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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Dezi Freeman search has hit the one-month mark. How long might police continue the manhunt?

Police search a cave entrance in the hunt for Dezi Freeman, the suspected police killer in Porepunkah shooting
Keeping up the search for Dezi Freeman for another two months before calling it off would be reasonable, a criminologist says. Photograph: Victoria police

As the search for fugitive Dezi Freeman hits the one-month mark, questions are growing about when police may draw “a line in the sand” and call it quits.

The suspected Porepunkah police killer, also known as Desmond Filby, has been on the run since 26 August, when he allegedly shot and killed two officers who were part of a group executing a search warrant at his residence in Victoria’s north-east.

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