Jesse Baird biography: 10 things about TV presenter raised in Melbourne, Australia

Jesse A. Baird was an Australian television presenter and Australian rules football goal umpire. He was 2 years younger than Beaumont Lamarre-Condon and 3 years younger than Luke Davies.

Lamarre-Cordon was reportedly romantically interested in Baird and was jealous when Baird started dating Davies in February 2024. Here are 10 more things about Baird:

1. He grew up in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2. From 2011 to 2016, he was a Northern Football Netball League goal umpire.
3. In 2015, he graduated from Loyola College in Watsonia, Victoria. In 2017, he moved to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to pursue a television career.
4. From 2017 to June 27, 2021, he was a member of the cast of the children’s TV series “Totally Wild”. From 2017 to 2019, he was a North East Australian Football League goal umpire.
5. In 2019, he graduated from La Trobe University in Melbourne with a bachelor’s degree in education majoring in drama and media. That year, he joined the 10 Peach game show “Gamify” as a host.
6. From 2020 to 2023, he was an Australian Football League goal umpire.
7. He and Corey-Dean Thorpe remained friends after being in a romantic relationship for five years. In November 2023, Thorpe helped him in drafting a text message about why he and Lamarre-Condon should stop seeing each other because Lamarre-Condon had overstepped the boundaries of their friendship.
8. He was a red carpet reporter on “Studio 10” until it was cancelled in December 2023.
9. Between 12:00 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on February 19, 2024, he and Davies were fatally shot at his apartment in Paddington, New South Wales allegedly by Lamarre-Cordon. He was 26.
10. On February 20, 2024, he was supposed to umpire an AFL pre-season practice match. On February 23, 2024, Lamarre-Cordon was arrested for his and Davies’s murders. On February 27, 2024, their bodies were found on a property in Bungonia, New South Wales.