Grim update as search for Dezi Freeman enters eight day – after cops made admission about his wife

• Dezi Freeman, 56, remains on the run one week after he allegedly gunned down Detective Neal Thompson, 59, and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart, 35, at his Porepunkah property in Victoria’s High Country.
• Ten officers attended the property to serve a warrant over historic sex assault charges involving a minor when Freeman allegedly opened fire, killing two and wounding a third.
• Freeman allegedly stole the officers’ service pistols and a police radio before fleeing into the bush, sparking one of Australia’s largest ever manhunts.
• More than 450 heavily armed officers, special operations units and air support are scouring the mountainous terrain in search of him.
• Superintendent Brett Kahan said on Monday that people are harbouring Freeman and refusing to come forward despite knowing his whereabouts.
• Kahan warned that anyone assisting him could face consequences, while also offering to negotiate a surrender plan for Freeman or anyone helping him.
• He confirmed police remain in contact with Dezi’s wife Amalia, but noted: ‘It’s two different things to be speaking with police and co-operating with police.’
• Despite the huge operation, there have been no confirmed sightings, but police insist they believe Freeman is still alive in the High Country.
• In nearby Bright, the town’s urgent care hospital has been set up as a multi-trauma centre, as police prepare for the worst case scenario.

The family of suspected cop killer Dezi Freeman has warned that ‘he won’t go to jail’ if the alleged double cop killer is eventually tracked down by police.

A family member, speaking exclusively to Daily Mail on the condition of anonymity, has revealed they fear what he is capable of if cornered.

‘He won’t go to jail. Never. Ever,’ they claimed.

‘He knows there is a life sentence waiting for him and he won’t serve a single day of it.’

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Anyone helping alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman evade police faces lengthy jail time, former detective Charlie Bezzina has warned.

Victoria Police revealed on Monday that they believed people knew of Freeman’s whereabouts but haven’t come forward.

Bezzina said the revelation Freeman is likely being helped is ‘absolutely abhorrent’.

‘If that’s the case, they place themselves in a very volatile situation because these special operations guys don’t muck around, and I’ve seen them in action,’ he told Sunrise on Tuesday.

‘If you are helping this fugitive, the long-term effect is it’s perverting the course of justice, which carries 25 years.’

Police are preparing for a worst-case scenario in the hunt for alleged cop murderer Dezi Freeman, who is believed to be armed and dangerous.

Daily Mail can reveal – via sources close to the manhunt – that the Bright Hospital has been set up as a multi-trauma centre with an anesthesiologist on standby at all times.

About 450 police from around Australia are searching for Freeman amid freezing conditions in Victoria’s High Country.

An insider revealed to Daily Mail that it’s believed cops still have ‘no idea’ where he is.

A command centre has been set up in Bright, just a few kilometres from the search area, where locals are encouraged to provide any information they may have in relation to Freeman, as police continue one of the largest manhunts in Australia’s history.