Remains found in bushland are confirmed to be those of missing teen Pheobe Bishop

Phoebe Bishop’s family have confirmed that the remains found in bushland are hers. 

Pheobe went missing on her way to Bundaberg airport in southern Queensland on May 15.

Her housemates James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, were charged with her murder on June 6, more than three weeks after she disappeared.

Officers later found what they believed were the teenager’s remains in bushland near a national park, about an hour’s drive from Bundaberg airport.

Police allege they moved her body more than once.

The Bishop family said officers on Monday confirmed the remains were Pheobe’s. 

‘Our family would like to thank everyone involved, from those who provided information to those who participated in the search, and everyone who has sent us heartwarming messages,’ the family stated.

‘We just would also like to have time to process and grieve this new information as a family and ask for privacy at this time.’

Remains found in bushland have been confirmed to be missing teen Phoebe Bishop

Remains found in bushland have been confirmed to be missing teen Phoebe Bishop

Mourners pay tribute to Bishop at a vigil

Mourners pay tribute to Bishop at a vigil

James Wood, 34, was charged with Pheobe's murder

Wood's partner Tanika Bromley, 33, is facing the same charge

Bundaberg couple James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, have been charged by Queensland Police with Phoebe’s murder and with interfering with her corpse.

Police are still investigating how the teen died. 

Pheobe was apparently dropped at Bundaberg Airport by her housemates to catch a flight to Western Australia to visit her boyfriend, but she never entered the terminal.

Authorities will allege she was murdered shortly after she was last seen and that her body was moved a number of times before it was found in bushland near Good Night Scrub National Park on June 6.

Wood and Bromley remain in custody and are due to appear in court again in August.  

It’s alleged Bromley and Wood interfered with her corpse on May 15 and again two days later when Pheobe’s body is said to have been moved to Good Night Scrub National Park.

Court documents allege she was killed on Airport Drive in Bundaberg where she was last seen with her luggage, which police have yet to find.

It’s understood detectives relied on DNA on Pheobe’s clothes and DNA from hair at the scene to identify her after her body lay for three weeks in a remote area where feral dogs and wild pigs roam.

Levi's father Rick has broken his silence to Daily Mail Australia and revealed his son Levi (pictured together) is still too traumatised to talk about his loss

Levi’s father Rick has broken his silence to Daily Mail Australia and revealed his son Levi (pictured together) is still too traumatised to talk about his loss

Pheobe Bishop, 17, (pictured with her mother Kylie Johnson) vanished en route from her rural Queensland hometown to visit high school sweetheart, Levi, 18, in Western Australia on May 15

Pheobe Bishop, 17, (pictured with her mother Kylie Johnson) vanished en route from her rural Queensland hometown to visit high school sweetheart, Levi, 18, in Western Australia on May 15

Police confirmed Pheobe’s remains had not been buried at the site where they were found. 

Pheobe’s mother Kylie Johnson was informed that police had found human remains just moments before the discovery was made public.

‘I didn’t think my heart could break anymore then it did when you went missing, or when the charges were laid, but this! This is ripping me apart,’ she said in a post as the news broke.

On Sunday, a convoy of more than 50 vehicles travelled from Gin Gin to Bundaberg to honour Pheobe’s memory.

Tributes have flowed from the community and her boyfriend Levi, who had been preparing for a beach trip with Pheobe. 

Levi’s father Rick – speaking on his son’s behalf – has opened up to Daily Mail Australia. (We are not revealing Levi’s surname at the family’s request.) 

Rick said Levi is still too traumatised by Pheobe’s loss – but said the family wanted to pay tribute to the special bond between the lovestruck teenagers. 

Levi absolutely adored Pheobe,’ he said.

Police are seen at a cordoned-off section of Good Night Scrub National Park

Police are seen at a cordoned-off section of Good Night Scrub National Park 

The area of dense bushland where Pheobe's remains were found

The area of dense bushland where Pheobe’s remains were found

A makeshift memorial has appeared at the ramshackle, rubbish-strewn Gin Gin home she shared with Wood and Bromley

A makeshift memorial has appeared at the ramshackle, rubbish-strewn Gin Gin home she shared with Wood and Bromley

Rick revealed the tragedy is the second devastating heartbreak to hit the family after Levi lost his mother in a car crash in Bundaberg just four years ago – a tragedy that prompted the family to move across the country.

‘They would video chat all night, every night, falling asleep – and then they would tell each other who was sleep-talking the next day,’ Rick told Daily Mail Australia.

‘It was a bit cute.’

The father-of-six said the couple had been excited for weeks about their reunion and were busily planning out every detail.

‘Levi had bought Pheobe a Canon camera worth $1000 because she wanted to get into photography,’ he said.

‘A week before she was supposed to land, Levi had packed the 4WD up with camping gear.

‘He had planned a trip to Esperance in WA, camping on the beach with Pheobe.

‘They were both really excited about that.

‘It’s so heartbreaking seeing what could have been a beautiful future together shattered into pieces.’

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