A police officer in Australia has been charged with murdering two men whose bodies were found on Tuesday in a rural area south of Sydney, and the authorities said he had once had a relationship with one of the victims.
“We believe — we are very confident — that we have located Luke and Jesse,” she said at a news conference on Tuesday.
She expressed condolences to their families and added that the information about the location of the bodies had come “with the assistance of the accused.”The police officer, Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, was charged Friday with two counts of murder, according to information provided by the Local Court of New South Wales.
He was being held and will next appear in court on April 23.
He had legal representation, a spokesman from the court said by email.
Persons:
Karen Webb, Jesse Baird, Luke Davies, “, Jesse, ”, Beaumont Lamarre, Condon
Organizations:
Local, New
Locations:
Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Bungonia