They found the bodies of a former TV presenter and her lover murdered by a police officer in Australia

Australian police said this Tuesday that they had found the body of the former TV presenter jesse baird and her lover luke davisReportedly murdered by a police officer in the southeast of the country last week.

New South Wales State Police Commissioner Karen Webbsaid at a press conference that the discovery occurred on a property in the city bungoniaAbout 185 kilometers south-west of Sydney.

“We are confident that we have found Luke and Jesse,” the commissioner said in Sydney. He said police have already informed the couple’s relatives about the discovery and the bodies will be taken to the crime scene for formal identification.

Webb also denied that the killings were motivated “gay hatred” Because they are considered to be linked to “domestic violence”.

The discovery of the bodies in Bangonia, where another property was discovered a day earlier, comes after intensive searches in the Royal National Park and a sports field. Cronulla neighborhoodBoth locations are more than 26 kilometers north of Sydney.

As part of their investigation into the crime that shocked Australia, authorities charged the police officer with two counts of murder last Friday. beau lamarreThe 28-year-old was believed to be Baird’s accomplice after he surrendered at a Sydney police station.

Police believe Lamarr murdered Baird and Davis with a gun at the home of the former presenter, one of the Australian channel’s popular faces, on 19 February. network 10In the eastern Sydney suburb of Paddington.

Subsequently, the accused hired a white van, which has been seized, to dispose of the bodies of the couple, whose belongings were found in a garbage container on Monday last week. CronulaIn southern Sydney.

The murder of Baird and Davis has caused great unease in the LGTBI community and prompted organizers of a Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night to celebrate sexual diversity and a request from New South Wales Police to attend the event with their floats. Told to refrain from.

In a statement, Webb acknowledged bringing media attention to the case and apologized for the poor investigation of crimes against the LGTBI community between 1970 and 2010.

Police launched an investigation into the disappearance of Baird, 26, and Davis, a 29-year-old flight attendant, last Wednesday. qantas airlineSome of her belongings were found that day in a garbage container in the Cronulla neighborhood in Sydney’s south.