EXCLUSIVE
Celeb chaser-turned cop Beau Lamarre-Condon made moves to pursue a new career in acting just days before he allegedly murdered his ex-boyfriend, Channel Ten presenter Jesse Baird, and his new partner, Luke Davies.
Daily Mail can reveal Lamarre-Condon, 28, contacted an acquaintance who works in the entertainment industry two weeks ago asking for help putting together a showreel – a short video showcasing an actor’s previous work.
Lamarre-Condon told his contact he wanted a demo tape for acting work, having set up a secondary Instagram for his creative pursuits under the name ‘Beau London’, which described the senior constable as an ‘actor based in Sydney’.
‘He asked for a showreel,’ a source said.
Beau Lamarre-Condon, 28, was a celebrity chaser before becoming a NSW Police officer
This masthead can also reveal Lamarre-Condon, who worked as a youth officer, was just a week away from starting training for the Protection Operations Unit.
That unit oversees security of politicians, diplomats and other public dignitaries, and would have put Lamarre-Condon up close and personal with celebrities.
Police divers spent Sunday and Monday scouring dams at a remote property off Hazelton Road at Bungonia in the NSW Southern Tablelands, about 185km south-west of Sydney, not far from Goulburn.
A dinghy was seized from the property.
Earlier, Daily Mail spoke to the property owner Fabrizio Cella.
Mr Cella described it as a ‘weekend farm’ and said no one was present there last week when Lamarre-Condon allegedly visited.
‘The police are just following a lead. They rang me yesterday [Sunday] to request access to my site and all my neighbours,’ Mr Fabrizio told Daily Mail on Monday morning.
He also revealed there were four dams on the plot of land.
When asked if Lamarre-Condon had any known links to the site, the property owner said: ‘None at all – the are just following leads.’
However, Deputy Commissioner Dave Hudson told reporters on Monday the alleged killer may have been in a relationship with someone connected to the property in the past.
Deputy Commissioner Hudson revealed Lamarre-Condon had made ‘partial admissions’ to a female acquaintance the day after the alleged killings before then buying an angle grinder and padlock.
Condon-Lamarre and his female acquaintance then travelled to the rural Bungonia property where he used the angle grinder to break into a padlocked gate.
‘I can indicate that at 11pm that evening, weights were purchased from a department store by the accused and it is believed that he returned to that rural property overnight and during that evening, having acquired also two torches from the acquaintance,’ Mr Hudson said.
But Deputy Commissioner Hudson admitted police were still examining the possibility that Lamarre-Condon may have returned to the rural property to remove the bodies.
‘It would appear that the accused was suspicious of the acquaintance that attended with him and about her beliefs of what he might have been up to and very likely may have returned to those bodies later that evening,’ Mr Hudson said.
‘In that case, we believe that he may have moved them.’
Lamarre-Condon is allegedly still refusing to help police by providing the location of the bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies.
It comes as Mr Baird’s Network Ten colleagues started fundraising for donations to charities in his memory.
‘Jesse was loved beyond measure in so many different circles – his Totally Wild fam, his Studio 10 fam, his AFL fam and so so many more,’ GoFundMe organiser Tamara Simoneau wrote.
‘We are all heartbroken but can’t begin to imagine the pain his immediate family is enduring.
‘They have graciously agreed to let us start this fundraiser and will donate most funds to charities in Jesse’s honour.’
The page has so far raised almost $14,000 in less than 24 hours.
Jesse Baird’s mum’s poignant tribute
Meanwhile, Mr Baird’s heartbroken mother Helen, paid tribute to her son in the wake of his alleged murder by sharing a picture of the two of them together.
The post has been flooded with condolence messages from friends and family.
‘Have had you and your family in my thoughts everyday,’ a friend commented.
‘Precious loving moment between a mother and her son,’ another added.
Helen Baird shared a tribute photo alongside her son Jesse in the wake of his alleged murder
The post comes one day after Jesse’s cousin Austin shared an emotional tribute on Saturday evening – the first from the presenter’s family to do so publicly – along with several photos of the pair together with loved ones.
Lamarre-Condon is accused of shooting Mr Baird, 26, and Mr Davies, 29, with his police firearm at his ex-boyfriend’s Paddington home, in Sydney’s inner east, sometime between 12am and 5.30pm on Monday February 19.
A desperate search was launched for the missing couple after their bloodied belongings were found dumped in a skip bin in Cronulla, in the city’s south, on Wednesday.
Police will allege that Lamarre-Condon hired a rental van from a business in Mascot at 9.30pm that evening to dispose of the bodies – which are yet to be found.
His registered firearm was allegedly signed back into a suburban police station sometime on Tuesday, before he took sick leave from work.
He then allegedly drove the van to a property on Thursday night before driving back to Sydney the following morning and dumping the vehicle on a suburban street in Gray’s Point.
He has been photographed alongside high-profile Hollywood stars, including Miley Cyrus
Lamarre-Condon allegedly killed his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird (left) and Mr Baird’s new partner Luke Davies (right)
Lamarre-Condon then handed himself in to Bondi Police Station before later being charged with two counts of murder.
On Monday, police divers will search a series of dams on a private property in the NSW Southern Highlands amid continued efforts to locate the bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies.
Daily Mail understands detectives set up the crime scene at Hazelton Road at Bungonia after receiving a tip-off that Lamarre-Condon was spotted in the area in the days after the alleged murders.
Officers will also scour neighbouring bushland in hopes of finding evidence.
Lamarre-Condon did not apply for bail at a court hearing on Friday and is next due before Sydney Downing Centre Local Court on April 23.