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Jesse Baird and Luke Davies alleged double murder: Police officer identified as the acquaintance who allegedly let Beau Lamarre-Condon borrow a hose to clean a rented van

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One of the acquaintances who unknowingly helped NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon after he allegedly killed two men is a fellow officer.

Lamarre-Condon has been charged with the murders of Channel Ten presenter Jesse Baird and his Qantas flight attendant friend Luke Davies at a house in Paddington, in Sydney’s east.

Police are desperately trying to find out what happened to Baird and Davies who were last seen a week ago – with the search also including locations in Cronulla, Newcastle and several dams in the Southern Tablelands.

One of the alleged crime scenes, identified on Saturday, is at a residential home on Karoola Road in the Newcastle suburb of Lambton.

Daily Mail Australia visited the site on Monday afternoon, where a vehicle belonging to an acquaintance of Lamarre-Condon is covered in fingerprint dust after being examined by forensic specialists.

That acquaintance was identified by 7News on Monday evening as fellow officer Renee Fortuna.

Serving NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon (pictured) has been charged with the murder of Channel Ten presenter Jesse Baird and his flight attendant friend Luke Davies

Fellow officer Renee Fortuna (pictured) has been identified as the person who let Lamarre-Condon lend him her hose to clean his rented van.  There is no suggestion that Ms Fortuna knew what Lamarre-Condon allegedly did or was involved in any criminal offense

Fellow officer Renee Fortuna (pictured) has been identified as the person who let Lamarre-Condon lend him her hose to clean his rented van. There is no suggestion that Ms Fortuna knew what Lamarre-Condon allegedly did or was involved in any criminal offense

Police alleged another vehicle – a white van – was used to transport and dispose of the bodies of Baird and Davies. Lamarre-Condon is not believed to be assisting officers in the search for the remains of the two men.

A neighbor said Ms Fortuna had not returned to her home after the police raid and even left her fingerprint-stained car behind.

Police alleged at a press conference on Monday that Ms Fortuna had let Lamarre-Condon borrow her hose to clean the inside of his Toyota HiAce van, which he had rented from Sydney Airport.

There is no suggestion that Ms Fortuna knew what Lamarre-Condon allegedly did or was involved in any criminal offence.

Former homicide detective Charlie Bezzina said the fingerprint powder on the car would have been used to find fingerprints of the suspect or the deceased.

Police allege the 28-year-old senior officer was in Newcastle on Thursday evening he cleaned the van before returning to Bondi p.m. on Fridaypolice station.

Police are desperately trying to find out what happened to Baird (left) and Davies (right), who were last seen a week ago

Police are desperately trying to find out what happened to Baird (left) and Davies (right), who were last seen a week ago

“We can advise that the suspect remained in the Newcastle area until approximately 5am and returned to the city at around 6.15am on Friday morning,” Deputy Commissioner Dave Hudson said.

Police allege Lamarre-Condon left Sydney in the rented HiAce van on Wednesday and stopped in Goulburn to buy an angle grinder, padlock and weights.

He has been charged with two counts of murder and remains in police custody after being denied bail while investigators continue to figure out how the two men were allegedly killed.

NSW Police continued the search for the remains of Baird and Davies on Monday, deploying divers and focusing on dams at Bungonia, near Goulburn.

“As part of the ongoing investigation… police have determined this [an alleged] crime scene on Hazelton Road in Bungonia in the Southern Tablelands,” NSW Police said in a statement.

One of the alleged crime scenes, identified on Saturday, is at a residential home on Karoola Road in the Newcastle suburb of Lambton.  Daily Mail Australia visited the site on Monday, where a vehicle belonging to an acquaintance of Lamarre-Condon is covered in fingerprint dust after being examined by forensic specialists.

One of the alleged crime scenes, identified on Saturday, is at a residential home on Karoola Road in the Newcastle suburb of Lambton. Daily Mail Australia visited the site on Monday, where a vehicle belonging to an acquaintance of Lamarre-Condon is covered in fingerprint dust after being examined by forensic specialists.

A neighbor said the acquaintance, fellow officer Renee Fortuna, did not return to her home after the police raid and even left her fingerprint-stained car behind.  Police claim Mrs. Fortuna let Lamarre-Condon borrow her hose to clean the inside of his rented van

A neighbor said the acquaintance, fellow officer Renee Fortuna, did not return to her home after the police raid and even left her fingerprint-stained car behind. Police claim Mrs. Fortuna let Lamarre-Condon borrow her hose to clean the inside of his rented van

Police are increasingly searching locations in Cronulla, Newcastle and several dams in the Southern Tablelands

Police are increasingly searching locations in Cronulla, Newcastle and several dams in the Southern Tablelands

Divers searched for ‘objects of interest’ at two dams on Hazelton Road, about 35km south of Goulburn, after intelligence last week placed accused murderer Lamarre-Condon at a rural spot and on Monday revelations from the police commissioner that he had a female acquaintance had brought along.

That acquaintance, police said, was an “innocent party” and was unaware of Lamarre-Condon’s alleged crime and cooperated with police.

‘The acquaintance is not a suspect in this case. We believe she was an innocent officer,” he said.

“We believe he may have been connected to that property in some way through a previous relationship of his.”

POLICE TIMELINE OF EVENTS

Monday

9.50am: Gunshots heard in Paddington but not reported to police

9:54 a.m.: Triple-0 call from Jesse Baird’s phone, but the call was disconnected

He rents a white Toyota HiAce van

Tuesday

Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon makes partial admissions about his role in the deaths of Mr Baird and Mr Davies to a former police officer

Wednesday

11am: Bloodied belongings of Mr Davies and Mr Baird found in a bin in Cronulla

Around noon, Constable Lamarre-Condon leaves with a female acquaintance south of Sydney for the Southern Tablelands area.

He stops at a shop in Goulburn and buys an angle grinder and a padlock

He then buys weights and torches

He leaves the acquaintance at the gate of a rural estate as he drives away for about 30 minutes

Thursday

04:30 Constable Lamarre-Condon leaves the Bungonia area and heads to Newcastle where he uses a hose to clean the rented HiAce van

Friday

5am ​​He leaves Newcastle and drives to Grays Point, in the south of the city

10.39am Constable Lamarre-Condon turns himself in to police

2 p.m.: He is accused of two murders and refuses to cooperate with the police

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