The court heard on Tuesday that Jesse Baird (pictured) was due to begin a new job as an executive producer on a shark documentary on the day he died.
Crown prosecutor read a statement from Lana Thrupp, the owner of a television production company.
Ms Thrupp said she advertised a producer role in early February 2024 and received an application from Baird.
After interviewing him by phone, she said she was “very impressed” by his enthusiasm.
“I thought he was amazing. He seemed really keen and like a lovely person,” she said.
Baird was offered the position on February 13 and promptly returned his employment paperwork to Ms Thrupp.
He was scheduled to work from home on call sheets and location scouting from Monday, February 19—the day he was allegedly murdered.
Ms Thrupp became worried when calls to Baird went directly to voicemail. He had appeared excited about the role and had previously replied to emails quickly.
Baird had named his mother as his emergency contact on the employment forms.
Ms Thrupp was preparing to call her when a message arrived from Baird’s phone at 10.57pm on February 20—the day after his death.
The message said: “Hey Lana, sorry to do this to you, but after a lot of thought, I think it would be best if I resign immediately.
“I’m sorry to do this to you, but I need to focus on myself.”
Ms Thrupp asked for correspondence relating to the television series to be deleted and no longer planned to contact Baird’s mother.
Days before he allegedly killed two people, Beau Lamarre-Condon (pictured below) told a new boyfriend over acai bowls in Bondi that he lived a “high-end life” and counted “A-list celebrities” among his friends.
The court heard Lamarre-Condon matched with a South African man on dating app Hinge in January 2024, with the pair meeting for the first time on February 3.
Crown prosecutors read the man’s statement to the court before lunch on Tuesday.
He said they had coffee and acai bowls in Bondi, where Lamarre-Condon claimed he had seen singer Pink at the upscale cafe Bills.
“He told me about the celebrities he’d met and that he lived a high-end lifestyle,” the statement said.
“He did ask me about myself a bit, but he did speak mostly about himself … He came across as nice, and it was impressive that he knew so many A-list celebrities.”
The man said Lamarre-Condon told him he had recently ended a “situationship” with another man aged 26, although he did not mention Jesse Baird by name.
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The pair went on a second date in Bondi on February 6. After eating at Bangkok Bites and having Messina ice cream, Lamarre-Condon drove him to a lookout in North Bondi in his Tesla.
At the lookout, Lamarre-Condon showed him a “fireplace” setting on the Tesla, which displayed a fireplace video on the vehicle’s screen.
The man said Lamarre-Condon explained that he did not want to turn it on because the person from his previous situationship still had access to his Tesla app and could see it.
“He said he also needed to be careful about the music he played on Spotify because the other person was monitoring his Spotify.”
Around the time he allegedly killed Baird and Davies, Lamarre-Condon sent the man a series of text messages and five voice recordings.
At 11.59pm on February 19—the day of the alleged murders—Lamarre-Condon messaged: “How was your Monday Mr? X.”
The man was asleep and responded the following day, saying his Monday had been “good” and asking how Lamarre-Condon’s day had gone and whether he had slept well.
On February 20, the day after the alleged killings, Lamarre-Condon sent voice messages saying he was “very sick” and had undergone a day procedure in hospital.
The court had previously heard that Lamarre-Condon underwent a minor procedure at St Vincent’s Hospital in Darlinghurst on February 21.
One voice message was read aloud in court. Lamarre-Condon said: “Sorry I’ve been a bit MIA, I’ve been sick and I have this operation today so I’m a bit nervous about it … I always feel worried about having anaesthetic.
“I’m just not feeling the best … trying to get back into a positive mindset.”
He turned down an invitation to a boat party, saying he was not feeling confident about his body.
“I haven’t been to the gym this week, I have no intention of going to the gym this week, and I don’t want to be on a boat full of gays,” he said in the voice message.
In a subsequent message, he said: “Sorry, I don’t want to sound like I’m whinging, I’m actually a pretty positive person, so it’s the perfect weather [for a boat party] but I’m going to bed.”
On February 21, Lamarre-Condon sent a third voice message saying he was “nervous” about the procedure but “keen” to go on another date soon.
“I have to get my health back up and back into the headspace,” he said.
The court previously heard that Lamarre-Condon underwent the day procedure on February 21 before driving Baird and Davies’ bodies to a rural property and leaving them beside a fence.
The next day, Lamarre-Condon left another voicemail: “Don’t worry, I didn’t block you, I have just shut down all my social media, I’m going to have a bit of a break, mentally.”
He described social media as “addictive” and said he had “temporarily deactivated” his accounts.
The boyfriend said he never heard from Lamarre-Condon again.