Dezi Freeman's sister says she is 'ashamed and angry' of fugitive's actions
Dezi Freeman's sister has condemned her brother's actions after he was killed by police in a tense standoff following seven months on the run.
The fugitive died in a hail of bullets early on Monday when police swooped on his hideout at a rural property in Thologolong, in Victoria's north east, marking a dramatic end to the biggest mahunt in Victoria's history.
In an interview with ABC's 7.30, Freeman's sibling – who does not want to be identified – said she is "ashamed and angry" of her brother and struggles to understand how he could murder two police officers.
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Dezi Freeman was found and killed on Monday after a long and tireless search. A Current Affair
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"I cannot comprehend how he could sacrifice being a father and husband to become Australia's most wanted fugitive," she said.
"I was shocked to learn that he had weapons and was armed, and that events played out the way they did in front of his wife and children, putting them at risk and how traumatic that would have been for them to witness.
"Dez has wreaked havoc and evil to so many, and for what?"
Freeman contacted his sister just three days before the shooting in Porepunkah with photos of his youngest son, she said.
But the pair had been estranged.
"We were not close," she said, adding that her late parents would have been "horrified" at the events which led to Freeman's death.
A makeshift awning and some chairs can be seen outside the shipping container Dezi Freeman was hiding inside. Supplied
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She also described Freeman's wife Amalia and children as "beautiful people".
Freeman spent seven months in hiding after killing police officers Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart in Porepunkah on August 26.
The double police killer died in a volley of gunfire on Monday about 8.30am following a three-hour stand-off.
Police are now investigating whether Freeman had any help evading capture during his time on the run.
"We will be speaking to anybody who we suspect may have assisted him to avoid detection or arrest," Victoria's Police Commissioner Mike Bush said after Freeman's death.
He pledged to bring charges against anybody complicit in Freeman's flight.
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