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A detective sergeant has been credited as the heroic police officer who solved the case of the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
Exhausted-looking Detective Sergeant Sasha Pinazza broke down in tears while addressing the media on Tuesday after NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said: “I attribute a lot of the case to him.”
Commissioner Webb thanked “all the detectives who have worked hard on this investigation tirelessly 24 hours a day,” but singled out the detectives and Pinazza, the officer in charge.
Detective Sergeant Pinazza admitted at the conference that when police stopped the search after dark in Bungonia, in the New South Wales Southern Highlands, on Monday without finding the remains of Baird and Davies, they were despondent.
Detectives were “disheartened” when they didn’t find the bodies yesterday, but she said she was proud of police efforts Tuesday.
“We met again this morning and we have had a wonderful result for the families,” he said.
Detective Sergeant Sasha Pinazza (pictured at a press conference on Tuesday) is credited with being the hero cop who helped solve the case of the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
The remains of the two men have been located 20 minutes from the original search location in Bungonia after their accused killer, Beau Lamarre-Condon, allegedly revealed the location.
When she responded to a journalist’s question and felt momentarily flustered when she got the journalist’s name wrong, Detective Sergeant Pinazza apologized and added: “I’m exhausted, I’ve barely eaten or slept.”
Detective Sergeant Pinazza and another officer, Detective Chief Inspector Glenn Brown, are believed to have been the police officers who visited accused murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon in Silverwater prison at around 11am on Tuesday morning.
It was during this meeting that Lamarre-Condon, a former celebrity blogger turned senior constable with the New South Wales Police, allegedly told them where the bodies were located..
Accused murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon has been suspended without pay from New South Wales Police and was interviewed at Silverwater jail on Tuesday, where he allegedly divulged the location of the two men’s bodies.
He had previously refused to help police find the remains of the two men, but changed his mind after turning to a lawyer.
Police located the remains three hours later, around 1pm, and within minutes Baird and Davies’ families were informed.
Homicide squad commander Danny Doherty did not reveal what condition the bodies were in when they were discovered Tuesday, but he did say “they were covered in debris.”
The bodies were allegedly transported to a location on Jerrara Road, Bungonia, which is 20 minutes from the original search site, in surf bags.
Detective Superintendent Doherty said Lamarre-Condon acted alone.
“We will allege that he acted alone and that he is the only person responsible for placing Luke and Jesse’s bodies in their current location,” he said.
Lamarre-Condon has been suspended without pay from the New South Wales Police and will appear in court in April.
