\u201cThe woman will now be interviewed by police,\u201d authorities said.<\/p>\n
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe investigation remains ongoing and as such, we are not in a position to provide further details at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n Bairnsdale is about 3.5 hours south of Porepunkah, where Freeman, 56, had lived.<\/p>\n The sovereign citizen shot and killed Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart<\/a> and Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson<\/a>, and injured a third officer, when they arrived at his home in August, 2025.<\/p>\n He then fled, sparking a major, seven-month manhunt.<\/p>\n Freeman evaded capture for more than 200 days but was eventually tracked down to a property in regional Thologolong, near the NSW and Victorian border in March.<\/p>\n He was found hiding in a shipping container-style structure<\/a> and shot dead by police<\/a> following a three-hour stand off.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush said officers gave Freeman the opportunity to surrender.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was an opportunity for him to surrender peacefully, which he did not,\u201d Bush said.<\/p>\n The commissioner said Freeman would have faced significant challenges reaching and surviving at the remote location without help, saying \u201cit would be very difficult\u201d for the fugitive to get there \u201cwithout assistance\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n A number of properties have been raided across Victoria and NSW as part of Taskforce Summit, with police seizing a range of electronic devices.<\/p>\n A Victorian coroner is investigating the deaths of the two officers.<\/p>\n![\"Dezi](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f0839333e5378202a21d242bb0f443953a4e8e24.jpg\")
Dezi Freeman led police on one of the nation\u2019s largest manhunts after he killed two police officers. Credit: AAP<\/p>\n