Top cop’s claim about why Beau Lamarre-Condon told police where bodies were

A top cop has made new allegations about Beau Lamarre-Condon’s actions, and suggested why the alleged killer told police where the bodies were.

Accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon spent two hours in an interrogation room with police before allegedly using a map to pinpoint the exact location of the bodies of Channel 10 star Jesse Baird and flight attendant Luke Davies.

Police will allege Lamarre-Condon moved the young men’s bodies from a remote farm on Hazelton Road, Bungonia, in NSW’s Southern Tablelands, and disposed of them on another property 20 minutes away.

“He did take the bodies to the original site (on Hazelton Road) that we had been searching on the Monday,” claimed Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald on Ben Fordham’s 2GB breakfast program on Wednesday morning.

“For a reason which we’ll allege later in court was his inability to dispose of them; he then came back again nearly 24 hours later and then removed the bodies from that site and tried to secrete them (near) that street that leads out to the monastery in Bungonia.”

Fordham asked whether the alleged killer drew a “bit of a map or a visual” for police on Tuesday.

“Yeah (he drew a visual).. we’ve got systems in place. We brought the computers in there for him to pinpoint exactly where he left the bodies,” Assistant Commissioner Fitzgerald alleged.

Assistant Commissioner Fitzgerald further claimed that NSW’s new “no body, no parole” laws could have been a factor in Lamarre-Condon’s decision to eventually co-operate with police.

Alleged killer cop Beau Lamarre Condon is suspected of moving the bodies of victims Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Picture: Supplied

Detectives say they worked with Lamarre-Condon for two hours in Silverwater Prison on Tuesday to uncover the location where the bodies were eventually recovered by detectives.

Lamarre-Condon has been charged with the murder of Mr Baird and his partner Mr Davies.

Police believe the pair were shot dead at Mr Baird’s Paddington home on Monday, February 19.

Luke Davies (left) and Jesse Baird (right) were allegedly killed by Lamarre-Condon. Picture: Instagram

Deputy Commissioner David Hudson said police would allege that a bullet cartridge found at the scene was from a Glock pistol that had been signed out from Miranda, near Cronulla in Sydney’s south, on Thursday, February 15.

“The gun we know was signed out from Miranda Police Station, where it is normally stored, last Thursday for the purposes of participating in a user-pay event, which is not unusual,” Deputy Commissioner Hudson said.

“Post the incident, we believe the gun may have been stored at Balmain Police Station … before being returned to Miranda the following day.”

There is currently an investigation into whether the gun was legally checked out the entire time.

Mr Baird and Mr Davies’ bodies were found on Tuesday, February 27, stuffed inside surfboard bags and buried in a shallow grave on a remote farm in Bungonia near Goulburn, about 160km southwest of Sydney.

Police question what prompted Lamarre-Condon’s co-operation

Assistant Commissioner Fitzgerald said police were told the location of the bodies after days of alleged noncooperation from Lamarre-Condon, who had been awaiting legal counsel.

He suggested new ‘no body, no parole’ laws could have been a factor.

“I have no doubt that it did (contribute to his decision to co-operate),” Assistant Commissioner Fitzgerald said.

“If Lamarre-Condon had not provided those details to us, he would never have got out of jail – I would like to think that it would have had some impact – it’s a very important and powerful policy.”

A top cop believes Lamarre-Condon’s co-operation is linked to new ‘no body, no parole’ laws. Picture: Supplied

The policy, introduced in 2022, means that in homicide cases where the victim’s body is not recovered, the Parole Authority would be required to refuse parole to offenders who do not co-operate to identify the body’s location.

Laurie Puddy, an integral campaigner of the “no body, no parole” laws, was glad the new policy had potentially had a positive impact on a murder investigation.

The bodies are believed to have been moved from initial disposal site on Hazelton Road, Bungonia, to another location in the area. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

“It’s good to see the work we put in a long time ago helped out some families,” he told 2GB.

The bill was dubbed “Lyn’s law” after former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson was convicted in 2022 of murdering his 33-year-old wife Lynette, who disappeared from their northern beaches home more than 40 years ago.

Comparable legislation is in effect in Queensland, WA, SA, Victoria and the Northern Territory, where offenders can be refused parole if they refuse to disclose the whereabouts of victims’ remains.

Lamarre-Condon lodges bullying claim after alleged murder

Lamarre-Condon lodged a formal bullying complaint against a NSW Police Force colleague just hours before handing himself into police custody.

The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday revealed the bizarre final move by the accused killer, done while he was wanted by police over the alleged murder inside a Paddington terrace.

The masthead reports Lamarre-Condon used his work computer to lodge a bullying complaint last Friday before handing himself in at Bondi Police Station a few hours later.