Luke Davies was unintended victim in Sydney double killing: new police theory
Accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly fired three bullets, which police now believe were captured on CCTV audio, from his police-issued gun using stolen bullets.
Accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly fired three bullets – which police now believe were captured on CCTV audio – from his police-issued gun using bullets stolen from a gun range to refill the weapon when he checked it back into a police station, police will allege.
Shocking new police claims about the senior constable, who is accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, were revealed by Ben Fordham on 2GB radio on Thursday.
Police allege Constable Lamarre-Condon fired three shots at Mr Baird and Mr Davies from his police-issued gun at Mr Baird’s Paddington terrace.
Police will allege in court the number of shots appears to have been captured by a neighbour of Baird’s, with CCTV security cameras recording the sound of three shots being fired just after 9.30am on Monday, February 19.
Police confirmed the audio was consistent with their own investigation.
Flight attendant Davies was an unintended victim in the horrific double slaying that has rocked Sydney, with police alleging Mr Lamarre-Condon initially planned to murder television presenter Baird alone.
The police theory that Mr Baird was the target of a premeditated murder plot and that Mr Davies was a victim of circumstance emerged after detectives discovered the accused killer, Senior Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon, allegedly purchased only one surfboard bag before the killings.
After Mr Baird and Mr Davies were murdered at Mr Baird’s share house in Paddington in inner Sydney on Monday last week, Lamarre-Condon allegedly purchased a second surfboard bag, The Australian was told.
The bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies were discovered buried in the surfboard bags in a makeshift grave near Goulburn on Tuesday, after Lamarre-Condon allegedly provided homicide detectives the location of their remains from prison.
The Daily Telegraph reports Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly hid the bodies in a blue tarpaulin in the courtyard of the Paddington property on the day of the murders and went back to a Miranda store to buy a second surfboard bag, before going back to the house the next day and removing both bodies.
The two female flatmates who lived at the terrace with Mr Baird went to bed on the night of the alleged murders after returning from work not knowing the two bodies were still wrapped in the tarpaulin in the backyard.
Seven News reports that when the housemates returned to the home they found it in a dishevelled state and saw a red stain in the courtyard but came to the assumption that Mr Baird may have spilled a can of beetroot juice.
That red stain is believed to have been blood seeping from the tarpaulin that was covering the couple’s bodies.
The Daily Telegraph also reports police will allege Mr Lamarre-Condon stole bullets from a shooting range about a fortnight before the crime.
Mr Baird told workmates that he believed Mr Lamarre-Condon had been tracking his movements through a device placed on his car.
“He told colleagues that Beau had put a tracker on his car,” said a Channel 10 employee, who was not authorised to speak publicly.
“It was ‘I’m worried about this guy, he’s doing strange things, he put a tracker on my car’.”
The development comes as multiple online male escort profiles with images of Mr Lamarre-Condon have been uncovered online.
It is unclear whether the profiles - which offer sex work - were created by him or use images stolen from his social media, but Mr Lamarre-Condon’s lavish and well-documented lifestyle has raised questions about how it was funded.
An Instagram profile, purporting to be a backup account for Mr Lamarre-Condon, advertises “live shows EVERYDAY” and a link to a defunct URL which says viewers can “enjoy all of my content for free here”.
The Instagram profile also has “shock” and “no under 18” emojis.
Celebrity-obsessed and gossip-driven Lamarre-Condon littered his social media profiles with photographs of him on private jets, the lounge area of a first class flight and lapping it up on Australian and international red carpet events.
One of the escort profiles under the name Lawrence claims his “base city” as in the Philippines, his age as 34 and sexuality as bisexual.
The profile says that he charges $US330 per hour, and $US1400 for a day.
Another profile using pictures of Mr Lamarre-Condon states his “base city” is Budva, Montenegro, describing himself as “very attractive and hot bisexual, distinguished by his loving disposition and relaxed behaviour”.
The Australian rang the international phone numbers listed on the profiles but they were disconnected.
Mr Baird met Mr Lamarre-Condon in a Sydney nightclub last year, but sought to distance himself from the police officer who had sought a closer relationship, according to friends.
After discovering that Mr Lamarre-Condon was posting messages online that falsely claimed they were together, Mr Baird tried to cut off all contact with the officer.
Mr Baird and Mr Davies had only recently started a relationship. Police allege they were murdered around 9.50am on Monday, February 19, by Mr Lamarre-Condon, using his police-issued Glock pistol.
After receiving legal advice for the first time, Mr Lamarr-Condon revealed the site to two detectives in Silverwater prison on Tuesday.
Police will allege Constable Lamarre-Condon murdered Mr Baird and Mr Davies around 9.50am on Monday, February 19, when gunshots were heard and a call was made to triple-0 from Mr Davies’ mobile phone. Nothing was heard before the call disconnected.
Police sent a patrol car to investigate but officers were unable to find the caller and did not go to the Paddington property.
Constable Lamarre-Condon allegedly dumped the bodies at a Bungonia property on Wednesday, returned to the Sydney area, then went back later the same day or in the early hours of next morning to move the victims about 20 minutes’ drive away.
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