Mere hours after an emotional Wednesday night vigil where hundreds gathered in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood to honor the memory of Pava LaPere, authorities located the man they charged with the locally beloved entrepreneur’s homicide.
Police took Jason Billingsley, 32, into custody after 11 p.m. on Wednesday night, according to The Baltimore Banner and other media outlets. Several law enforcement agencies reportedly tracked Billingsley to a Bowie, Maryland, train station.
The arrest took place a little over a day after the Baltimore Police Department identified Billingsley as the primary suspect in the alleged murder of LaPere, who was at the age of 26 a force in Baltimore’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. Billingsley is charged with first-degree murder in LaPere’s death, as well as several other violent offenses related to her killing. Police also named Billingsley the suspect in a Sept. 19 attack at an Upton residence.
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