Dezi Freeman’s Final Words to Dying Police Officer

Fresh details into the killings of two police officers were detailed in a Coroners Court directions hearing on the morning of May 25.

Photos of suspected police shooter Dezi Freeman and Victorian Police at the scene of a shooting in the high country of Porepunkah in Victoria, Australia, Aug. 26, 2025. AAP Image/Simon Dallinger

Double police killer Dezi Freeman told a fatally wounded officer to die in hell moments before shooting him again.

Fresh details into the killings of Senior Constable Vadmin de Waart-Hottart and Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson in August 2025 at Freeman’s property in Victoria’s High Country were detailed in a Coroners Court directions hearing on the morning of May 25.