Jesse Baird: Man charged with murder of missing Sydney couple

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A 28-year-old man has been charged with murdering missing Sydney TV personality Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies.

Police launched a frantic search on Wednesday after the couple’s bloodied belongings were found in a bin near Sydney. A “significant” amount of blood was later located at Mr Baird’s home, police said.

Beau Lamarre, a police officer and Mr Baird’s ex-boyfriend, handed himself in for questioning on Friday.

Detectives say they are yet to locate the men’s bodies or confirm their cause of death.

Police allege the couple were killed on Monday inside Mr Baird’s house in Paddington, an inner Sydney suburb, before their bodies were moved in a white van.

The van – captured at the scene on CCTV footage – was found in Sydney’s south on Friday morning.

However Det Supt Danny Doherty told reporters a bullet matching a NSW Police-issued gun was found at the crime scene in Paddington.

The gun was found in a safe at a police station in Sydney.

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