TV host Jesse Baird was forced to send a cutting text to the celeb-obsessed ex-cop before ‘premeditated murder’ was reported, says friend
AUSSIE TV presenter Jesse Baird was forced to send a text message to officer Beau Lamarre-Condon asking for space, a friend claims.
That’s what he was then allegedly shot and killed by Lamarre-Condon in a ‘premeditated’ murder that has rocked Australia and the world.
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Concerns about the well-being of Mr. Baird26, and his partner Luke Davies, 29, were first made public after the couple’s blood-covered belongings were found in a bin and a bullet cartridge at Mr Baird’s home.
The couple were last seen alive at Mr Baird’s patio rental in Paddington, Sydney, on Monday, February 19.
Operating police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon turned himself in to the police on Friday morning and was charged with two counts of murder.
From the couple remains were discovered yesterday in two surf bags at a remote place in Bungonia – more than 180 km from where Mr Baird and Mr Davies are said to have been murdered in Paddington.
Lamarre-Condon and Mr Baird previously met, it is understood.
An ex-boyfriend of Mr Baird, Corey-Dean Thorpe, told the newspaper this week Daily email that Mr. Baird was forced to end his friendship with Lamarre-Condon after he falsely proposed Instagram that they were a couple.
Mr Thorpe claimed he helped Mr Baird draft a text message to Lamarre-Condon telling him he had overstepped the bounds of their friendship.
A text message Mr Baird sent to Lamarre-Condon reportedly read: “I would appreciate it if you don’t contact me.”
Police have claimed that Mr Baird’s murder was premeditated by Lamarre-Condon and that Mr Davies’ death was the result of him being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Deputy Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald told Channel Nine that police believed Lamarre-Condon went looking for Mr Baird last Monday and also found Mr Davies on the Paddington property.
He said: “We will vigorously argue in our case that this murder was premeditated, and that the second murder occurred because of Luke’s appearance in the house.”
Mr Baird and Mr Davies are said to have been shot at 9.50am last Monday in the share house where Mr Baird lived.
The TV presenter’s housemates messages were reportedly sent from Mr Baird’s phone claiming he moved to Perth, Western Australia.
They went to bed that night, unaware that the bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies were hidden in their back garden. news.com.au reports.
Lamarre-Condon returned with surfboard bags with which he took the bodies to Bungonia, in the New South countryside Walesthe police will claim.
AC Fitzgerald said police believed the couple’s bodies had been left at another home in Bungonia for a day and a half before being moved to a second location where they were eventually found.
In the weeks leading up to the couple’s deaths, the top cop said Lamarre-Condon’s behavior towards Mr Baird escalated.
He is accused of breaking into Mr Baird’s home, keying his car and pouring water into his car’s engine.
Mr. Baird is said to have told his friends that one night, about six months ago, he woke up and saw a gloomy figure near his bed, 9News reported.
Lamarre-Condon, a well-known celebrity hunter, has taken selfies with, among others Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Katya PerryAnd Miley Cyrus.
Earlier this month he was staking out the mansion Kourtney Kardashian stayed in Sydney, The Australian reports.
“When Keeping up with the Kardashian’s takes Sydney! Sneaky selfies…” he reportedly wrote after ambushing the couple.
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