Cops reveal breakthrough that led police to human remains in ‘unforgiving' search for missing teen Pheobe Bishop
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COPS reveal what led them to discover human remains believed to be those of 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop, who disappeared over three weeks ago.
Investigators were steered to the crime scene - five miles from their initial search area - by a family tracking app on Phoebe's phone.
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A body was found in the search for missing teen Pheobe Bishop
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Police say they used a family tracking app on Pheobe's phone to trace her final movements
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The crime scene is still being investigated
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The remains were discovered at 2.30pm on Friday in remote bushland, according to Queensland Detective Inspector Craig Mansfield.
Police believe they were not buried.
Mansfield said that the remains still need to be be formally identified: "As a result, a crime scene is still established there at the moment."
He added: "Our forensic capabilities will hopefully be finished there today."
"The area is in an unforgiving terrain, so it may take some time to finish that examination."
The process of recovering the remains has been delayed by over a day - as dangerous wildlife, including feral pigs and dogs, scour the area, Daily Mail Australia reports.
The teen's travel luggage and phone have not been found, police say.
Pheobe was last seen near Bundaberg Airport in southern Queensland at around 8.30am on May 15.
She was supposed to fly to Brisbane and then to Perth to see her "high-school sweetheart" boyfriend but CCTV footage showed that she never entered the airport.
Pheobe's two housemates James Wood and Tanika Bromley were charged with murder on Thursday, along with two counts of interfering with a corpse.
The remains were collected on Saturday night from the Good Night Scrub National Park, where police remained on Sunday morning, according to Daily Mail Australia.
The is around an hour from Pheobe's hometown of Gin Gin, near Bundaberg in central Queensland, where she shared a house with Wood and Bromley.
Pheobe Bishop cops arrest 34-year-old flatmate who was last to see missing Aussie teen on explosive journey to airport
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James Wood, 34, has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of interfering with a corpse
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Tanika Bromley, 33, has been hit with the same charges
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'This is ripping me apart,' said Pheobe's mum
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Flowers have been left at the crime scene
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Mansfield said: "We have been in contact with Pheobe's family to advise them of this development.
"Understandably, this caused great distress to them, however they're supportive of the information that they've been receiving along the way."
Pheobe's distraught mum Kylie Johnson thanked police on Saturday for their efforts in finding her daughter.
"These guys have literally been on their hands and knees to find our baby and get her home to us," she said.
"I will honestly never be able to repay them for what they have done for my family and Pheobe.
"They have worked 24 hour days since Pheobe went missing and they won't stop until she's home."
On Friday, the mum made a heartbreaking statement on social media after receiving the news.
She said: "I didn't think my heart could break anymore than it did when you went missing, or when the charges were laid but this.
"This is ripping me apart."
Pheobe's sister Kaylea Bishop said the teen was 'loved and missed' dearly.
As she stood outside Bundaberg Magistrates Court, where Wood and Bromley's murder charges were heard on Friday morning, she begged for help finding her sister's body.
A candlelight vigil will take place in Gin Gin at 4pm today to honour the teen, Daily Mail reports.
People attending the vigil have reportedly been encouraged to wear bright colours and butterflies.
Wood and Bromley will return to court on August 11.
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