Murdered Teen Pheobe Bishop’s Squalid Home of Horrors Sold for $360,000: Inside the Queensland House of Nightmares Where Alleged Killers Lived
- The three-bedroom house in Gin Gin, Queensland, where 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop was allegedly murdered, has been sold for $360,000.
- The property, which was once a haven of peace, was left in a state of utter disarray by alleged killers James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33.
- Landlords Jacob and Milena Otto described the house as a “rubbish dump” with holes in the doors and walls, broken locks, and piles of rubbish littering the floors.
The squalid Queensland home where murdered teenager Pheobe Bishop lived with her alleged killers has been sold for $360,000, a whopping $100,000 below the median house price in Gin Gin. The three-bedroom house, which was once a peaceful abode, was left in a state of utter disarray by alleged killers James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33.
According to property records obtained by the Daily Mail, the house was sold on June 13, just weeks after Pheobe’s body was found in the Good Night Scrub National Park. The Ottos, who purchased the property for $160,000 in 2018, reportedly made a $200,000 profit.
The house had been the focal point of an intense police investigation for several weeks as authorities searched for clues in Pheobe’s disappearance. What they uncovered was deeply disturbing. “The air tastes dirty, and it smells just… I don’t know how people can be breathing in this,” landlord Jacob Otto told 7NEWS. “A rubbish dump’s probably cleaner. I just can’t understand how someone can live in conditions like this.”
Footage from inside the house showed the extent of the damage: patched-up holes in doors and walls, broken locks, and piles of rubbish littering the floors. Gel blasters, which are legal in Queensland, were also found leaning against a bedroom wall.
Ms Bromley had been renting the home for $550 a week since December 2024. According to the landlords, she had already been issued a notice to leave after failing an inspection. The couple said they had known her for years and initially believed she was a reliable tenant.
However, the state of the home told a different story. The Ottos estimated it would cost between $10,000 and $15,000 to clean and repair the home. They even launched a GoFundMe to help cover the costs, citing insurance excess, extensive repairs, and the sheer volume of waste left behind. They raised $2,275.
Pheobe, who was last seen alive on May 15, had been missing for weeks when Queensland Police discovered a body on June 6. She was meant to fly from Bundaberg, Queensland, to Western Australia to see her boyfriend. However, she never made it to the departure terminal.
Mr Wood and Ms Bromley have been charged with murder and interfering with a corpse, as police allege Pheobe’s body was moved several times after her alleged murder. They are being held in custody and are due to return to court in August.
Detectives also charged a third person in relation to the alleged murder, Kieran Daniel Mittelhauser, 30. Police allege he was an accessory after the fact to the murder and had interfered with the investigation by using Pheobe’s phone.