What police took from inside Dezi Freeman’s home – as search for the alleged cop killer enters day 11: Live updates
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The manhunt for Dezi Freeman has entered its eleventh day.
Freeman allegedly gunned down Detective Neal Thompson, 59, and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart-Hottart 35, at his rural property in Porepunkah in the Victorian High Country last Tuesday.
The Australian Defence Force has been called in to join the marathon manhunt as efforts to track down the fugitive ramp up.
Police seized various items during a search warrant of Freeman’s home on Thursday.
Senior Constable Vadim De Waart-Hottart will be honoured at a police funeral in Melbourne today.
Detective Thompson will be farewelled on Monday.
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Police seize items from Dezi Freeman’s home
Police have executed a search warrant to seize various items from Dezi Freeman’s home as the manhunt for the alleged cop killer ramps up.
Officers swarmed the Porepunkah property on Thursday to scour his home for possible evidence.
Two sets of police convoys arrived shortly before 11.30am.
Two BearCats and another 15 police vehicles then arrived at the farm before heavily armed SOG police scoured the property.
Computers and cameras were among the items seized.
Authorities have scoured the property multiple times in the last ten days as part of the search for Australia’s most wanted man.
Local communities pay tribute to fallen police as manhunt continues
Porepunkah and nearby communities have paid tribute to Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart and Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson, the fallen officers allegedly murdered by Dezi Freeman on August 26.
Flags are flying at half-mast at the Ovens command centre and at the Bright town centre.
Floral tributes have been placed at several sites and blue ribbons have been tied to trees in the centre of Bright.
A floral tribute has also been placed at Bright police station.
Dozens of weary officers who had been involved in the manhunt for Freeman were bused back to Melbourne on Thursday night for Senior Constable de Waart-Hottart’s funeral.
He will be farewelled at the Victoria Police Academy in Glen Waverley at 11am today.
Replacement police are on the scene with more specialist police to hit the ground on Saturday.
Today’s service followed by a police guard of honour exiting the main academy gates and turning right down View Mount Road towards Ferntree Gully Road.
Detective Thompson, who was only days away from retirement, will be farewelled on Monday.
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