Missing 17-Year-Old Posted About Her Family and ‘Finding Herself’ Before Missing Her Flight and Disappearing
Pheobe Bishop was last seen on May 15 after she missed a flight she was scheduled to be on and vanished
- A 17-year-old girl from Australia, Pheobe Bishop, has been missing for almost two weeks after missing a flight she was scheduled to be on
- In Bishop’s latest TikTok post, which she shared two days before she went missing, she shared a cryptic message that mentioned her family and finding herself
- In their latest update, police said search efforts were focused in Gin Gin as well as the area around nearby Good Night Scrub National Park
Amid the ongoing search for 17-year-old girl Pheobe Bishop, who vanished after being dropped off at an airport nearly two weeks ago, reports are surfacing about the final post she shared on TikTok before disappearing.
In a TikTok post she shared two days before she went missing, the teen participated in a social media trend in which she pretended to have coffee with her younger self, according to Sky News and news.com.au.
According to Sky News, at one point, the teen asked, “Do me and mum get along and did we finally make her proud?” In response, she reportedly wrote that “she will never be proud” and that they didn’t see or talk to each other “but it’s better like this.”
“I asked, ‘Are you okay?’ and she replied, ‘Like you care.’ I said, ‘I am you,’ and she stopped and stared,” she wrote at another point. “She started to bawl, as she quickly jumped across the table into my arms.”
She ended the TikTok by noting that she was prioritizing “finding herself,” according to the Australian outlet and the Mirror.
Meanwhile, in another post from March she wrote, “I’m not built for this town, these aren’t my people,” reported Sky News.
The teen hasn’t been seen or heard from since being taken to Airport Drive at the Bundaberg Regional Airport in Queensland on May 15 around 8:30 a.m. local time, local police said in a Monday, May 19 news release.
Queensland Police Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson previously said the teen was visiting somebody close to her, and that the people who dropped her off did not enter the terminal with her, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
According to a previous police statement, Pheobe had been living at a residence in Gin Gin for a while. “It is not a direct family member that she resides with … I believe there were currently two people that she was living with,” Thompson told the ABC.
In an update on May, 26, police said search efforts were focused in Gin Gin as well as the area around nearby Good Night Scrub National Park, noting that “recent investigations show some evidence may have been moved from the Good Night Scrub area, prior to police arrival.”
Additionally, authorities said that a number of items, which they believe are linked to the investigation, have been located and are currently being examined.
Speaking to local reporters in an audio clip shared with PEOPLE, Thompson said that there are “no signs” of a struggle and that the investigation is still being handled as a “suspicious” missing persons case
Reporters also asked about weapons that were reportedly found inside one of the cars owned by one of Bishop’s roommates. “At this point in time, the weapons that have been located are not being linked specifically to this investigation,” Thompson said.
“However, we’re not ruling anything out,” he added. “We’re just keeping all possibilities open.”
Thompson went on to note that the grey Hyundai the teen is believed to have traveled to the airport in, which they seized, is no longer being examined.
As the investigation continues, Bishop’s family shared a statement with police about the “sassy, feisty” young girl, who “followed her own beat to life.”
“Pheobe would never not touch base with the people she loves,” the family said. “She would never go this long without contacting someone or anyone.”
Police are continuing to ask the public for help.
“Detectives are now appealing to anyone with information, vision or sightings of a grey Hyundai ix35 between May 15 to 18 in the greater Gin Gin area to contact police,” they wrote in their latest update.