Porepunkah
Dezi Freeman’s wife won’t be charged with obstructing police manhunt
Police sources say the decision not to charge Amalia Freeman has frustrated many officers involved in the investigation.
- Cameron Houston
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Innocent family sue police over raid, arrest in Dezi Freeman manhunt
A resident who says he had never met Freeman was ordered at gunpoint to lie facedown and restrained with zip ties, before he was told by officers he was under arrest for harbouring a fugitive.
- Cameron Houston
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The single reported gunshot that might lead police to Dezi Freeman
Reports a single shot was heard 20 minutes after two officers were killed on a Porepunkah property have led Victoria Police to undertake high-tech firearms acoustic testing in the latest effort to locate Dezi Freeman in dense bush.
- Grant McArthur
‘I hope he’s at peace now’: Unseen footage of Dezi Freeman emerges as brother believes him dead
Dezi Freeman’s brother said he believed the Porepunkah fugitive was dead in dense bush at Mount Buffalo, as the High Country search enters a seventh week.
- Angus Delaney
Police ramp up search for Dezi Freeman near Mount Buffalo as manhunt enters 37th day
Almost 100 extra officers are conducting an additional sweep of bushland in Mount Buffalo in the search for the alleged police murderer.
- Hannah Hammoud, Marta Pascual Juanola and Alexander Darling
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Police swoop on isolated hamlet in bid to flush out Dezi Freeman
Police said on Wednesday evening they had conducted a planned operation in Victoria’s north-east as part of the manhunt for the alleged police murderer.
- Alexander Darling and Marta Pascual Juanola
Anyone caught harbouring accused police killer Dezi Freeman risks 20 years’ jail
Police have searched more than 100 homes in Victoria’s High Country as one of Australia’s largest ever manhunts enters its fourth week.
- Melissa Cunningham
‘Safe to visit’: Businesses hit by hunt for alleged police killer urge tourists to return
Businesses hard hit by the ongoing search for Dezi Freeman have welcomed a $2.5 million rescue package for the region.
- Cara Waters
After three weeks, travel warning lifted as police continue search for suspected police killer
Facing a fraught balance between public safety and local needs, Victoria Police have lifted a travel warning for a remote town, even as a massive manhunt for Dezi Freeman continues in the surrounding bushland.
- Chris Vedelago
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Mount Buffalo, the sacred mountain of secrets, is closed
The centre of one of Australia’s biggest manhunts, Mount Buffalo’s secrets, both new and ancient, are tucked away in its dreaming clouds.
- Tony Wright