Cops scour dam in search for missing couple

The determined seek for the our bodies of slain Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at a distant NSW property will resume on Monday, as calls mount for solutions into the pair’s demise.

Police established a criminal offense scene on Sunday at Hazelton Rd at Bungonia, within the state’s Southern Tablelands, with divers understood to have been looking two dams on personal property.

Campers at a close-by campground instructed 9 they’d not seen any “uncommon exercise”, with an elevated police presence on the town and a NSW Police helicopter seen circling the realm on Sunday.

The location, one in all a number of crime scenes, is about 200km south of Mr Baird’s Paddington house the place police allege the couple had been killed by former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon.

Mr Lamarre-Condon has since been charged with two counts of homicide after police allegedly positioned a projectile linked to a NSW Police-issued Glock firearm. He was refused bail on Friday.

9 papers reported on Sunday that Mr Baird had instructed buddies he had seen a “shadowy determine” on the finish of his mattress late at night time in current months, however that the break-in was not reported to police.

The alleged break-in is reportedly being investigated in relation to the deaths by the murder squad, with searches additionally underway in waterways within the Newcastle suburb of Lambton on Saturday.

The revelations come as tributes proceed to circulate for Mr Davies and Mr Baird, who labored as a reporter and presenter for Channel 10. The station remembered Baird as a “cherished good friend”.

“Jesse was a lot greater than a colleague. He was a cherished good friend who brightened every single day together with his positivity, cheeky winks and sensible smile,” a press release issued on Sunday learn.

“As his workmates and buddies, we’re utterly shattered. Nothing was ever an excessive amount of bother. He labored so onerous to make his goals come true. He was up for something and the lifetime of the get together at all times.

“Our hearts ache for his household … We’re additionally pondering of Luke’s household and what may have been for each of them. Jesse & Luke, eternally adored. Ceaselessly younger and exquisite. Inside and outside.”

The Challenge co-host Sarah Harris additionally made an emotional tribute on Sunday night time to her former Studio 10 colleague, telling viewers it had been a “actually onerous week” for lots of community’s workers.

“He was our good friend. He was like a little bit brother. He was a type of children that lit up not simply the display screen however the room, additionally. He was a type of children who had a giant smile, massive expertise, and even greater coronary heart,” she stated.

Flowers and different tributes had been seen being positioned exterior Mr Baird’s house over the weekend, amid requires NSW Police to doubtlessly withdraw from the upcoming Mardi Grass occasion.

The couple’s alleged homicide was met with an outpouring of grief from the LGBTQ+ group, with teams just like the LGBTQ DV Consciousness Basis refocusing efforts on consciousness campaigns.

Police allege the couple had been killed by superstar blogger turned accused killer cop Mr Lamarre-Condon inside Mr Baird’s Paddington house someday between 12am and 5:30am on Monday morning.

Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly used a employed Toyota HiAce to move and get rid of the couple’s our bodies, which haven’t been positioned. He was attributable to return to work on Tuesday however known as in sick and failed to indicate as much as work the subsequent day.

The cops pistol, which was allegedly fired inside Mr Baird’s Paddington terrace, was checked again right into a suburban police station on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old appeared earlier than Waverley Native Courtroom on Friday afternoon and didn’t apply for bail.

His case was adjourned to April 23.