she disappeared.

www.dailymail.co.uk

And here we have more....and the possible motive (according to his narrative) we've been wondering about. Is this the story he's also telling police, the mind boggles.

Yep more victim blaming

"The flatmate of missing teen Pheobe Bishop has claimed that she stole money from him before she went missing."

 

[Aussieboy]

She is a tall girl, almost 1.80.
Are there such big duffel bags?
IDK really.
But surely not for travelling by plane.
I have never seen a tourist (especially a girl) carrying such a big bag
There are limits in air travels.
Suitcases must have certain dimensions or you have to pay extra for going over the limit.

JMO

This guy is 193 cms and fits into a duffle bag.

You can get quite big duffle bags for camping, though.

 

[Lucy6226]

I also find the following statement from him interesting.

'And I get it, she is a teenager and she thinks he may be the love of her life, so I understand'

Its very dismissive of her relationship and he is saying that her boyfriend was not the love of her life...did he think he was?? MOO

 

[Alli1982]

If JW and TB aren't involved, the media has effectively ruined their lives and they have been hunted. Until he's charged and more information is revealed by police, we won't know for sure.

And now he's giving all this to the media. BIG if. If he is the parent figure he is making out, why is he raising the money she stole to the Daily Fail today instead of being worried sick about what's happened to the kid he was 'caring' for.

 

[Spectrix]

I've wondered if someone else was involved. It made more sense when there was a possibility PB was potentially kicked out of the car along Samuel's Road, given it is so close to the highway. Airport Drive is a short walk to the terminal. If she had a heavy bag, maybe she'd flag a lift, but that is definitely odd. It's so close. I can't imagine PB not just walking the rest of the way to the terminal.

JW said they walked to the end. I assume he's talking about the corner of Airport Drive and Takalvan Street. Liberty Oil Petrol Station is there and it is a somewhat large (compared to other local petrol stations) shop with things to buy (milk, junk food, the standard petrol station items). If they walked there, police should have CCTV confirming his account, even if they didn't go inside.

When they entered the Airport Terminal, they would be captured on CCTV.

When police picked him up today, it looks like the car was parked near Ross Grey. Yes, the local cemetery is nearby, but if I had to guess, he picked that spot because it was busy enough to be safe. Takalvan Street (just off Bolewski St) is consistently busy. It's also close to a 24/7 gym.

I've had the same thought pattern. Early on when the possibility of Pheobe leaving the car after an argument on Samuels Rd was discussed, it seemed plausible that she could have walked out to the main Road, hitched a ride and met with foul play.

But JW's story of the pair pulling the car over "as they approached Airport Drive" and then exiting the vehicle and walking away "to give Pheobe some space to collect herself" just sounds unfathomable when the whole point of the journey was to get her to the airport, and they were less than a kilometre away. That's only 60 seconds further to drive to reach the airport terminal. Why would they bother to stop when they were so close?

 

[Neet_Mc]

Im going with him and his family actually saying he couldnt hear anything when he answered.

So many padded details in papers on this case. Different cars being shown, images used that are AI generated and tall stories to create interest. AS if a missing persons case needs fake news. Should be a law against newspapers doing this.

I would say that police have spoken to the boyfriend and told him to disclose that he couldn’t hear anything, controlling the narrative so that those guilty will concoct a story and embellish the details to fit.

 

[findmollie]

Texts confirm 5 puppies died from Hookworm before treatment could work.

Not 11 dogs

“One local told Daily Mail Australia that they had been forced to close their windows and doors to block the smell of the rotting dogs as temperatures soared past 28C.”

What was the local weather that morning? If it was hot leading up to it she might have left out shorts or similar to wear on the plane. Then if the morning of leaving was cold in comparison that might (and it’s a stretch I think) mean her own warm clothes were packed hence the loan of the brand new track suit pants still unsure how they’d look on her, she is tall so height might be ok but she looks slighter than him. That said I don’t think the photos used of her are recent.

The reason dead dogs were found at the home where Pheobe Bishop lived

Pheobe's flatmate confirms - via a leaked text - that there were dead dogs on his property

www.dailymail.co.uk

It was a low of 17 degrees (62 Fahrenheit), high of 26 degrees (78 Fahrenheit). If I had to guess, it would have been around 20-21 degrees (68 ish Fahrenheit) by 8:30am. It would depend entirely on PB whether she was cold enough to wear track pants. I would definitely be wearing long pants, especially if I was travelling, but I get cold easily.

The climate in Bundaberg is fairly stable between seasons, so there will be people who wear shorts all year round and others, like myself, who rug up in the lead up to Winter. May is late Autumn (for non-Aussies), so the weather starts to change.

 

[mishy66]

I guess the roommates didn't own a shovel to bury the dead dogs.

Not buying a thing that comes out of his mouth.

The initial reports from the media, said police removed 4 dead dogs and the neighbour then said up to 11 were found dead.

So looking at this and nothing else, JW is trying to say that they all lived in a house with 4 and up to 11 dead dogs / pups and NOT ONE OF THEM, used a shovel to bury them ???? Days have gone by - whether they were dead prior to the 15th OR between the 15th to the 17th when police come knocking and NO ONE on the property buried dead dogs>???
Not buying that story of his either

 

[Pineapple5]

I also find the following statement from him interesting.

'And I get it, she is a teenager and she thinks he may be the love of her life, so I understand'

Its very dismissive of her relationship and he is saying that her boyfriend was not the love of her life...did he think he was?? MOO

I found that wording strange as well. Reminds me of gabby petitos killer constantly calling her business ideas her “little website” and subtly making condescending remarks

 

[mishy66]

I would say that police have spoken to the boyfriend and told him to disclose that he couldn’t hear anything, controlling the narrative so that those guilty will concoct a story and embellish the details to fit.

Agree

Because all suspects and criminals love reading about their own case theories. Platforms like these give them fodder

Lets hope an arrest is imminent