Jesse Baird’s housemates dump the Paddington house where the bodies of Channel Ten TV presenter and his friend Luke Davies were found
Jesse Baird’s housemates are moving out of the Sydney rental home where he and his friend were allegedly murdered by an ex-cop and left under a tarpaulin in the property’s courtyard overnight.
Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly used his police-issue Glock pistol to shoot the former Channel Ten presenter and his new friend Luke Davies three times on the Paddington terrace on February 19.
Mr Baird’s housemates arrived home later that evening to find the house in disarray and went to bed, unaware that the couple lay dead in the courtyard.
They rented the three-bedroom terrace in April last year for $1,200 a week, but it is understood they terminated the lease earlier than expected in the wake of the tragedy.
Furniture and household items – including outdoor sofas, towels and armchairs – were dumped on the pavement outside the house on Thursday.
Among the items were a disco ball, a pink heart painted on cardboard and a yellow football placed just inside the gate of the property with a handwritten poem for the deceased couple.
Luke Davies (left) and his new partner Jesse Baird (right) were allegedly murdered by NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon
Pictured: Furniture and household items outside the rental home where Jesse Baird lived
It read: ‘Jesse and Luke, gone like that, forever out of reach. Memories linger as hearts slowly break. Tears fall like rain when grief takes over, the pain of loss is a story often told.”
Among the furnishings were Ikea-style shelves and cabinets, outdoor cushions, two brown swivel armchairs and a box containing a washcloth and towels.
On Thursday morning, the property appeared to no longer be on the market. If it is listed again, the agent will have to tell potential renters or buyers that it was an alleged murder scene.
Detectives allege the killings were a premeditated attack after a months-long campaign of “predatory behavior” against Mr Baird, with whom Lamarre-Condon had a brief “friends with benefits” relationship.
Police say Mr Davies, a Qantas flight attendant, was killed because he happened to be at the Paddington property when Lamarre-Condon – who was a senior officer at the time – turned up.
About 12 hours later he is said to have collected the bodies into a white rental van and taken them to a remote farm in Bungonia, about 180 kilometers south of Sydney.
Among the items left on the footpath was garden furniture (photo). After their death, the couple was said to have been left outside in the courtyard overnight
On the left of the photo: a poem for the deceased couple, handwritten on a football
Among the furnishings were outdoor lounge cushions, armchairs and Ikea-style cupboards
He is said to have returned to the site to move the bodies to another location in Bungonia, about a 20-minute drive from the original location.
An extensive search was conducted for the couple, but Lamarre-Condon initially did not want to tell police where their bodies were located.
He then spoke with an attorney on February 27, over a week after the alleged murders.
The remains of Mr Baird and Mr Davies were found in surfing bags that afternoon.
In the days after the tragedy, friends and passers-by left bouquets of flowers on Paddington’s terrace.
Sunflowers, roses, dahlias, chrysanthemums and tulips were placed along the iron gates of the building.
Lamarre-Condon was charged with two counts of murder and is currently in the Silverwater Correctional Complex, in Sydney’s west.
He will appear in court at the Downing Center in Sydney on April 23.
Beau Lamarre-Condon (pictured) is accused of the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies