Police divers are searching a series of dams on a private property in the NSW Southern Tablelands region for the bodies of Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies.
NSW Police Senior Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon was charged with two counts of murder after allegedly using his police pistol to shoot dead Mr Baird, 26, and his partner Mr Davies, 29, in a Paddington home in Sydney’s east on Monday last week.
Police have set up a crime scene at a dam off Hazelton Road at Bungonia, around 185km south-west of Sydney, not far from Goulburn.
Daily Mail Australia understands the area has come into focus after police received intelligence that Lamarre-Condon was in the area in a white Toyota HiAce rental van in the days after the alleged murders.
Divers are expected to search a series of dams on the Hazelton Road property and search neighbouring bushland for signs of evidence.
The rural road is lined with acreages, with the search area just metres away from a sheep and olive farm.
NSW Police Senior Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon (pictured below) was charged with two counts of murder after allegedly using his police pistol to shoot dead Jesse Baird (above, right), 26, and his partner Luke Davies (left), 29, in a Paddington home in Sydney’s east on Monday last week
Beau Lamarre-Condon, the former partner of Baird, is understood to be refusing to tell investigations where the bodies are located
Cops have set up a crime scene at a dam off Hazelton Road at Bungonia, around 185 km south-west of Sydney in NSW’s Southern Tablelands (pictured)
‘Divers from the Marine Area Command were called to the scene and have today been assisting with a search at the location,’ a NSW Police spokesman said on Sunday night.
The search resumed at first light on Monday morning.
Divers had previously been seen searching a waterway at Lambton, Newcastle.
Police Commissioner Karen Webb told the Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday morning the dams weren’t the only area being searched.
‘That’s not necessarily the only search area. It’s not definitive that’s the location where the bodies are.
‘No one has come forward to help us locate the bodies.’
The commissioner also addressed a report that Jesse Baird saw a shadowy figure at the foot of his bed in the weeks before his death.
Ms Webb said: ‘It doesn’t look like that was reported to police.’
Lamarre-Condon, the former partner of Baird, is understood to be refusing to tell investigations where the bodies are located.
Police are relying on CCTV, toll road payments and GPS mobile data, to piece together the events in the days after the alleged double murder.
Police are relying on CCTV, toll road payments and GPS mobile data, to piece together the events in the days after the alleged double murder (pictured: an officer at the crime scene on Sunday night)
‘Divers from the Marine Area Command were called to the scene and have today been assisting with a search at the location,’ a spokesperson for NSW police said on Sunday night. The search resumed at first light on Monday
Police were joined by homicide detectives
It is believed Lamarre-Condon also travelled to Cronulla, Newcastle and Grays Point in the days after the alleged murders.
According to court documents, Baird and Davies were both allegedly killed by Lamarre-Condon at Baird’s Paddington terrace house between 12.01am and 5.30pm on Monday.
The shooting allegedly occurred just hours after they were last seen alive at a pre-Mardi Gras party night on Sunday at the Beresford Hotel in Surry Hills.
Neighbours said they heard arguing from the Paddington house early on Monday morning.
Later on Monday evening, Lamarre-Condon hired a white van from Mascot and allegedly used it to dispose of the couple’s bodies, police said.
A former NSW Police detective revealed why the gunshots believed to have killed the couple might not have been heard by neighbours.
‘There’s a couple of reasons why at the moment – either police do have that evidence and that’s not being released,’ Peter Moroney told Sunrise.
‘But if it is being accepted that the gun was fired in (there) and no-one heard it, there’s a couple of hypotheses around it, in that the gun was muffled.
‘It can only be muffled by so much of what would be available in a domestic household. It could’ve been covered over perhaps by some loud music… it is a question that remains to be answered’.
Lamarre-Condon has been charged with two counts of murder and has been remanded in custody at Silverwater Correctional Complex while his matter remains before the courts.
Detectives and forensics officers are still scouring the state to find the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
It emerged on Sunday that Lamarre-Condon is alleged to have sent decoy texts from Mr Baird’s phone after allegedly killing the Channel 10 presenter.
Lamarre-Condon previously dated Mr Baird but had broken up in recent months, with Mr Baird announcing his relationship with his new boyfriend in recent weeks.
Family and friends of Mr Baird told police they were deeply concerned about the behaviour of Lamarre-Condon in the lead-up to the Channel 10 presenter’s death.
During the course of the investigation, police were told Lamarre-Condon bombarded Mr Baird with calls and text messages for months after their relationship ended.
Superintendent Doherty said there had been no ‘warning flags’ or complaints raised with police since the pair split but that in the course of their inquiries it has since ‘been documented that there was some worrying behaviour that has been alleged by family and friends’.
Lamarre-Condon once found fame as celebrity chaser and has been pictured stars including Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa and Harry Styles.
He did not apply for bail during his court appearance on Friday and will appear again on April 23.
On Sunday, NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb issued a heartfelt statement in which she called on the community to ‘have patience’ as police continue their investigation.
She also said she had been left saddened and shocked by the deaths.
‘I would like to extend my heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird. It is difficult to comprehend the grief and pain of their loss,’ she said.
Police sources said Lamarre-Condon used Mr Baird’s phone to text his housemates after killing the pair to fake an impending interstate move
‘I acknowledge this week’s events are distressing for many and I share the sadness and shock about the alleged nature of Luke and Jesse’s deaths.
‘I understand there are many unanswered questions and while I cannot comment on the matter before the courts, I can reassure Luke and Jesse’s loved ones, and the people of New South Wales, that we are working around the clock to find those answers.’
She also urged anyone with information to contact police.
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