Beau Lamarre-Condon was casually chatting with his childhood friend about Taylor Swift, dinner plans and a European getaway in between allegedly murdering two people and hiding their bodies.
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Condon → chat → bodies
Lamarre-Condon, 31, is accused of using his police-issued firearm to fatally shoot his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird and Baird's new partner Luke Davies inside a Paddington terrace on the morning of February 19, 2024.
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Condon → accuse → February
After that, he allegedly placed their bodies into surfboard bags and left them under a tarp out the back of the terrace until he loaded them into a white Toyota HiAce rental van later that night - while Baird's two housemates slept upstairs.
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housemates → place → van
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of break and enter, and is being tried before a jury in the NSW Supreme Court.
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He → plead → Court
Earlier this week, the court heard Lamarre-Condon allegedly roped his friend - known by the pseudonym Elizabeth Kennedy for legal reasons - into going with him to hide the bodies.
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Condon → hear → bodies
Ms Kennedy told the court she had no idea there were dead bodies in the back of the van when he picked her up from home about lunchtime on February 21 - two days after the alleged murders - and asked if she 'wanted to go for a drive'.
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she → tell → drive
Documents released by the court this week show texts Ms Kennedy sent to Lamarre-Condon between February 20 and 23 - before and after the bodies were dumped in Bungonia, about 200km south of Sydney.
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bodies → release → Sydney
Lamarre-Condon's replies could not be obtained by police because they were sent using the encrypted messaging app Signal.
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they → obtain → app
He had set his texts to expire 24 hours after they were sent.
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they → set → texts
Pictured: A photo of Beau Lamarre-Condon on a horse, which he sent to another female friend who has given evidence in court
Pictured: Beau Lamarre-Condon and Elizabeth Kennedy in Bunnings, Goulburn
Pictured: A mock-up of Signal texts Elizabeth Kennedy sent Beau Lamarre-Condon on February 20, 2024 - the day after the alleged murders
At 1.16pm on February 20, about 28 hours after the alleged double murder, Ms Kennedy messaged Lamarre-Condon, asking: 'You're going to Taylor Swift the Saturday, right?'
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You → picture → Swift
'I'm thinking of Taylor gating it I'm getting fomo [fear of missing out] after Melbourne haha.'
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I → think → Melbourne
Earlier texts show the pair had planned to buy as many tickets as possible to the Taylor Swift concerts during her Australian tour in 2023/24.
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pair → show → 2023/24
She then asked Lamarre-Condon if he would listen to the concert from a nearby park, since they couldn't get tickets.
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they → ask → tickets
His response isn't available in the court documents, but it appears Ms Kennedy replied to a message he sent.
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he → appear → message
She wrote: 'Yeah I'm gonna do it.'
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I → write → it
The following day, on February 21 at 7.27am, Ms Kennedy texted Lamarre-Condon, saying: 'Hey probably like 11 but I'm going to my mums for a couple of hours after why what's up?
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what → texte → hours
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She then wrote: '[Oh my God] did you deactivate insta?'
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you → write → insta
The court previously heard Lamarre-Condon deactivated his Instagram account after the alleged murders.
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Condon → hear → murders
Pictured: A mock-up of Signal texts Elizabeth Kennedy sent Beau Lamarre-Condon on February 21, 2024 - two days after the alleged murders
Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly murdered Luke Davies and Jesse Baird (pictured) on February 19, 2024
Lamarre-Condon's responses aren't available, but Ms Kennedy appeared to reply to a number of his messages.
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Kennedy → picture → messages
She wrote: 'Perfect I'm just at work now will be ready to go at lunch time keep me updated xx'
'Love you x.'
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I → write → you
[My boyfriend] is putting a lot of effort into dinner so I said I'd be there.'
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I → put → dinner
'Perfect xx.'
Ms Kennedy told the court earlier this week that Lamarre-Condon had organised to collect her from home after lunch on February 21 to book accommodation for their planned Europe trip later in 2024.
She told Lamarre-Condon that her partner was making dinner and she wanted to be home in time, and had no idea he was going to drive her to Bungonia, 200km south of Sydney, the court heard.
When he picked her up near her house, she noticed a blue tarp in the back of the van, but she couldn't see much because the van had a mesh cage between the back and the front.
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van → tell → back
The court previously heard that Lamarre-Condon allegedly concealed Baird and Davies' bodies inside two surfboard bags, underneath a blue tarp.
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Condon → hear → tarp
Beau Lamarre-Condon and his friend Elizabeth Kennedy are pictured on CCTV inside Bunnings in Goulburn, before he allegedly dumped bodies in Bungonia
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he → picture → Bungonia
Kennedy told the court she was freezing during the trip because the air conditioning was on the coldest setting and the windows were open throughout the trip, and he wouldn't let her adjust any of the settings.
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her → tell → settings
They went to Bunnings in Goulburn to get an angle grinder because Lamarre-Condon said he had to break into a friend's farm to stop cattle from escaping.
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he → go → cattle
Once they arrived at Cella Farm in Bungonia, she saw him cut the lock at the front gate with the angle grinder and asked her to cover the rental van number plate with a garbage bag.
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him → arrive → bag
Ms Kennedy said he then drove around the back of the property, where she couldn't see him anymore, and left her at the gate for about 40 minutes.
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she → say → minutes
When Ms Kennedy was alone, she started panicking.
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she → start → ?
'I was hyperventilating and crying,' she told the court.
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she → hyperventilate → court
'I had a panic attack, I was squatting, I wanted to turn my phone on...
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I → have → phone
He came back and told me to shush because I was panicking and he asked if I'd called anyone and I said no.'
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I → come → anyone
'He said, "I'm going to take you home right now", and I started to calm down.'
Pictured:
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I → say → you
The Toyota HiAce rental van Beau Lamarre-Condon drove to Bungonia with Elizabeth Kennedy
Ms Kennedy said it felt as though 'something had gone wrong' and Lamarre-Condon wanted a peach Lipton Iced Tea because he was going to be 'up all night', but didn't explain why.
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he → drive → Tea
She arrived home at about 12am on February 22, and was 'annoyed' because she'd missed dinner with her partner and Lamarre-Condon wouldn't let her turn her phone on to let him know she'd be late.
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she → arrive → phone
Court documents show Ms Kennedy tried to call Lamarre-Condon about a dozen times on February 22, between 12.20pm and 6pm.
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Kennedy → show → pm
Eventually, he called her on the encrypted messaging app Signal.
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he → call → app
She told the court: 'I saw the news the night before that Jesse was missing and I had some questions.
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I → tell → questions
He said he couldn't answer them on the phone, he said he was seeing police on Friday morning because he had a meeting with them.'
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he → say → them
During the call, the court heard Ms Kennedy said to Lamarre-Condon: 'Have you seen the news?'
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you → hear → news
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