Sydney, June 6 -- Police in the Australian state of Queensland have charged two people with the murder of their housemate who has been missing since mid-May.

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) on Thursday night arrested 34-year-old James Wood and 33-year-old Tanika Bromley and charged them each with one count of murder and two counts of interfering with a corpse following the disappearance of their housemate, 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop.

QPS Detective Inspector Craig Mansfield told reporters on Friday that it would be alleged in court that Wood and Bromley murdered Pheobe and moved her body more than once.

The 17-year-old has been missing since May 15 when she failed to board a flight from the airport in Bundaberg, 290 kilometers north...