A top criminologist has revealed the next step for investigators after the remains of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were discovered inside a shallow bush grave after they were allegedly murdered by a NSW police officer.
Xanthe Mallett told Sunrise police would now build a brief of evidence against Constable Beaumont Lamarre-Condon.
The 28-year-old has been charged with the murders of Mr Baird, 26, and Mr Davies, 29, and is currently behind bars in Silverwater jail in Sydney‘s west while his matter remains before the courts.
The bodies of former TV reporter Jesse Baird (right), 26, and his flight attendant partner Luke Davies (left), 29, were discovered in surf bags buried on a property in Bungonia on Wednesday
Xanthe Mallett, a leading criminologist and forensic anthropologist, said police would now build a brief of evidence against Beaumont Lamarre-Condon
Police allege the celebrity-chaser-turned-cop shot the couple with his service weapon at the Paddington home Mr Baird was renting on Monday morning.
He allegedly then dumped the mens’ bodies on a rural property in Bungonia, in the Southern Tablelands, sometime between Wednesday morning and Thursday night.
‘Police have to build a strong set of evidence against Jesse, a brief of evidence will be compiled, that will be handed up to the defence and at that stage we may hear more about some of the information that has come to light,’ Dr Mallett said.
‘So we’re looking kind of months into the future when we may reach what we call a committal hearing when we get to hear about some of that evidence.’
Police set up another crime scene at bushland on the edge of Grays Point Oval (pictured) in Sydney’s south earlier on Tuesday after traces of blood were discovered
Lamarre-Condon was arrested and charged on Friday after handing himself into Bondi police station following a highly publicised search for the missing couple.
At 11am on Wednesday, investigators visited Lamarre-Condon in jail where he allegedly told them where Bairds’ and Davies’ bodies were buried.
The bodies were later found in surf bags that were located close to a fence-line, partially hidden by rocks and debris.
They had the information to make the double murder charge very early on even without the body,’ the criminologist said.
Police are still at the Bungonia property where the painstaking task of collecting evidence continues.
‘Our focus today will be on continuing the search in the area,’ NSW Police commissioner Karen Webb said.
