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Rachael Ward

Man cleared of accused killer link as search ramps up

Dezi Freeman is wanted over the deaths of two police officers in Porepunkah, Victoria. (Simon Dallinger/AAP PHOTOS)

A man has been cleared of links to the hunt for fugitive Dezi Freeman as authorities ramp up the search of a popular national park for the accused police killer.

Freeman has been on the run for more than five weeks since Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart were shot dead while serving a warrant at his home in Porepunkah, 300km northeast of Melbourne.

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