Van, Angle Grinder Key to Finding Murdered Couple's Bodies

The criminal trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon heard that a friend's statement about a trip to Goulburn with him in a van led police to search for the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The friend, identified as Elizabeth Kennedy, told police she drove to Goulburn with Lamarre-Condon on February 21, 2024, and bought an angle grinder. This information initiated a wide-ranging search, described as finding a "needle in a haystack."

Lamarre-Condon, a former NSW police officer, faces two murder charges for the deaths of Baird, 26, and Davies, 29, on February 19, 2024. Evidence presented indicates he hired a white van shortly after the alleged murders. Kennedy’s statement detailed Lamarre-Condon cutting a padlock on a rural property’s gate after their visit to Bunnings.

A Bungonia property was identified and declared a crime scene after extensive searches. Police discovered a cut padlock and observed that the property's CCTV wires had been severed, though the owner attributed this to cockatoos. The prosecution contends Lamarre-Condon acted out of obsessive jealousy after Baird ended their relationship.

The court heard that Lamarre-Condon allegedly used his police-issued Glock pistol to shoot Baird and Davies at Baird's Paddington home. He is accused of cleaning the scene before Baird's flatmates returned. Davies, Baird’s new boyfriend and a Qantas flight attendant, was allegedly killed to silence him.

Evidence suggests Lamarre-Condon attempted to submerge the bodies in a dam at the Bungonia property on February 21, 2024. They were later found by officers on February 27, concealed in surfboard bags near a monastery fence line. DNA evidence from the Glock pistol indicated contributions from Davies, Lamarre-Condon, and an unidentified third person, while Baird and Davies' DNA was found on the muzzle.