A crime scene in an extremely remote part of a national park overrun by wild pigs and dogs is under police guard following the discovery of human remains believed to be that of murdered teenager Pheobe Bishop.
Police discovered the remains in the sprawling Good Night Scrub National Park at 2.30pm on Friday, bringing the three-week search for the missing 17-year-old to a tragic end.
Daily Mail can exclusively reveal a crime scene is under police guard within the remote area, as of early on Saturday morning.
The area is around an hour from Pheobe’s hometown of Gin Gin, near Bundaberg in central Queensland, where she lived with Tanika Bromley and James Wood.
The couple have been charged with her murder, along with two counts of interfering with a corpse, and are in police custody.
The new location, cordoned off with police tape, is extremely remote and dotted with the prints of wild pigs and dogs that run rampant in the dense bushland.
The remains are believed to have lay at the isolated site for three weeks.
A source told this publication they faced a ‘daunting’ night guarding the scene.
‘The dogs made their presence and their displeasure known during the night,’ they said.
The site is near an area forensics reported finding ‘items of interest’ last week.
Pheobe’s mother Kylie Johnson was last night informed that police had found human remains.
‘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.
Earlier on Friday, Pheobe’s older sister, Kaylea, 18, had begged for help finding her sister’s body in an impassioned plea outside Bundaberg Magistrates Court after Bromley and Wood’s murder charges were heard.
She sat in the far corner of the front row, staring straight ahead flanked by friends, family and a court security guard as details of the murder charges against the couple were read out.
Neither Wood nor Bromley appeared in person or by video link for the hearing and afterwards Kaylea walked outside to make her heartbreaking statement.
‘We just want her home,’ she said tearfully through red-rimmed eyes.
‘I don’t know what to say, if you’ve got any information about Pheobe or the car, just come forward.
‘Three weeks is too long for us as a family. She was loved, she’s missed dearly.’
It comes as the house where Pheobe lived has been turned into a shrine.
A makeshift memorial has appeared at the ramshackle, rubbish-strewn Gin Gin home Pheobe shared with Bromley and Wood.
A large pink teddy bear stood guard over the property, surrounded with bouquets of flowers.
A poignant message left by one mourner read, ‘Pheobe, you grew your wings too early beautiful girl. Now, you will no longer feel pain or heartache.
‘You can spread your wings, and know you will be loved.’
The house has been extensively searched by forensics since Pheobe was reported missing.
The teen’s family and Gin Gin locals are preparing to honour her memory at a community ceremony tomorrow night.
A candlelight vigil will be held at Kolan Community Park from 4pm.