Australian flag provider Qantas has unveiled an emotional tribute on its official Mardi Gras float to a murdered flight attendant who was allegedly slain together with his boyfriend by a serving police officer who then hid their our bodies in surfboard baggage.
Luke Davies, 29, was murdered alongside his new TV presenter boyfriend Jesse Baird, 26, on February 19 by the serving police officer who was Baird’s ex-lover at an deal with in Sydney.
Senior Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon, 29, has been charged with gunning the boys down and is at the moment being held in jail whereas investigators proceed their investigation.
In reminiscence of Luke and in session together with his household, Qantas determined to pay tribute to the flight attendant by naming its official Mardi Gras parade float after him.
The float is within the form of an airplane, and Luke’s identify will seem on the entrance identical to some other named plane would appear like.
The parade is happening on Saturday, March 2, because the fruits of a two-week LGBTQI+ Mardi Gras celebration in Syndey yearly.
Qantas has taken half in Mardi Gras actions and the long-lasting annual parade for a few years and it’s believed that Luke would have been strolling alongside Qantas’ float if his life hadn’t been so tragically lower brief.
Luke had solely been working for Qantas for round 4 months. He beforehand flew as a member of cabin crew for Virgin Australia’s finances subsidiary Tiger Air earlier than touchdown his dream job as a world flight attendant for Australia’s flag provider.
The newest police idea surrounding the homicide is that Luke was not Lamarre-Condon’s meant goal. Two weeks previous to the homicide, Lamarre-Condon was caught on CCTV cameras strolling right into a sports activities store and buying one surfboard bag.
However following the murders, Lamarre-Condon revisited the identical store to purchase a second surfboard bag. A number of days after allegedly murdering the couple, Lamarre-Condon rented a van and moved the our bodies to a distant location, the place they remained for greater than per week earlier than being found.
The murders have rocked Australia’s LGBTQI+ group and the position of the police in Saturday’s Mardi Gras parade have overshadowed what is often a celebatory event.
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