After an eight-week manhunt for fugitive Dezi Freeman, and still no trace, a source claims police believe the alleged cop killer is alive and has slipped out of Victoria.

The small town of Porepunkah and surrounding bushland has been flooded with police and other specialists since August 26, when Detective-Senior Constable Neal Thompson, 59, and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart, 34, were shot dead and a third officer seriously injured.

They were part of a team of 10 officers who attended the home of Mr Freeman, a self-declared sovereign citizen, to serve a warrant over child sexual offences.

Mr Freeman hasn’t been seen since, and a $1 million reward — the largest ever offered in Victoria — is in place for any information which leads to Mr Freeman’s arrest.

It is now feared that

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