Dezi Freeman: Six months after killing of two police officers, will conspiracy theorist who ran into bush be found?

Moments after allegedly shooting dead two police officers on his property last August, Dezi Freeman took off into the bush and vanished.

Half a year on from the fatal shooting, authorities are still scouring the mountainous ranges surrounding the small Australian town of Porepunkah to find him.

But there have been no successful leads, despite regional authorities offering the largest-ever reward money in the region for tips about the well-known conspiracy theorist.

And in the meantime, the self-described "tight-knit" residents of the small town have been left to pick up the pieces of a crime that has shattered their community.

Usually a hub for tourists wine-tasting and hiking, Porepunkah bills itself as a "favourite place for families to escape".