Dezi Freeman missed mental health appointment before shooting police officers

Dezi Freeman was scheduled to see a doctor about his spiralling mental health on the same day he allegedly shot and killed two police officers in Porepunkah.

Freeman never made it to the appointment.

The revelation comes as the search for the fugitive hits the two-week mark, with police receiving close to 100 reports since a $1 million bounty was announced on Saturday.

Those tip-offs led heavily armed police to a property about five minutes from where Freeman was last seen almost two weeks ago, but the search yielded no results.

Speaking anonymously to 7NEWS, a long-time friend of Freeman’s wife Amalia (Mali) said the alleged shooting murders had shaken her to the core.

“(Amalia) just said they were going to go and see a doctor finally. I can imagine somebody with a strong personality like him ... that wouldn’t have been an easy task, so I would suggest that she had to do a little bit of work to get him to agree to that,” the friend said.

“When somebody told me that this had happened and they said, ‘Oh, Dezi’s done something terrible’, and I’m like, like what? What could he possibly have done?”

The self-proclaimed sovereign citizen made no secret of his hatred for police and the government, causing family members and friends to distance themselves.

However, the family friend says there were never any signs Mali shared those same extremist views.

“In the whole probably five years I’ve known Mali, I’ve never heard her say a bad word about the police. I’ve never heard her bring up these conversations about the government,” she said.

Police said the mother-of-three has not been cooperating with their investigation so far.

“She’s not concerned about him in any way. It’s like the police need to do what they need to do. Right now she’s getting on with things so she can put her life back together, I suppose, and she’s got children so she’s got to put them first,” the friend said.

Police are continuing to search properties in the area from the ground and air, with extensive operations ongoing across the high country.

In the centre of Bright, flags flew at half-mast as the community grieves the double tragedy.

Victoria Police spent Monday morning joining family and other loved ones to farewell Detective Senior Constable Neal Thompson.

The funeral was held at the Police Academy in Melbourne from 11am, followed by a police guard of honour.