More than 100 police and volunteers in five-day search of Mount Buffalo national park, near Porepunkah
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Police suspect fugitive Dezi Freeman died only hours after he killed two officers and fled into bushland, as a major search gets under way in the Victorian high country.
There has been no proof of life recorded for Freeman since he fled from police near the Mount Buffalo national park about 15 minutes after he allegedly shot dead two officers – Det Sen Const Neal Thompson and Sen Const Vadim de Waart-Hottart – in the town of Porepunkah on 26 August.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/02/victoria-police-launch-new-search-for-fugitive-dezi-freeman-based-on-intelligence-derived-from-gunshot
Author : Nino Bucci and Australian Associated Press
Publish date : 2026-02-02 02:30:00
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