Baltimore Man Receives Life Sentence for the Murder of Tech CEO Pava LaPere
Jason Billingsley/Baltimore PD/MEGA
A Baltimore man received a life sentence for the brutal 2023 murder of tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere, authorities announced.
Jason Billingsley, 33, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder on Friday. He received three life sentences for killing Pava LaPere, raping April Hurley, and attempting to murder Hurley and her male friend.
A career criminal, Billingsley was released from prison after a first-degree sex offense conviction before he went on a brutal rampage in Baltimore.
“This defendant should have never been released into the community following a first-degree sex offense conviction to inflict immense trauma,
