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Missing Pheobe Bishop’s housemates charged with murder 21 days after teen vanished – but body still hasn’t been found
The twist comes as the desperate hunt continues for Pheobe
THE housemates of missing teen Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder, nearly a month after she went missing.
James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, have each been charged with one count of murder and two counts of interfering with a corpse.
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Police arrested Wood - the last person to see the teen on the trip to the airport - on Wednesday, before being released just hours later.
But have now been arrested and charged - three weeks after Pheobe's last known sighting.
It comes after a gruelling search mission which was called off just days earlier.
17-year-old Pheobe, from Gin Gin, north of Brisbane, has not been seen or heard from since Thursday, May 15.
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No sign of her body has been found yet.
Police said: "Detectives continue to investigate this matter, and physical searches will continue as needed as information is provided."
They made the arrest in the Bundaberg area and are due to appear in court on Friday.
The arrest comes after Wood told the Daily Mail that Pheobe had been complaining and having emotional outbursts before they left to the airport.
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He said: "She gets like that sometimes and usually we can calm her down but she was escalating and then she smashed the TV".
On the drive to the airport, Wood, his girlfriend Bromley, and Pheobe argued over whether the car could stop.
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Pheobe wanted to do her makeup in the car before they arrived despite there being bathrooms at the airport, Wood said.
She was on her way to, Perth, Western Australia to visit her "high-school sweetheart" boyfriend.
So, he pulled over, less than a kilometre away from their destination.
He said: "We wanted to give her five minutes, give her her own space to do what she needed to do."
Wood and Bromley then walked off and were away from Pheobe and the car for five minutes, he said.
When he returned, he said Pheobe and her bag were gone.
Wood insisted to the news outlet he had nothing to do with her disappearance and had gone looking for her with Bromley.
After not being able the find the teen, he assumed that she had boarded her flight.
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Australian teenager Pheobe was supposed to board a flight on May 15 to see her boyfriend - but mysteriously she never checked in.
The explosive drive to the airport was the last time anyone had seen her.
A family member said: "Her phone has been switched off from this point.
"She hasn't contacted anyone at all, no one has seen her."
The trio had been living in a derelict pad together, which cops have now declared a crime scene.
Her distressed mum, Kylie Johnson, has made a series of heartbreaking pleas begging anyone with information to come forward.
She also claimed that her daughter's sudden disappearance was out of character.
The teen 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.
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Her social media accounts have also not been active since she went missing.
And her last bank account activity was recorded on May 14, the day before she disappeared.
Bromley, 33, had previously been arrested after police allegedly found weapons in her silver Hyundai ix35 - the car which has been at the centre of police focus.
The day before, a new number plate was discovered to have been painted and taped over the Hyundai's original plate.
Bromley appeared in the Bundaberg Magistrates Court last Monday, after cops alleged they found a shortened firearm, ammunition and two replica handguns inside her grey Hyundai.
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She was charged with two counts of authority required to possess explosives, and one count each of possessing and acquiring restricted items and unlawful possession of weapons.
Additional ammunition was also reportedly found at the home.
Pheobe Bishop timeline
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May 14: Pheobe Bishop's last known bank transaction takes place.
May 15: Pheobe is reportedly dropped off near Bundaberg Airport's terminal by her housemates, James Wood and Tanika Bromley, in order to catch a flight to Brisbane and then to Perth to visit her boyfriend.
May 15, 8:30am: Pheobe makes a final phone call to her boyfriend before her scheduled flight. Her phone is then switched off and has remained inactive since.
May 15, post-8:30am: Pheobe fails to check in for her flight. CCTV footage confirms she did not enter the airport terminal.
May 16: Family and police initiate search efforts. Pheobe's social media accounts show no activity during this period.
May 24: Nine days after disappearing, Pheobe's distressed mum pleads the public for information. She says she is "absolutely begging anyone with any information to contact the Queensland Police Service".
May 25: The search effort is widened to cover more area and homicide officers are brought in to help.
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