Australian Police Officer Arrested for Murder of Ex-Lover and His New Partner [Current Affairs]

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Australia has been gripped by the murders of 26 year old TV presenter Jesse Baird and his 29-year old boyfriend flight attendant Luke Davies. The alleged killer was New South Wales police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, who in addition to previously having had some romantic or sexual relationship with Baird, was also a celebrity blogger. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/world/australia/sydney-bodies-found-police-murder.html https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/beau-lamarre-condons-real-relationship-with-jesse-baird-before-sydney-double-murder/MFKTXAQEMNH67G6TVYDX4WFOAE/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/beau-lamarre-lady-gaga-superfan-charged-with-murder-of-tv-host-ex-and-his-new-lover https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68410026 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/26/jesse-baird-and-luke-davies-sydney-mardi-gras-board-asks-police-not-to-join-parade https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/cop-beau-lamarre-condon-murder-trial-inside-the-interrogation-of-alleged-killer-policeman/6A3CZW75HRF7TFDWXFBYW476NI/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/23/a-grim-find-led-to-a-worse-end-the-case-of-two-missing-men-that-horrified-sydney-over-three-days Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman

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0:00.0	Welcome back to current affairs, our show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are
0:12.4	in the news right now.
0:14.4	These short contemporary stories come out every Friday
0:17.2	while our long episodes come out every Wednesday.
0:21.4	So today we head down under where an Australian police officer is accused of killing
0:26.2	his ex-boyfriend and his ex's new partner.
0:29.2	26-year-old Jesse Baird was formerly a television host for Network 10 in Australia.
0:34.6	29-year-old Luke Davies was a flight attendant and Baird's boyfriend.
0:38.8	On Monday morning, February 19th, neighbors heard a loud argument culminating in gunshots at Jesse's home.
0:45.2	A few days later when police searched the residence they found a significant amount of
0:49.7	blood, overturned furniture, and a bullet and a shell casing from a police service weapon.
0:55.0	Something will definitely come back to in a moment.
0:58.0	In addition to the evidence at the house, more items belonging to Jesse and Luke were found in a trash can including phones
1:05.1	and clothes that were also covered in blood. Now as for that bullet and shell casing
1:11.0	authorities were able to ballistically match it to a new South Wales police firearm
1:16.2	that belonged to Jesse's ex-boyfriend, 28-year-old Beaumont Lamar Condon.
1:22.0	Beaumont was taken into custody last Friday morning.
1:25.4	So who is Beaumont?
1:27.3	Well, he was a police officer in New South Wales,
1:30.3	whose primary interest didn't seem to be the law.
1:33.0	The Sydney Morning Herald called him a celebrity-tracing cop
1:37.0	and published numerous photos of him taking selfies with celebrities,
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