The convicted felon accused in the murder of a tech CEO in Baltimore, Maryland, was taken into custody late Wednesday after two days on the run.
Authorities reportedly caught 32-year-old Jason Billingsley in Bowie, the New York Post reported Thursday.
Investigators tracked the suspect and ultimately found him at a train station after previously naming him the sole suspect in the killing of tech CEO Pava LaPere.
Images show the suspect and the victim:
Suspect in Pava LaPere murder had evaded manhunt for 6 days before tech CEO was killed: cops https://t.co/UQTLPubZXB pic.twitter.com/QZBBAlovez
— New York Post (@nypost) September 28, 2023
LaPere, the founder of EcoMap Technologies, was found dead with signs of “blunt-force trauma” at an apartment Monday, Baltimore law enforcement said, according to Breitbart News. The outlet explained the woman had been featured in Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list.
The outlet also said her alleged killer was freed by a George Soros-backed district attorney, even though he was sentenced to 30 years behind bars for a first-degree sex offense.
Per the Daily Mail:
The 6ft 4, 305lbs suspect had been jailed for 30 years in 2015, was set free by progressive, George Soros-backed District Attorney Marilyn Mosby in October 2022 — just seven years into his sentence. It is unclear why he was released so swiftly.
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Mosby is no longer the DA in Baltimore, having been replaced in January 2023 by Ivan Bates, who reversed her non-prosecution policy for low-level offenses like drug possession, prostitution, and trespassing on his first day in office.
According to the Post, LaPere was found beaten and partially clothed on the rooftop of her apartment building.
“Billingsley is still on parole for a violent rape and assault of a 25-year-old woman in 2013,” the article said, adding the man is also a suspect in an attack on a couple that happened days before her death.
“Billingsley is being eyed as the man who broke into the man and woman’s house, where he handcuffed and duct-taped them at gunpoint and then allegedly raped the woman before slashing her neck,” the Post article said.
“He then allegedly doused them in liquid and set them on fire, nearly killing them. A 5-year-old child who was in the home also suffered smoke inhalation,” it stated.
#BREAKING | Jason Billingsley, a Maryland sex offender, has been arrested in connection to the murder of tech CEO, #PavaLePere.
LePere was reported missing Monday, and was found dead in an apartment building with blunt force trauma to her head.#CourtTV What do YOU think? ⚖️👇 pic.twitter.com/fERDY9KHRA
— Court TV (@CourtTV) September 28, 2023
The outlet also said the suspect did not know LaPere, and it remains a mystery how he gained access to the woman’s building.
LaPere’s loved ones and friends gathered recently to honor her life during a vigil, according to WJZ:
“Pava woke up every day with the belief that she and we, together, had the power to ignite change. Together, we can show the world that she was right,” one woman said during the event.