Hunt for cop killer continues as national park reopens

The search for Dezi Freeman remains one of Victoria Police's top priorities, its chief says. (Simon Dallinger/AAP PHOTOS)

A national park shut down during the hunt for Australia's most wanted man has reopened, as police say accused cop killer Dezi Freeman might have left the area. 

Mount Buffalo National Park partially reopened to the public on Tuesday, seven weeks after Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart were shot dead while serving a warrant at Freeman's home in Porepunkah, 300km northeast of Melbourne.