In Sydney, a serving police officer has been charged with the murders of two young men — his former partner and that man's new companion — whose bodies remain undiscovered. The case arrives at the intersection of intimate loss, institutional trust, and the violence that can emerge when love turns to grievance. What began as a missing persons inquiry resolved swiftly into a murder charge, yet the search for the men themselves continues, leaving families and a city suspended between accusation and closure.
Australian police officer charged with murdering two missing men
Two men, Jesse Baird (26) and Luke Davies (29), are missing and presumed dead; their bodies have not yet been recovered.
Hopefully we can find the bodies. This is important for the family.
Mark
So a police officer walks into his own station and turns himself in. That's unusual, isn't it?
Mimi
It is. He presented himself at Bondi station on Friday, and by that evening he was charged with two murders. The speed suggests investigators already had substantial evidence—the blood evidence at the home, the items in the dumpster, the ballistically matched bullet.
Luke
But we should be careful here. We know he presented himself, we know he was charged, but we don't actually know what he said when he arrived or whether he cooperated. The reporting doesn't tell us that.
Mark
Fair point. What about the bodies? They're still missing?
Mimi
Yes. That's the critical gap right now. Police found blood evidence, found items, found a bullet, but the two men—Jesse Baird and Luke Davies—haven't been located. That's why the detective superintendent made that public appeal about the white van.
Luke
And that's important context. The case is built on forensic evidence and circumstantial detail, not on recovered remains. That changes what a prosecutor has to prove.
Mark
The officer was a celebrity blogger before joining the force. Does that matter?
Mimi
It's part of his background, yes. He had a public Instagram presence, posted photos with major celebrities. But there's no reporting that connects that to what happened. It's biographical detail, not motive.
Luke
Exactly. The detective superintendent explicitly said they haven't identified a motive yet, and they're investigating whether it was domestic-related. So we know what they're looking at, but we don't know what they've found.
Mark
So what happens next?
Mimi
The search for the bodies continues. The van is being examined. Police are asking the public for information about its movements. And the court process begins—the first appearance was Friday, but this will take time to unfold.
Luke
And the families are waiting. That's the human reality underneath all of this.
Der Puls
- Two young men — a former TV presenter and a Qantas flight attendant — vanished without trace, and the man charged with their murders is a sworn officer of the law who walked into a police station and surrendered himself.
- Blood-soaked belongings discovered in a suburban dumpster and a large pool of blood inside the victim's home signal the brutality investigators believe unfolded behind closed doors.
- A single bullet recovered at the scene was ballistically matched to a firearm registered to the accused officer — a weapon that had been locked inside a police station gun safe.
- Authorities are racing to trace the movements of a white rental van believed used to transport the bodies, which was recovered Friday but has yet to yield the answers families are desperate for.
- With no bodies found and no confirmed motive, police are treating this as a possible domestic incident while the investigation remains in its earliest and most uncertain stages.
In Sydney, a serving police officer has been charged with the murders of two young men — his former partner and that man's new companion — whose bodies remain undiscovered. The case arrives at the intersection of intimate loss, institutional trust, and the violence that can emerge when love turns to grievance. What began as a missing persons inquiry resolved swiftly into a murder charge, yet the search for the men themselves continues, leaving families and a city suspended between accusation and closure.
On a Friday in Sydney, a 28-year-old New South Wales police senior constable walked into the Bondi station and presented himself to authorities. By the end of the day, he had been charged with two counts of murder. The men he is accused of killing — Jesse Baird, 26, a former television presenter, and Luke Davies, 29, a Qantas flight attendant — have not been found.
The officer, named in court records as Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, had recently dated Baird. Davies was Baird's current partner. A first-appearance hearing was held at Waverley Local Court, while the New South Wales Police Force withheld the officer's name in its official communications, as is standard practice.
The investigation moved quickly. Midweek, officers found blood-stained belongings from both men in a Cronulla dumpster. A search of Baird's Paddington home uncovered what investigators described as a large amount of blood, along with a single bullet that ballistic testing matched to a firearm registered to the accused — a weapon stored in a police station gun safe and since seized for forensic analysis.
Detective Superintendent Daniel Doherty told reporters that both men are believed to have been killed inside Baird's home, though the cause of death remains unknown. He declined to name a motive but said investigators would examine whether the killings had a domestic character.
A white rental van, hired on Monday night and believed used to transport the bodies, was recovered Friday morning in Grays Point, south of Sydney. Forensic teams are examining it. 'It's really important we get the movements in relation to that van,' Doherty said, 'as hopefully we can find the bodies — and this is important for the family.'
Before joining the police force in 2020, Lamarre-Condon had worked as a celebrity blogger, with photographs from his deleted social media showing him alongside global music figures. Authorities said no prior concerns had been raised about his conduct. The search for the two men continues.
On Friday, a 28-year-old senior constable with the New South Wales Police Force walked into a station in the Sydney suburb of Bondi and presented himself to authorities. By day's end, he had been charged with two counts of murder. The men he is accused of killing—Jesse Baird, 26, a former television presenter, and Luke Davies, 29, a flight attendant for Qantas—have been missing for days. Their bodies have not been found.
The officer, identified by local media as Beau Lamarre and formally named in court records as Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, is accused of killing Baird, whom he had dated until recently, and Davies, Baird's current partner. A first-appearance hearing was scheduled for Friday at Waverley Local Court. The New South Wales Police Force did not name the officer in its official statement, following standard protocol.
The investigation moved with unusual speed. On Wednesday, officers discovered items belonging to both men in a dumpster in the Sydney suburb of Cronulla. The items bore blood. When detectives then went to Baird's home in Paddington, they found what detective superintendent Daniel Doherty described as "a large amount of blood." Inside the home, investigators also recovered a single bullet. Ballistic testing matched it to a firearm registered to the charged officer—a weapon that had been stored in a police station gun safe and has since been seized for forensic examination.
Doherty told reporters that investigators believe the two men were killed inside Baird's home, though the exact cause of death remains unknown. He declined to specify a motive but said police would investigate whether the incident had a "domestic-style" character. The investigation is still in its early stages, and significant questions remain unanswered.
Police have appealed to the public for information about a white van rented on Monday night. Investigators believe the vehicle was used to transport and dispose of the bodies. The van was found Friday morning in Grays Point, a suburb south of Sydney, and is undergoing forensic examination. "It's really important we get the movements in relation to that van, as hopefully we can find the bodies and this is important for the family," Doherty said at the news conference.
Before joining the New South Wales Police in 2020, Lamarre-Condon worked as a celebrity blogger. Australian media outlets published photographs from his now-deleted Instagram account showing him posing with Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, and the New Zealand singer Lorde. Doherty said police had received no prior reports of unusual behavior from the officer.
The case has drawn immediate attention in Sydney and beyond, combining elements that have gripped public attention: a serving police officer accused of a serious crime, two young men missing without trace, and a search still underway for their remains. The focus now is on locating the bodies and establishing the full sequence of events that led to the charges.
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It's really important we get the movements in relation to that van, as hopefully we can find the bodies and this is important for the family.— Detective superintendent Daniel Doherty
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