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Baltimore CEO was killed by repeat offender who should have never been on the street, officials allege
NBC News ^ | September 26, 2023 | Antonio Planas and Tim Stelloh

Posted on 09/27/2023 5:17:37 AM PDT by grundle

Pava LaPere, the founder of EcoMap Technologies, was found dead in an apartment Monday. Police say they are looking for a suspect considered armed and dangerous.

Police in Baltimore say they are searching for a repeat violent offender who should not have been free after a 26-year-old tech CEO was found dead at an apartment Monday.

Pava LaPere, the CEO and founder of EcoMap Technologies, whose accomplishments earned her a spot on the Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list, was found dead about 11:30 a.m. Monday at an apartment with apparent signs of “blunt-force trauma,” police said.

Police said Tuesday they had issued an arrest warrant for Jason Billingsley on first-degree murder and additional charges.

Officials said Billingsley, 32, of Baltimore, should be considered armed and dangerous.

"This individual will kill, and he will rape," Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley warned Tuesday afternoon at a news conference. "He will do anything he can to cause harm."

In 2015, Billingsley was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with 16 years suspended, after he pleaded guilty to a first-degree sex offense, court records show.

The Maryland sex offender registry shows he was released from prison in October. The registry classified him in "tier 3," which includes the most serious charges and requires offenders to register for life.

The prosecutor in the 2015 case did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and Billingsley's public defender could not immediately be reached.

Relatives identified in public records as Billingsley's mother and sister did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Court records show Billingsley also pleaded guilty to first-degree assault in 2009 and second-degree assault in 2011.

The police Special Investigations Section is working to determine whether Billingsley is linked to any other cases, police said.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Billingsley should not have been free.

"There is no way in hell that he should have been out on the street," Scott said. "When the police go out and do their job, as they did in this case ... and the state's attorney goes out and does their work, gets the conviction, the conviction should be the conviction.

"We are tired of talking about the same people committing the same kind of crimes over and over again."

Officials did not provide details about a possible motive in LaPere's death or any possible relationship between her and Billingsley.

Scott, who said he had gotten to know LaPere in recent years, called her “young, talented” who was “devoted” to the city.

A missing person report had been filed not long before LaPere was discovered dead late Monday morning, police said.

In a written statement Tuesday night, LaPere's family said she was an inspiration to many.

"She was driven, creative, hard working and relentless in her efforts, with her wonderful team at EcoMap Technologies," her family said. "Pava made an impact in every endeavor she undertook and on every life she touched. She will be forever missed as a daughter, sister, grand-daughter, niece, cousin and loyal friend."

LaPere’s firm, EcoMap Technologies, positions itself as a company that uses technology to "digitize ecosystems, ensuring anyone can easily access the information they need, so ecosystems can be as equitable, efficient, & effective as possible.”

In a statement, EcoMap Technologies said the circumstances surrounding LaPere's death were "deeply distressing" and that she "was not only the visionary force behind EcoMap but was also a deeply compassionate and dedicated leader.”

In its "30 Under 30" feature for 2023, Forbes said that LaPere, a Johns Hopkins graduate, had a team of 30 and that her clients included the Aspen Institute, Meta, the WXR Fund and the T. Rowe Price Foundation.

Worley, the police commissioner, pleaded with Billingsley to stop running and turn himself in.

"If you’re out there watching ... every single police officer in Baltimore city, in the state of Maryland, as well as U.S. marshals, are looking for you," Worley said. "We will find you ... and then we will turn it over to the state’s attorney to prosecute you to the fullest. So please turn yourself in."


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To: BobL

Too made Little Miss Woketress didn't read The Gift of Fear.

Her family should have bought her a copy.

21 posted on 09/27/2023 6:42:10 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: know.your.why

Too bad he didn’t casually walk in the Capitol building on Jan 6th. He would have gotten 32 years.


22 posted on 09/27/2023 6:45:58 AM PDT by mware
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To: Socon-Econ

I did not see any mention of a forced entry. Maybe there was, but, it seems like that would have been stated in the story if that had been the case.


23 posted on 09/27/2023 6:48:09 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: JonPreston

Just read the sentence about the company. “digitize ecosystems, ensuring anyone can easily access the information they need, so ecosystems can be as equitable, efficient, & effective as possible.”


24 posted on 09/27/2023 6:53:38 AM PDT by pas
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To: grundle

Looks like this fellow was released early by one of our favorite Soros Prosecutors.

“In 2015, he pleaded guilty to a first-degree sex offense and was sentenced to 30 years behind bars, according to the records.

But he was released only seven years later by then-District Attorney Marilyn Mosby — who was backed by billionaire Democratic donor George Soros — on “good-time credits,” according to the Baltimore Banner.”

https://nypost.com/2023/09/27/slain-baltimore-tech-ceo-pava-lapere-was-found-on-her-roof-report/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Mosby


25 posted on 09/27/2023 7:00:42 AM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: grundle

The reason Trump is only 5 to 10 points up on Biden rather than 15 to 20 points, is losers like this woman, who think (or thought, in her case) that they know EVERYTHING and one of the things they ‘know’ is Trump is ‘clueless’ when it comes to understanding the purpose of our justice system.


26 posted on 09/27/2023 7:03:20 AM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: high info voter

“More of Satan’s Fr’kn animals running loose in the country .... “

One less, at this point.


27 posted on 09/27/2023 7:04:03 AM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: libh8er

Well then...


28 posted on 09/27/2023 7:10:25 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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To: grundle

In a way, I kind of feel sorry for the guy as he’s now getting exposed to a form of 2-tier ‘justice’. He figures he’d teach another young babe a thing or two about Social Justice but instead finds the entire city of Baltimore and likely much more looking to arrest him and possibly lock him up for several weeks.


29 posted on 09/27/2023 7:13:39 AM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: Alberta's Child

Yup—her “reparations” are now paid in full.


30 posted on 09/27/2023 7:13:55 AM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

A .38 bullet is cheaper than one roll of TP for their cell.


31 posted on 09/27/2023 7:24:26 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: JonPreston

She died for what she believed in.


32 posted on 09/27/2023 8:57:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: know.your.why

“ Police in Baltimore say they are searching for a repeat violent offender…”

It shouldn’t be very difficult to find him. He’s 6’4” and 300 lbs.


33 posted on 09/27/2023 9:04:08 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: BobL
"The reason Trump is only 5 to 10 points up on Biden rather than 15 to 20 points, is losers like this woman, who think (or thought, in her case) that they know EVERYTHING and one of the things they ‘know’ is Trump is ‘clueless’ when it comes to understanding the purpose of our justice system."

Nobody could have said it better. What Stephen Miller needs to do is find the wedge issues plural that will keep them home and sitting on their hands on November 5, 2024.

34 posted on 09/27/2023 11:22:43 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: libh8er
She proudly declared on her linkedin that she was running a company that was 50% non white

Typical leftie statistics fail.

35 posted on 09/27/2023 2:41:40 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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