Unanswered questions remain after death of Australia's most wanted fugitive

Unanswered questions remain after death of Australia's most wanted fugitive1 hour agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleHelen LivingstoneSydneyWatch: How Australia’s seven-month-long manhunt came to an endJust weeks ago, from the foothills of the mountains Dezi Freeman had disappeared into months before, police told the world they "strongly" believed Australia's most wanted man was dead.The well-known conspiracy theorist and self-described "sovereign citizen" had escaped into dense bushland near the small Victorian town of Porepunkah in August, immediately after shooting and killing two police officers who had come to search his home in relation to historical child sex abuse offences.But on Monday morning, Australia woke to the news that Freeman had been found alive after one of the largest manhunts in Australian history - only to have been killed in a standoff at a remote farm where he had set up camp.His death has brought a semblance of closure to some of those affected, surfaced complicated feelings in others, and raised many questions.Not least among them: where had Freeman spent the past seven months - and did he have help?Pre-dawn raid shocks townPolice had spent at least 24 hours staking out the ramshackle campsite on a property in Thologolong, a town near the Victorian/New South Wales border, before calling on Freeman - real name Desmond Filby - to surrender.Australian Broadcasting CorporationAn aerial view of the rural property where Freeman was shot dead on Monday"We gave him every opportunity to come out peacefully and safely. He didn't take that option," Victoria Chief Commissioner of Police Mike Bush said.After three hours, Freeman came out of one of the three old shipping containers at the camp at around 8:30 local time (22:30 Sunday BST), bearing a gun stolen from the slain officers. He was shot by multiple police snipers simultaneously, local media have reported, citing police sources.It was a shock for lo...