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Stalled manhunt: Police admit public key to finding fugitive as new taskforce formed
- From Friday, Taskforce Summit will take primacy in the manhunt as Mount Buffalo National Park reopens to the public after weeks-long closure.
- Dezi Freeman is wanted for allegedly killing two police officers and fled armed after shootings at his Porepunkah, Victoria home, where Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart died.
- Detectives have examined more than 1,700 pieces of intelligence, with tactical officers, the Public Order Response Team and RPAS members conducting ground and air searches involving around 400 officers at peak.
- Police are maintaining enhanced patrols and urge anyone who sees Freeman to phone triple zero or contact Crime Stoppers, while the homicide squad continues probing Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart's deaths.
- Led by a detective inspector from the Anti-Gangs Division, Taskforce Summit includes Fugitive Squad, Armed Crime Squad, VIPER Taskforce, Special Operations Group, Search and Rescue Squad, and local RPAS members.
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The Courier+5 Reposted by 5 other sources
Major shift in manhunt for fugitive Dezi Freeman
A new task force will take the helm in the search for wanted fugitive Dezi Freeman, two months...
·Ballarat City, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald+2 Reposted by 2 other sources
Stalled manhunt: Police admit public key to finding fugitive as new taskforce formed
Police say finding alleged police killer Dezi Freeman will now rely on a public tip-off after he vanished into bushland in late August.
·Sydney, Australia
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