Movie star chaser and police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has been charged with the double homicide of Channel 10 presenter Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies.
Police will allege Lamarre-Condon, 28, shot the pair along with his police pistol at Mr Baird’s house in Paddington, in Sydney’s internal east.
The taking pictures occurred a while after they had been final seen at a pre-Mardi Gras social gathering evening on Sunday on the Beresford Resort in Surry Hills.
On Monday night, Lamarre-Condon employed a white Toyota HiAce van from Mascot and allegedly used it to eliminate the couple’s our bodies, police mentioned.
Detectives consider Lamarre-Condon then returned the alleged homicide weapon to a police station’s locked firearms protected on Tuesday.
Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon (pictured) has been charged with murdering flight attendant Luke Davies and former Channel 10 presenter Jesse Baird
Beau Lamarre-Condon was charged after he handed himself in to police at Bondi after a large manhunt (Lamarre-Condon is pictured being led away for questioning by detectives)
Former Channel 10 presenter Baird, 26, (left) and his new companion Luke Davies, 29, (proper) vanished from Paddington, in Sydney’s east, on Monday evening
Against the law scene was established at Newcastle, 165km north of Sydney, the place the Toyota HiAce police consider was used to maneuver the our bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies was noticed (pictured)
He took sick go away from the NSW Police Pressure for the remainder of the day and did not return to work on Wednesday.
Bloodied garments and different belongings together with bank cards belonging to former Studio 10 staffer Baird, 26, and Davies, 29, had been discovered dumped in a skip bin in Cronulla on Wednesday.
That discovery led police to Baird’s house in Paddington the place swimming pools of blood and blood-spattered furnishings had been discovered – sparking grave fears for the brand new lovers.
Murder Squad commander Superintendent Danny Doherty mentioned police had matched a bullet cartridge discovered within the premises to a police weapon.
’Police positioned a projectile on the premises which had been discharged and in addition a fired cartridge case,’ Superintendent Doherty mentioned.
’This has now been bodily matched to a NSW Police firearm and varieties a part of the proof for the alleged details to face court docket for this 28-year-old man.’
The our bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies are but to be discovered.
The homicide investigation had a number of crime scenes at places throughout town and stretching 165km north to a suburb in Newcastle
A white Toyota HiAce police consider was used to move the our bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies was positioned at Grays Level close to Cronulla. It’s pictured being eliminated by police
Police had frantically looked for a white van (pictured) they consider was being pushed by Lamarre-Condon. It was captured on CCTV (pictured) driving previous Baird’s house in Paddington
It’s understood police will allege Mr Baird was already useless when pals obtained messages from his telephone and social media accounts on Tuesday.
Superintendent Doherty mentioned a Triple Zero name had been made to emergency companies however couldn’t verify whether or not it was made by Lamarre-Condon.
It’s understood Lamarre-Condon handed himself in to police with the help of frightened members of the family. Police raided his household’s house in Balmain within the early hours of Friday.
He surrendered at Bondi police station at 10.30am on Friday.
That was in regards to the time Each day Mail Australia reported that Lamarre-Condon’s telephone was operational.
Lamarre-Condon was being questioned by police on Friday afternoon. He will likely be formally refused bail by police and face court docket on Friday or Saturday.
Lamarre-Condon’s telephone had been switched off – however his WhatsApp account confirmed messages had been ’final seen immediately at 9.55am’ earlier on Friday morning
Police raided a house in Balmain related with Lamarre-Condon’s household early on Friday morning after they seized a ’variety of objects’
New crime scene in Newcastle
A road in New Lambton, Newcastle – 165km away from the Paddington crime scene – was sealed off by police on Friday after a white van was sighted close to Lambton Pool in Karoola Highway.
The automobile matched the outline of the one police had been trying to find.
’There’s cops in all places, strolling the streets, door knocking,’ mentioned one native resident. ’Bought the street closed previous the pool.’
One other added: ’The park is taped off with police tape up close to the bowling membership and plenty of police are strolling the park for the time being.’
Lamarre-Condon is suspected to have pushed the van, registration CW 82 PM, to a house within the Newcastle suburb the place it was noticed at 10pm on Thursday earlier than it had vanished once more by 2am.
Police positioned the van at Grays Level close to Cronulla afterward Friday and it has been seized for forensic examination.
Each day Mail Australia understands a detailed pal of Lamarre-Condon’s lives in Newcastle and he would go to her usually.
No wrongdoing or involvement is usually recommended of that lady.
Previous to changing into a police officer, Lamarre-Condon was a celeb blogger, infamous for grabbing selfies with stars like Jessica Hart (pictured)
His social media accounts, which featured photos of Beau Lamarre-Condon with celebrities together with Taylor Swift (pictured), have all been deactivated
Who’s Beau Lamarre-Condon?
Previous to changing into a policeman, Lamarre-Condon was a celeb blogger who was infamous for taking selfies with stars together with Taylor Swift and Girl Gaga.
He joined the NSW Police Pressure in 2019, and hit the headlines once more when he was caught on digital camera tasering a person throughout an arrest.
An investigation later cleared him of any wrongdoing.
Simply days earlier than Mr Baird and Mr Davies vanished, Lamarre-Condon was nonetheless following celebrities, and was pictured grabbing an ungainly selfie with Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker in a Sydney road final week.
Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty mentioned Lamarre-Condon was working with a specialist command unit on the time of the alleged murders however refused to enter additional element.
Nevertheless Lamarre-Condon had not too long ago bragged to others that he was finishing a VIP safety module as a part of his new duties.
Final week, Lamarre-Condon was nonetheless takeing selfies with stars, grabbing this selfie with Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker
Jesse Baird and Luke Davies are pictured. Police consider they’ve been murdered
Jesse Baird and Luke Davies’s disappearance
Mr Baird and Mr Davies went lacking from the tv presenter’s $3million rental house on Monday after CCTV captured them late that evening coming into the premises.
The lads had been filmed wandering exterior earlier than heading in direction of the again of the terrace. A white van was then seen driving close by.
Neither man has been seen since, nonetheless Mr Baird’s telephone appeared to have final been energetic on WhatsApp on Tuesday night.
Now the search is on for his or her stays.