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Cops Find Two Bodies After Jilted Officer Admits To Fatally Shooting Ex-Lover And Companion

Police in southeast Australia found two bodies on Tuesday after a male police officer admitted to shooting dead his ex-girlfriend and her ex-girlfriend's male boyfriend, according to reports.

ABC News Australia Homicide detectives discovered the bodies of 26-year-old former television reporter Jesse Baird and his 29-year-old flight attendant partner Luke Davis at a property near Bungonia, a town about 194 miles south-west of Sydney. report. The report said Ms Baird's former partner, NSW Senior Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon, admitted to killing the pair and hiding their bodies under rocks and dirt, after revealing the location of the bodies. , the body was discovered.

“Detectives from the Ashfordby Strike Force discovered a second crime scene in Bungonia this afternoon…and believe they have discovered two bodies at the location,” New South Wales said. ) Police Chief Karen Webb said. Said reporters.

Lamar Condon, 28, shot Baird and Davies dead in the early hours of last Monday at Baird's home in Paddington, Sydney, using a police-issued Glock pistol he had checked out several days earlier. , news.com.au report. Lamarre-Condon reportedly turned himself in on two counts of murder.

Lamarre-Condon did not initially provide any information to police after his arrest on Friday, and police initially searched the area where he suspected he had abandoned the body, the report said. There is. Police also searched various waterways on suspicion that Lamar Condon may have submerged the body using a weight he bought at a department store, the Associated Press reported. report. According to ABC News Australia, Lamarre-Condon allegedly moved the body to the Bungonia property himself because he suspected an acquaintance who had helped transport the body to the original property might report the incident. However, the acquaintance did not know that the body was being transported and was not an accomplice.

Authorities will notify the deceased's family of the findings and a professional forensic investigation will be conducted, Webb said, adding that authorities would notify the deceased's family of the findings and a professional forensic investigation would be conducted. (Related: Five former police officers charged with murder in Tire Nichols' death)

ABC News Australia producer Isaac Muller said Lamarr-Condon and Baird had “never dated” but “met” for a “brief period”, news.com.au reported. told news.com.au.

“on behalf of, [NSW] “I would like to express my condolences to the entire police force, the families and friends of Mr Davies and Mr Baird, and the LGBTQI+ community in New South Wales and across Australia,” Mr Webb said, according to footage of the press conference. said.

According to ABC News Australia, Australia has strict gun ownership regulations. The procedures that helped Mr. Lamarre-Condon leave his handgun while he was off-duty are reportedly being reviewed.