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

[BushChookz]

IMO it looks to me like the female is the main perpetrator here. The male looks to perhaps be an accessory after the fact.

If my read is correct, JW was likely a victim of DV, in my opinion. If so, taking her away from him will get him to speak, perhaps.

IMO it looks to me like the female is the main perpetrator here. The male looks to perhaps be an accessory after the fact.

If my read is correct, JW was likely a victim of DV, in my opinion. If so, taking her away from him will get him to speak, perhaps.

Quite possibly! I’m not so sure about him being a DV victim though, I believe I read on this post there was alleged DV abuse in the home. But I thought more likely they both were engaging in that behaviour. Not saying it’s right, just meaning they at times had both been an aggressors.

Either way. Time apart will surely have them both ticking now..

 

[Marg944]

Sooo….. does that mean she has been staying in Millbank????

“Bromley was arrested in Milbank on May 25.”

Update 4: Missing girl, Bundaberg - Queensland Police News

Specialists police, including the Dog Squad, are working alongside aerial assets and the SES in the continued search for missing 17-year-old girl, Pheobe

mypolice.qld.gov.au

milbank to gin gin queensland distance - Google Search

 

[Bigditch]

Really good point that she didn't check in online. The way the media and police are reporting it, they are saying she didn't check in & wasn't seen at the airport, which links the two together. Most people these days check in online, especially if excited, which she likely was.

Dbm

 

[Bigditch]

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https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/pheobes-housemate-charged-with-explosives-weapon-offences/news-story/673584f3f60d50c02fd26f459d823023

Pay-walled

 

[Bigditch]

Tanika Kristan Bromley, 33, has been charged with two counts of authority required to possess explosives, and one count each of possessing/acquiring restricted items and unlawful possession of weapons.

Police allegedly located a shortened firearm, ammunition, and two replica handguns during a search of a grey Hyundai ix35 at the centre of the 17-year-old’s disappearance.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/pheobes-housemate-charged-with-explosives-weapon-offences/news-story/673584f3f60d50c02fd26f459d823023

Thank you for supplying details.

 

[findmollie]

Where did you read Pheobe did not check-in online? Please.

PB did not check in for her flight. This has been confirmed by Queensland Police - see link.

Update 1: Missing girl, Bundaberg

 

[MathildaM]

Where did you read Pheobe did not check-in online? Please.

I haven't. My comment related to another poster who raised the question of whether she checked in online. I thought it was a great insight / question as the way it has been phrased in the media and by police is that she didn't check in and was not captured in the airport CCTV, almost linking the two physically. I had never thought about this in the context of whether she hadn't checked in online. Does the reports that she didn't check in mean only physically at the airport and hence not captured, or does it mean she didn't check in online as well? I don't know but it wasn't just the Bundaberg to Brisbane flight, she was then going onto Perth and being longer, where you might be more focused on choosing a seat... I have no answers but I thought the poster raising online check in raised some interesting questions. Apologies for any confusion

 

[dlr1939]

I haven't. My comment related to another poster who raised the question of whether she checked in online. I thought it was a great insight / question as the way it has been phrased in the media and by police is that she didn't check in and was not captured in the airport CCTV, almost linking the two physically. I had never thought about this in the context of whether she hadn't checked in online. Does the reports that she didn't check in mean only physically at the airport and hence not captured, or does it mean she didn't check in online as well? I don't know but it wasn't just the Bundaberg to Brisbane flight, she was then going onto Perth and being longer, where you might be more focused on choosing a seat... I have no answers but I thought the poster raising online check in raised some interesting questions. Apologies for any confusion

Yes, everywhere the term "check in" has been referred to in the news and online, it's never been specified if they meant online or in person at the airport. I think everyone assumes it means she didn't personally "check in" / turn up at the airport. If indeed it also means she didn't check in online which could have been done 24 hours prior to her flight, she may not have been in a position to do so the day before as I still have not seen anything regarding her last known actual activity. All the reports that she was seen in the vehicle that morning, may not have been her at all. When was the actual last time anyone saw her or spoke to her? We still don't know if the WA boyfriend actually spoke to her or it was just a text. Correct me if I'm wrong but I have been following this pretty closely.

 

[BushChookz]

Why would her brother comment and lie though? As I said people can only be charged if the victim contacts police. I don’t know either of them so obv don’t know anything for sure. But comments from locals suggest they are both as dodgy as each other. The brothers comment literally said her mum tried to help her and she cut her off

I get what you are saying. One reason the brother may lie is out of embarrassment or maybe loyalty.. After all they’re family and share a last name.

 

[Absoluterubbish]

Yes, everywhere the term "check in" has been referred to in the news and online, it's never been specified if they meant online or in person at the airport. I think everyone assumes it means she didn't personally "check in" / turn up at the airport. If indeed it also means she didn't check in online which could have been done 24 hours prior to her flight, she may not have been in a position to do so the day before as I still have not seen anything regarding her last known actual activity. All the reports that she was seen in the vehicle that morning, may not have been her at all. When was the actual last time anyone saw her or spoke to her? We still don't know if the WA boyfriend actually spoke to her or it was just a text. Correct me if I'm wrong but I have been following this pretty closely.

I haven’t seen this confirmed either re the bf and I have also been following pretty closely

 

[dlr1939]

Why would her brother comment and lie though? As I said people can only be charged if the victim contacts police. I don’t know either of them so obv don’t know anything for sure. But comments from locals suggest they are both as dodgy as each other. The brothers comment literally said her mum tried to help her and she cut her off

Police can charge someone with DV offences without the victim wanting to... at least in NSW they can.

 

[Absoluterubbish]

Wow check out the comments about PB from the local IGA worker

Pheobe Bishop's housemate is charged as search continues for teenager

Pheobe Bishop's housemate has been charged as the search continues for the missing teenage girl.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[BushChookz]

Police can charge someone with DV offences without the victim wanting to... at least in NSW they can.

Same here in the NT.

 

[Detechtive]

Why would her brother comment and lie though? As I said people can only be charged if the victim contacts police. I don’t know either of them so obv don’t know anything for sure. But comments from locals suggest they are both as dodgy as each other. The brothers comment literally said her mum tried to help her and she cut her off

Because families are messed up, especially one where there is a 30-something year old female who has had her children taken, and has weapons charges. That is not usually someone from a functional family.

 

[MathildaM]

Yes, everywhere the term "check in" has been referred to in the news and online, it's never been specified if they meant online or in person at the airport. I think everyone assumes it means she didn't personally "check in" / turn up at the airport. If indeed it also means she didn't check in online which could have been done 24 hours prior to her flight, she may not have been in a position to do so the day before as I still have not seen anything regarding her last known actual activity. All the reports that she was seen in the vehicle that morning, may not have been her at all. When was the actual last time anyone saw her or spoke to her? We still don't know if the WA boyfriend actually spoke to her or it was just a text. Correct me if I'm wrong but I have been following this pretty closely.

Yes, this is exactly what I was trying to say! When you query the use of the word check in vs bag drop, it may or may not mean anything. She could have been at Airport Drive that morning and not have checked in online, not everyone does, but technically if you check in online, it means you bag drop at the airport. Does that mean she didn't check in online and if so, because she just didn't or because she couldn't.

 

[Detechtive]

Why would her brother comment and lie though? As I said people can only be charged if the victim contacts police. I don’t know either of them so obv don’t know anything for sure. But comments from locals suggest they are both as dodgy as each other. The brothers comment literally said her mum tried to help her and she cut her off

DV victims don't usually get around with a cache of weapons, either. Especially in a public place. Those are usually DV perpetrators.

 

[Absoluterubbish]

Because families are messed up, especially one where there is a 30-something year old female who has had her children taken, and has weapons charges. That is not usually someone from a functional family.

Yes I agree. I just think it’s odd to assume he’s innocent in all this given the comments from locals on social media. It seems they were heavily involved in drugs. Likely dealing with all those weapons in the car. A supermarket worker said there was an argument between him and PB. Drugs make people insane. I would say at this stage Jw and Tb were both complicit

 

[Detechtive]

I get what you are saying. One reason the brother may lie is out of embarrassment or maybe loyalty.. After all they’re family and share a last name.

Or it could just be the mother and daughters dysfunctional relationship story told by TB's mother to take sides. I have seen it time and time again. I can't imagine TB's mother is a functional wholesome human with a daughter like that.

 

[Absoluterubbish]

DV victims don't usually get around with a cache of weapons, either. Especially in a public place. Those are usually DV perpetrators.

Yes but we don’t know the weapons were hers. Only that they were in a car registered to her. Who knows. I’m sure it will all come out

 

[Detechtive]

Yes I agree. I just think it’s odd to assume he’s innocent in all this given the comments from locals on social media. It seems they were heavily involved in drugs. Likely dealing with all those weapons in the car. A supermarket worker said there was an argument between him and PB. Drugs make people insane. I would say at this stage Jw and Tb were both complicit

I don't think he's innocent. I think he probably was involved after the fact. But I think, based on their profiles, that she seems like the dominant offender in this situation. In my opinion, based on very little evidence thus far.

And it seems disorganised. My theory is TB 'snapped' while he was driving, and killed PB in some sort of rage, and then they had to quickly cover it. It doesn't seem to have any planning at all. I don't see any great level of intelligence or sophistication with TB, it seems like she lives a chaotic existence, and there doesn't look to be any premeditation and pretending they were taking her to the airport, she really was going to the airport, IMO, and there was some friendship level affection for her in the way JW wrote his FB post. Even though the post was problematic from a linguistics point of view (Not naming her, no immediate contact details for police, etc), there seemed to be some level of empathy from him.

Then when you consider that JW only met TB in October 2024, and he had some expensive assets - like a bus, a boat, a 4WD, a motorbike, a theatre lounge suite - which are all quite expensive, it looked like he had some level of having his life together. Then you see him selling things from the time they were together. Maybe to feed her drug habit, or his, or both of them. But there is some level of order and functionality to JW, as opposed to TB, from the little we can see at the moment.

Just my 2c.