Suspect in Baltimore’s tech CEO’s slaying apprehended

Police are looking for someone who they think killed a CEO in Baltimore, Maryland. They have caught a man after searching for him for several days.

Pava LaPere, a 26-year-old person who started a company called EcoMap Technologies, was reported as gone on Monday morning and later discovered dead.

The police arrested a criminal named Jason Dean Billingsley on Thursday.

They said that Ms. LaPere was found dead at her home on Friday night and there were no signs that someone broke into her apartment.

The police found her dead body in a building in Baltimore. Her head had been hit and injured.

Investigators said before that there were no signs that Ms. LaPere knew Billingsley, who was wanted for first-degree murder.

A special police team trapped the 32-year-old person in a train station 27 miles (43km) south of Baltimore in Bowie, Maryland, according to the police during a news conference on Thursday morning.

MsLaPere went to school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She started her own technology company when she was 21 years old.

She was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list earlier this year.

During a vigil held on Wednesday, Mr. LaPere, the father of Ms. LaPere, expressed that his daughter was very close to him and was his beloved daughter.

He remembered how they used to share pictures of their walks at sunrise and thanked the people who loved their daughter.
The person the police were looking for was involved in another crime where they tried to kill someone, committed rape, and set a fire. This happened on September 19 in Baltimore.

Officials told people that he was dangerous and had weapons before capturing him on Thursday.

Billingsley got out of jail in October 2022 after being in there for almost seven years for a serious sexual crime.

He has been listed as a registered sex offender in Maryland since he was released.

The police are looking at other cases from October to see if Billingsley might be involved in any of them.

According to NBC News, the suspect’s mom, Scarlett Billingsley, sent him a text telling him to surrender because she believed his life was in danger.

Scarlett Billingsley also told the network that her son came to her home for a short time on Monday and showed her a gun.