Jason Billingsley, 32, was arrested Wednesday at a train station in Maryland, according to reports
A man has been arrested in connection with the brutal death of technology executive Pave LaPere, according to reports from the The New York Times, USA Todayand CBS News.
Jason Billingsley, 32, was arrested Wednesday at the MARC train station in Bowie, Maryland, sources told FOX 45 Baltimore.
Baltimore police will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. local time Thursday, according to the office. The Baltimore Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Pava LaPere, founder and director of EcoMap Technologies.
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At a news conference Tuesday, police said they had issued an arrest warrant for Billingsley, who allegedly shot LaPere — the 26-year-old founder and CEO of EcoMap Technologies — in her apartment on Monday.
“This person will kill and rape,” Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley told a news conference. “He will do everything he can to harm.”
Billingsley was wanted for alleged first-degree murder, according to a statement obtained by PEOPLE from the Baltimore Police Department.
“BPD’s Special Investigations Division is working to determine potential connections to Billingsley and other cases,” the statement added, noting that Billingsley was arrested in 2013, 2011 and 2009 on multiple charges, including “sexual assault, charges of second degree assault and robbery”. ”
LaPere was found dead with signs of blunt force trauma in her Mount Vernon apartment building around 11:30 a.m. Monday, police said. The Johns Hopkins University graduate was reported missing before her death, according to authorities.
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Police said they do not believe Billingsley knew LaPere.
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EcoMap Technologies wrote in a Facebook statement that LaPere “was not only the visionary force behind EcoMap, but also a deeply compassionate and dedicated leader.”
“Her tireless commitment to our company, Baltimore, to enhancing critical ecosystem work across the country and building a deeply inclusive culture as a leader, friend and partner has set the standard for leadership, and her legacy will live on through the work we continue to do,” they added.
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In 2013, LaPere was featured on Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 list for social influence. Her clients have included The Aspen Institute, Meta, WXR Fund and the T. Rowe Price Foundation, according to Forbes.
“She was the epitome of what it was to be a dreamer,” RareBreed Ventures partner McKeever Conwell, who knew LaPere, told CBS affiliate WJZ News. “What it was like to be an entrepreneur. She is the type of woman I would want to mentor my daughter.”
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