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Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser: Life of ‘The Crabman’ charged over Pheobe Bishop murder revealed

The third person charged over the alleged murder of Pheobe Bishop has been revealed as a father with a passion for fishing,  fast cars and heavy metal.
Peta RasdienBy Peta Rasdien

Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser: Life of ‘The Crabman’ charged over Pheobe Bishop murder revealed

The third person charged over the alleged murder of Pheobe Bishop has been revealed as a father with a passion for fishing,  fast cars and heavy metal.
Peta RasdienBy Peta Rasdien

The third person charged over the alleged murder of Pheobe Bishop has been revealed as a father with a passion for fishing, fast cars and heavy metal.

Social media accounts of Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser, also known as “The Crabman”, paint a picture of a man with simple tastes.

But he is now facing serious charges over the 17-year-old’s death.

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On Tuesday, police arrested him outside a fast food drive-thru in Bundaberg West.

Mr Mittelheuser was later charged with two counts of accessory after the fact to murder and is also facing other charges of driving while disqualified, fraud and drug possession.

Police said it will be alleged he used Pheobe’s mobile phone to interfere with their investigation.

Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser. Credit: Facebook

Mr Mittelheuser’s lawyer told court the fraud charge and the accessory after the fact charges were related, during a first hearing for the case, The Courier Mail reports.

Mr Zeller M, solicitor with Indigo Law, said the fraud charge involved the alleged use of a credit or debit card that is also relevant to the accessory allegations.

Mr Mittelheuser’s arrest came after that of Pheobe’s housemates James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, who were charged with her murder and interfering with a corpse on June 5.

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The teenager had been living with them in a garbage-strewn property in the small town of Gin Gin, near Bundaberg before she vanished on May 15.

Pheobe failed to board a flight to WA to visit her boyfriend and was reported missing, sparking a major search.

Her remains were found just over three weeks later in the Good Night Scrub National Park on June 6.

Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser was charged with two counts of accessory after the fact to murder. Credit: facebook
Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser likes fishing, fat cars and heavy metal. Credit: Facebook

Mr Mittelheuser, who was born in March 1995 and attended Bundaberg State High School, is a father but reportedly does not live with his child and is estranged from the mother.

Over recent years, Mr Mittelheuser has set up numerous social media accounts showing off his love of fishing, cars and heavy metal bands including Slipknot and The Amity Affliction.

The day Mr Wood and Ms Bromley were charged with Pheobe’s murder, Mr Mittelheuser posted to Instagram, “I don’t even care about my foot hanging off my bed anymore, come get me demons. Bring me home”, a popular reference that is part of a TikTok trend.

On one of his Facebook pages, Mr Mittelheuser refers to being “rinsed” by Trent McRae — a man who is one of two charged over the death of Bundaberg father Matty Nilsen, 34, who was riding his bike when he was hit and killed during an alleged hooning incident on April 29.

Mr Mittelheuser’s case is next due in court on August 25.

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