Accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon gave a handwritten statement to police, blaming his childhood friend for allegedly stopping him from going to the cops and for helping him hide two bodies.
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The ten-page statement, released by the NSW Supreme Court on Wednesday, was written and signed off by Lamarre-Condon on June 5, 2025 – more than a year after he allegedly fatally shot Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in a Paddington terrace.
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Crown prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon intentionally killed the couple on January 19, 2024, stuffed the bodies into two surfboard bags, drove them to Bungonia in a rental van and tried to sink them in a dam, before he left them by a fence.
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Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, says he went to Baird's home that day to reclaim his possessions and that he didn't intend to harm anyone.
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He claims Baird was accidentally shot during a scuffle, and Davies shot himself.
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He alleges his longtime friend, known by the pseudonym Elizabeth Kennedy for legal reasons, convinced him not to go to police and helped him dump the bodies.
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Ms Kennedy previously told the court that she did drive to Bungonia with Lamarre-Condon, but that she was never told there were bodies in the back of the van and she didn't help him dispose of them.
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In the statement, Lamarre-Condon pointed to Ms Kennedy and alleged that she lied in her evidence.
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Lamarre-Condon alleged in his statement that he contacted Ms Kennedy on encrypted messaging app Signal on February 20, 2024 – the day after Baird and Davies were allegedly killed – and 'told her everything'.
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Beau Lamarre-Condon is pictured at Bondi Police Station on February 23, 2024, after handing himself in
Pictured: Beau Lamarre-Condon and Elizabeth Kennedy at a stop at Bunnings in Goulburn, before they got to Bungonia
Pictured: Beau Lamarre-Condon's handwritten statement
He claimed he had asked her advice on what he should do and whether he should 'just go to police and tell the truth'.
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'[Elizabeth] said: 'No, you can't.
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They won't believe you.
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I watch a lot of crime documentaries, I know what we have to do.
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We have to hide the bodies ...
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Stay calm and call me tomorrow and we will figure it all out.'
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He claimed Ms Kennedy said she was available to help him the following day, so he went to Bunnings to buy them both gloves, overalls, and face masks, along with concrete and bin bags.
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Lamarre-Condon said he arrived at Ms Kennedy's home at 3pm on February 23 in a white Toyota HiAce rental van with the bodies of Baird and Davies inside.
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'I said: '[Elizabeth], before you get into the van I need you to know this is serious and I'm not joking.
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If you don't want to help me, I completely understand and I won't be mad'
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,' he wrote.
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'[Elizabeth] said: 'Are you being serious or are you joking around?'.'
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'I said: 'No, I'm being dead serious.
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Let me show you'.'
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Lamarre-Condon alleged he opened the back of the van and lifted a tarp to show Baird's head, 'which was protruding out of a single surfboard bag that he was in'.
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He said Ms Kennedy was shocked and said, 'Oh my God I saw his head.
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F**k you're not joking.
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'I started crying and saying, 'I should just go to the police now',' he wrote in his statement.
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He claimed Ms Kennedy likened the situation to the Taylor Swift song, No Body, No Crime, and that he warned her that she could be charged with being an accessory.
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Lamarre-Condon alleged she insisted on helping and urged him to act quickly.
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Once they were in the van, he claimed Ms Kennedy said, 'Oh my God it stinks,' and he explained the bodies were decomposing and he gave her a face mask.
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He claimed Ms Kennedy wanted to dump the bodies in the Royal National Park, but he suggested Cella Farm in Bungonia.
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'She played the Taylor Swift song on her phone and we began laughing about the situation,' he claimed.
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Lamarre-Condon went on to allege that Ms Kennedy was an active participant in hiding the bodies.
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Pictured: Beau Lamarre-Condon's handwritten statement
He said she helped him cover the van number plates, changed into overalls, put on gloves, helped him open the locked gate at the entrance to the property and 'dragged both surfboard bags out onto the ground'.
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'We rolled both Jesse and Luke into a second, bigger surfboard bag.
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[Elizabeth] assisted with carrying of the bodies, pouring concrete into one of the bags as well as dragging one of the surfboard bags into the dam.
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'When the bag wouldn't sink, [Elizabeth] got my pocket knife out of the car and tried to cut multiple holes into the surfboard carrier.
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When that didn't work, he said she 'started freaking out' and he agreed to take her home.
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Lamarre-Condon claimed they were at the property for two hours, and that Ms Kennedy's claims that he left her at the gate while he disposed of the bodies alone 'is a lie'.
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'Whilst [Elizabeth] was assisting me on the farm, at no point did she say she didn't want to assist or have any part in it.
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