However, CCTV footage emerged showing that she never entered the terminal. Her missing person’s information said she was last seen ‘carrying luggage’ and ‘wearing a green tank top and grey sweatpants’.
According to The Independent, Pheobe was driven to the airport by her housemates, and one of her family members said that she’d never checked in for her flight.
They added: “Her phone has been switched off from this point. She hasn’t contacted anyone at all, no one has seen her.”
Pheobe Bishop was last seen on May 15 (Facebook)
On Friday (May 23), the police revealed that an item of interest had also been found inside a national park. They admitted to having seized a grey Hyundai ix35 during their investigation into the case, and they’ve also declared the car an ‘active crime scene’.
The Good Night Scrub National Park is just one hour from where Phoebe was last seen, and cadaver dogs were deployed to search the area.
ABC Australia also reports that her home was declared a crime scene.
Detective Acting Inspector Ryan Thompson said (via The Mirror): “Police are trying to nail down the timeline to where this vehicle has gone. We do have associates that are assisting police with our inquiries at the moment, and this is why we’re trying to narrow down that timeline in relation to where Pheobe could be.”
According to The Independent, forensic police officers have also located some items in brown bags; however, it is not clear how they may be connected to her disappearance.
The teenager’s mother, Kylie Johnson, has also spoken out about the ordeal, explaining that her daughter’s disappearance is ‘out of character’.
CCTV footage showed what appeared to be the car Pheobe left for the airport in (Queensland Police)
She said: “Pheobe would never not touch base with the people she loves. She would never go this long without contacting someone or anyone.
“We are appealing to anyone who may have heard from Phoebe, or anyone who has information about where she may be, to please contact police.”
Her mother further described her as a ‘sunflower in a field full of wildflowers’, adding that she was ‘praying’ for her daughter’s safe return.
“Our lives and existence is nothing without you in our lives,” she said. “We just need to know where you are and if your safe.”
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10-year-old girl died after doctors cut away 17% of her body
Vivienne Murphy died in March 2019 just weeks after leaving school early feeling unwell
A 10-year-old girl tragically lost her life after doctors cut away 17 percent of her body following a Strep A diagnosis.
Dermot and Lily Murphy lost their daughter Vivienne in March 2019, just two weeks after she started feeling unwell with a sore throat.
The young girl was picked up early from school on Valentine’s Day 2019 after she complained of feeling unwell.
Later that afternoon, things escalated as Vivienne developed a sore throat, before coming out with a rash.
The next five days saw Vivienne’s condition deteriorate, though three separate GPs told her worried parents that it was just a viral illness.
“We realised she was still getting worse, and the rash was really angry looking,” Dermot told RTÉ’s This Week programme.
“By the evening, she had pain and we noticed that her right leg started swelling at the knee. We were told this could still be a flu virus, and we explained about the knee, and said the child couldn’t stand at all.”
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It became clear that Vivienne needed urgent medical help, so Dermot drove her to Cork University Hospital.
Doctors ordered blood tests after noticing the girl had a black mark on her leg, with a nurse telling Dermot and Lily their daughter was seriously ill after receiving the results.
The black mark indicated Vivienne contracted necrotising fasciitis, a rare bacterial infection that can spread through the body quickly and be fatal.
“We [were told] at that stage the black mark meant Vivienne had sepsis and was going into shock,” Lily recalled.
Vivienne’s parents were given the devastating news that the only way to save her was to amputate her leg, with that surgery being carried out in Dublin.
After the operation, Dermot and Lily were met by the surgeon, who told them some earth shattering news.
“The words he told us were shocking,” Dermot recalled.
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“He said I think I have stopped the disease from spreading, but I had to cut away 17 percent of your daughter’s body. Seventeen percent is burned into my brain.”
Doctors explained that the black mark started out as Strep-A, before leading on to sepsis and then necrotising fasciitis.
The stress of fighting the disease had caused Vivienne to go into cardiac arrest, and later suffered brain damage, with medics declaring the schoolgirl brain dead.
A subsequent coroner’s report reached a verdict of death by medical misadventure, with Rachael O’Shaughnessy, Partner with HOMS Assist, saying lessons must be learned in relation to the identification and treatment of Strep A and highlighted the need for a paediatric ICU outside of Dublin.
