A registered sex offender, who was released early from his sentence, has been arrested for the alleged murder of a Baltimore tech CEO.
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Jason Billingsley, the suspect accused of killing beloved Baltimore tech CEO Pava LaPere, was taken into custody Wednesday night, authorities said.
Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley at a news conference said Billingsley, a registered sex offender, was arrested without incident in Bowie, Maryland, over 20 miles southwest of Baltimore around 11 p.m. He did not say whether Billingsley was armed at the time of his arrest, as police had earlier warned.
Worley said investigators believe LaPere, 26, was killed sometime Friday night. She was found dead from blunt-force trauma around 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday at her apartment complex hours after being reported missing. Worley said there was no forced entry into the building. He added that police don’t know if there were any connections between Billingsley and LaPere.
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