Texts reveal Taylor Swift chat before friend’s drive to body dumping site
Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing his former partner Jesse Baird and Baird’s new partner Luke Davies in Sydney in February 2024, then hiding their bodies. Court evidence has revealed that in messages sent around the same time, his childhood friend Elizabeth Kennedy discussed Taylor Swift, dinner plans and a planned European trip, and said she did not know what he intended when he invited her for a drive.
Kennedy told the NSW Supreme Court jury that Lamarre-Condon collected her on 21 February to arrange accommodation for their trip, but instead drove her to Bungonia, about 200 kilometres south of Sydney, where the bodies were allegedly dumped. She said she noticed a tarp in the van but could not see what was beneath it. Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and break and enter; his replies to Kennedy’s Signal messages were unavailable because they were set to expire after 24 hours.
In short
- A friend says she did not know bodies were in the van.
- The pair had discussed Taylor Swift and a Europe trip.
- Lamarre-Condon denies the murder and break-and-enter charges.
Explained simply
Jesse Baird, a television presenter, and Luke Davies were reported missing from Sydney in February 2024. Beau Lamarre-Condon, Baird’s former partner, is accused of killing them and concealing their bodies; he denies the murder charges.
The case is being heard by a jury in the NSW Supreme Court. Elizabeth Kennedy, a childhood friend of Lamarre-Condon, has told the court that he took her on a drive to Bungonia, south of Sydney, while they were planning a European trip.
The case matters because the jury must decide what happened to Baird and Davies and whether Lamarre-Condon is responsible. Kennedy said she saw a tarp in the van but could not see what was beneath it; her account is evidence for the jury to assess.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Inside Beau Lamarre-Condon’s final texts with companion who accompanied him to farm where he allegedly dumped bodies: Taylor Swift, Europe… and going for a ‘drive’”.