Breaking Digest previously reported on the brutal murder of Pava LaPere, a 26-year-old CEO of a Baltimore technology company.
According to police, LaPere was found dead from blunt force trauma at a Mount Vernon apartment building on Monday.
FOX 45 sources have confirmed that Jason Billingsley, 32, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday night.
#BREAKING NEWS |Sources have confirmed to FOX 45 News that Jason Billingsley, the suspect wanted for the brutal murder of Baltimore technology CEO Pava LaPere, was arrestedhttps://t.co/Fmdg6AscbQ pic.twitter.com/HUDTVKiu6P
— FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) September 28, 2023
Watch the Baltimore police announce Billingsley’s arrest from WBAL-TV 11:
According to the New York Post, Billingsley was still on parole at the time of his arrest for the violent rape and assault of a 25-year-old woman in 2013. Additionally, he is a suspect in a disturbing attack on a man and woman that occurred the week before LaPere’s murder.
According to the Baltimore Police, Billingsley attacked a couple, raped the woman and slit her throat. He then doused them both in a flammable liquid and set them on fire while a child was present in the residence.
Billingsley had been released back into the community after serving only 14 years of a 30-year sentence and was granted parole in October 2022.
During a press conference, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott expressed his frustration with Billingsley’s release, emphasizing that he should not have been back on the streets in the first place.
Jason Billingsley is really dangerous.
— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) September 28, 2023
1 week before allegedly killing Pava LaPere, Baltimore Police say he handcuffed and duct taped a couple, raped the woman, slit her throat, doused them both in a liquid, then lit them on fire. All while a child was home. pic.twitter.com/UjzlQLycc4
