Porepunkah shooting: Two officers dead and another wounded after shooting at High Country property, Victoria, Australia #2

[Lucy.D]

It's weird isn't it? It was so big at first, and now a month has already gone. Although local residents can't relax, I should imagine that for a majority of Aussies they don't think about it much anymore. It's easy to conclude that Dezi must be dead. I found myself thinking that today. But he is one tricky so-and-so, and this may be just the time he has been waiting for. I daresay he knows about Tom Phillips in NZ? I wonder if he knows about him being dead now - I forget now how the dates dovetail. But Tom was on the run for 4 years, Dezi almost certainly knew about him, and probably admired him. He would definitely not give up after 4 weeks.

Good points @Kemug.
What do you think could keep the interest going on this thread.
Do you think there would be a way of marking out possible hiding places using perhaps GIS mapping.
I would have hoped the authorities have been using technology to find caves and mines but they may have missed something.
Maybe there's a mining map showing where shafts were made, or a list of Aboriginal caves around Mt Buffalo.
Do you or anyone else have any ideas.

 

[Marg944]

Hmmm….. seems things may be easing up in Porepunkah - the airport “closed” signs have been removed, so it looks like the airport is back in business. The airport was closed at 6.00 this morning, but I looked just now and it is open.

https://view.myairportcams.com/YPOK/showimagecamera2.php

 

[Kemug]

Good points @Kemug.
What do you think could keep the interest going on this thread.
Do you think there would be a way of marking out possible hiding places using perhaps GIS mapping.
I would have hoped the authorities have been using technology to find caves and mines but they may have missed something.
Maybe there's a mining map showing where shafts were made, DDor a list of Aboriginal caves around Mt Buffalo.
Do you or anyone else have any ideas.

Well shucks, thank you Lucy! But technology is not my strong point, and I'm not being humble here. However, I do think the fact that airborne heat-seeking cameras have not found Dezi pretty much proves he is underground (unless he has left the area, of course). There is no point in searching on foot for a campsite. And police entering a cave or mineshaft sounds like it could be an invitation to be picked off one by one. Maybe lob smoke bombs/grenades into every single one, and smoke him out.
As for keeping the interest in finding him going, it's hard to have news when there is no news, and hard to talk about something when there's nothing new to talk about. What does come to my mind is a running total displayed "60 days since Dezi was last seen" - something like that. Like they have at mine sites for accident-free days. Boards could be put up around the Snowies, ditto in news bulletins, and even on Websleuths. What do you all think?

 

[Marg944]

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