Baltimore Police are still on the hunt for a 32-year-old convicted felon, Jason Dean Billingsley, who murdered 26-year-old tech CEO and teacher Pava LaPere.
According to the acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, the suspect should be considered armed and dangerous as he is wanted on charges of first-degree murder, assault, and other offenses.
According to the police, LaPere, co-founder of the small startup EcoMap Technologies, was reported missing Monday morning.
Some hours later, the police were called to a downtown apartment building and that’s where they found her lifeless body, with signs of blunt-force trauma to the head.
The killer was probably someone she knew or someone she knew allowed him into the building.
Investigators believe Billingsley is still in the Baltimore area and urge anyone who has information on him or his whereabouts to call 911 immediately, Worley said Tuesday.
“This individual will kill, and he will rape,” Worley cautioned, citing the suspect’s criminal record. “He will do anything he can to cause harm.”
Billingsley pleaded guilty to first-degree assault in 2009 and second-degree assault in 2011, according to court records.
He is also serving a 30-year sentence after pleading guilty to first-degree sex offense back in 2015.
Billingsley was released from prison in October 2022. Since his release from prison, Billingsley has been registered as a sex offender in Maryland’s database.
