Bodies found in search for missing TV presenter Jesse Baird and boyfriend Luke Davies with remains stuffed in surf bags
TWO bodies have been found stuffed in surf bags during the search for TV presenter Jesse Baird and his partner.
The remains were found on a rural property in the town of Bungonia, located more than 100 miles southwest of Sydney, Australia, where detectives established a new crime scene over the weekend.
“We are very confident that we have located Luke and Jesse,” NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said on Tuesday.
Detectives believe Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, were allegedly murdered by serving police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon last Monday.
Detective Superintendent Daniel Doherty said the bodies were found “near the entrance to the [Bungonia] property.”
He also said attempts were made “to cover the bodies with rock and debris.”
The police allege that “two surf bags” were used to transport the bodies from Baird’s home in Paddington, a suburb of Sydney, where it is believed the pair was killed, to the rural property.
Lamarre-Condon, 28, the ex-boyfriend of Baird, has been charged with two counts of murder last Friday.
He was seen buying an angle grinder and weights last Wednesday, police said.
Former Aussie TV host Baird and his boyfriend were last seen in Paddington, on February 19.
A search was launched for the couple after blood-covered clothes and “a projectile” were found in a bin in Sydney.
Police fear that Lamarre-Condon could have killed the pair in their Paddington home before transporting them to Bungonia.
Authorities also said the suspect could have transported the bodies in a white rental van
New South Wales police said the alleged killer had taken a female acquaintance to the remote property last Wednesday.
They claim he broke the lock on the gate before leaving the female at the gate, drove the van onto the property, and returned to her at the gate 30 minutes later, police said.
The acquaintance, who has been cooperating with police, said she “wasn’t aware the bodies were in the vehicle,” New South Wales Police Force Deputy Commissioner David Hudson said.
Prior to finding the two bodies, police thought Baird’s and Davies’ bodies could have been submerged in a dam at the remote site.
Cops are probing whether Lamarre-Condon later returned and moved the bodies again.
Authorities believe the angle grinder Lamarre-Condon bought was used to break the gate open.
The suspect will be refused bail and is expected to face court this weekend.
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