Trial hears accused bought towels and bucket hours after alleged murders
Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, is on trial accused of murdering his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird and his new partner Luke Davies on 19 February 2024. The Crown is presenting evidence that he went shopping at Kmart in the hours and days after the alleged killings, purchasing items apparently used to conceal and transport the bodies. Shop receipts and recovered items are being presented as key evidence in the case.
Court documents released during the trial show Lamarre-Condon made two Kmart trips totalling $113: one at 12:29am on 20 February (about 16 hours after the alleged murders) where he bought black bath towels, jumbo adhesive hooks and a bucket, and a second visit the following evening where he purchased weights and a USB-C cable. Police later recovered Kmart-branded items matching these purchases near where the bodies were discovered in Bungonia, alongside bloodstained bedsheets, his Uber Eats uniform and items bearing his fingerprints and DNA. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder.
- Former police officer accused of shopping for supplies hours after two murders.
- Kmart receipts and items recovered at crime scene match his alleged purchases.
- He pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder.
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Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, is on trial for allegedly murdering his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird and Baird's new partner Luke Davies on 19 February 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder. The case involves the deaths of two men following the breakdown of a romantic relationship.
Lamarre-Condon and Baird had previously been in a relationship. After they separated, Baird began a new relationship with Davies. The Crown alleges that Lamarre-Condon killed both men as a result of this relationship breakdown. Both men disappeared and were subsequently found, leading to the police investigation and charges.
The case has drawn attention partly because it involves a former police officer accused of serious violent crimes, and partly because of its nature as a domestic homicide. Such cases involve the most severe consequences of intimate relationship breakdowns and form part of broader discussions about domestic violence.
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The case for
The purchases of towels, bucket and hooks within hours of the alleged murders, combined with recovery of matching Kmart-branded items near where the bodies were discovered, constitute strong circumstantial evidence of consciousness of guilt. The timing and nature of these purchases—items suited to cleaning bloodstains and transporting bodies—alongside recovered bloodstained bedsheets and items bearing the accused's DNA, paint a compelling narrative of deliberate evidence concealment.
The case against
These are common household items that many people purchase regularly for legitimate purposes, and buying them does not inherently suggest criminal intent. Circumstantial evidence connecting someone to ordinary goods is insufficient to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt without direct evidence of their use in the crime. The prosecution must prove beyond doubt that these specific purchases were made to conceal the murders, not merely construct a convenient timeline around ordinary household acquisitions.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Inside Beau Lamarre-Condon’s Kmart shopping spree in the hours after he allegedly murdered Jesse Baird and Luke Davies”.