‘Light and love’: family and friends to honour Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at Sydney vigil

Darlinghurst event will celebrate lives of former TV presenter and Qantas flight attendant who were allegedly murdered by Sen Const Beau Lamarre

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The grieving families of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies will join friends at a vigil to honour the men as Sydney's LGBTQ+ community attempts to come to terms with their alleged murders.

Friends of 26-year-old Baird - an AFL umpire and former television presenter - and 29-year-old Davies - a Qantas cabin attendant - organised Friday evening's memorial event in Darlinghurst's Green Park with the blessing of the men's families.