NSW Police update on Sydney missing couple

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NSW Deputy Police Commissioner David Hudson says detectives are investigating a theory that alleged killer Beau Lamarre-Condon had assistance in moving the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

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00:00 I can confirm that on last Monday a week ago,

00:03 the 19th of February, gunshots were heard

00:04 from the Paddington Address.

00:06 Later that evening, we will allege that the accused

00:11 hired a white HiAce van from Sydney Airport.

00:15 On Tuesday, the 20th of February,

00:20 we will allege that partial admissions were made

00:23 by the accused to an acquaintance

00:25 of having been involved in the death of two individuals.

00:30 As we all know, on Wednesday last week,

00:34 the 21st, bloodied clothing was found at Cronulla,

00:38 causing us to launch a missing persons investigation,

00:41 and homicide were obviously notified

00:43 due to the circumstances in which that clothing was found.

00:46 I can indicate that on that same day, the Wednesday,

00:52 the accused, we believe, attended the Bungonia area

00:57 with an acquaintance who was not involved in anything,

01:02 but has assisted police with their inquiries.

01:06 We believe that that acquaintance assisted the accused

01:11 in purchasing an angle grinder and a padlock

01:14 from a local hardware store in that area,

01:16 before driving to a rural property in Bungonia.

01:22 The angle grinder was used to sever a padlock

01:25 from the gate of that particular rural property,

01:29 and subsequently, that padlock was replaced

01:33 with a padlock purchased from the hardware store.

01:36 The acquaintance was left at the top of the property

01:40 for a period of about 30 minutes.

01:42 The accused disappeared for that period in the HiAce van,

01:46 returning to pick up the acquaintance,

01:49 and then they returned to Sydney later that afternoon.

01:52 I can indicate that at 11 p.m. that evening,

01:56 weights were purchased from a department store

02:00 by the accused, and it is believed that the accused

02:03 returned to that rural property overnight,

02:08 and during that evening, having acquired also

02:10 two torches from the acquaintance.

02:12 We can indicate that at 4.30 a.m. on Thursday morning,

02:19 we can place the accused leaving the Bungonia area again.

02:24 It would appear that the accused has remained

02:29 in the city area, still in control of the white HiAce van,

02:34 before attending a further acquaintance premises

02:37 at Newcastle, in the Newcastle area,

02:40 and without fully disclosing any criminality,

02:45 asked access to hose to clean that van.

02:49 We can indicate that the accused remained

02:53 in the Newcastle area until about 5 a.m.,

02:56 returning to the city at about 6.15 a.m. on Friday morning.

03:01 And as I think you're aware, later that morning at 10.39,

03:05 he surrendered himself to Bondi Police Station,

03:07 where he was arrested, and subsequently charged,

03:10 and placed before the court.

03:11 We are currently, we believe we have identified

03:15 the property in Bungonia.

03:17 Obviously a search was underway yesterday,

03:19 and that continues today.

03:22 However, and we are aware of significant media interest

03:26 in that property, we also believe that it's possible

03:29 the accused in that gap in the timeline

03:34 has returned to that property, and retrieved the bodies,

03:37 and disposed of them somewhere else.

03:39 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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