Search for Phoebe Bishop enters tenth day as police canine and rescue helicopter search for lacking teenager | EUROtoday

The police seek for lacking Australian teenager Phoebe Bishop entered its tenth day after she was final seen on her method to the Bundaberg airport to reportedly meet her boyfriend however by no means boarded the flight.

Police canine and helicopters joined the seek for the 17-year-old on Sunday, which was expanded to bushland and waterways within the Good Night Scrub National Park.

Ms Bishop has not been seen or heard from since 15 May, mentioned Queensland police.

According to a member of the family, Ms Bishop by no means checked in for her flight. “She didn’t check in for her flight to visit her boyfriend who she spoke to on the phone at 8.30am,” they mentioned, reported The Sun.

“Her phone has been switched off from this point. She hasn’t contacted anyone at all, no one has seen her,” the member of the family informed the information outlet.

She was final seen on the morning of 15 May when she was being pushed to the Bundaberg airport by her housemates.

Footage shared on-line confirmed a gray Hyundai ix35 driving alongside the backstreet of Gin Gin. The automobile mannequin was allegedly the identical because the one Ms Bishop was travelling in on the day of her disappearance, based on the police.

The video was reportedly from two hours after Ms Bishop was dropped to the Bundaberg airport for her flight to Brisbane. She was then scheduled to journey to Perth to satisfy her boyfriend.

The police have seized the gray Hyundai ix35 with a Queensland registration 414EW3 and declared it an lively crime scene.

Earlier, appearing inspector Ryan Thompson mentioned police had been nonetheless making an attempt to find out “whether Pheobe was actually dropped off at the airport, and whether she knew the driver of the SUV”. He mentioned: “We’re still working together to piece together her movements on that day.”

Forensic police officers have additionally collected some gadgets in brown proof luggage however it’s not instantly clear if they’re linked to the case.

Facebook customers posted images of their entrance door lights on the profile of Ms Bishop’s mom Kylie Johnson, which they are saying was to “guide Phoebe home”.

“May our shining lights, light up your path Phoebe,” one consumer mentioned, posting an image of a lit-up entrance porch of their home.

Ms Bishop’s mom prayed for her daughter’s secure return. “I’m praying that the lights of Gin Gin and the world guide you back to me, guide you back to us, guide you back to your siblings and our family. Our lives and existence is nothing without you in our lives,” she wrote. “We just need to know where you are and if your safe.”