A man has pleaded guilty to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere last September in an apparently random attack that shocked the city and prompted criticism of police for their response. Jason Billingsley entered the guilty plea instead of going to trial Friday morning and received a life sentence.
Jason Billingsley, 33, entered the guilty plea instead of going to trial Friday morning and was sentenced to life. He alsoto two counts of attempted murder in a separate arson and home invasion case that took place just days before LaPere was found dead on the rooftop of her downtown Baltimore apartment building.
In a bail review hearing following Billingsley’s arrest, prosecutors said he had admitted to beating LaPere with a brick. He gained entry to her downtown Baltimore apartment building after waving her over to its glass door, but there’s no reason to believe they knew each other, according to police.Family calls for transparency after heatstroke death of Baltimore trash collector
Her body was found six days after the home invasion case in which police say Billingsley gained entry into an apartment building by identifying himself as the building maintenance man. According to his arrest warrant, he pointed a gun at a woman inside and used duct-tape to restrain her and her boyfriend. He then raped the woman several times and slit her throat with a knife before dousing both victims in liquid and setting them on fire, leaving them with serious burns, police wrote.
Billingsley had been quickly identified as a suspect in that case. Baltimore police have said they were actively pursuing him, but they did not immediately alert the public because they didn’t think he was committing “random” acts of violence.in October 2022 after serving a shortened sentence for a 2013 rape because he earned good behavior credits behind bars.
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