"Unlock the keys to your financial future and legacy – <br />Get it now -- https://shorturl.at/nvCU5 "<br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Cops Arrest Fugitive Wanted for Murder of 26-Year-Old Tech CEO.<br />The convicted sex offender wanted in connection with the killing of a young Maryland tech CEO was arrested on Wednesday night at around 11:10 p.m., in the city of Bowie, per a statement on social media from the US Marshals in Baltimore.<br /><br />Police on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for repeat criminal offender Jason Billingsley, 32, on several charges, including first-degree murder, assault, and reckless endangerment, in connection to the death of 26-year-old Pava LaPere.<br /><br />LaPere, the founder and CEO of the startup EcoMap Technologies who recently made it on the Forbes 30 under 30 list, was found dead with signs of blunt-force trauma at a luxury apartment building in Baltimore on Monday around 11:30 a.m., police said.<br /><br />The young tech entrepreneur had been reported missing hours before officers with the Baltimore Police Department discovered her body, authorities said.<br /><br />In reporting about Billingsley's arrest, The New York Times referenced a now-deleted statement from the US Marshals on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The US Marshals confirmed Billingsley's arrest to ABC News late on Wednesday night.<br /><br />The statement did not provide further details on the arrest, per The Times. The Baltimore police department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on the arrest.<br /><br />Billingsley was previously convicted of a serious sex offense and released from prison early<br />Billingsley was described by Baltimore state's attorney Ivan Bates at a Tuesday press conference as a "repeat violent offender."<br /><br />Richard Worley, the acting police commissioner for the Baltimore Police Department, added: "This individual will kill and he will rape. He will do anything he can to cause harm."<br /><br />Amid a manhunt, the police commissioner asked Baltimore residents to "please be aware of your surroundings."<br /><br />Police said Billingsley was previously arrested in 2013, 2011, and 2009, and accused of multiple crimes, including sex offense, second-degree assault, and robbery charges.<br /><br />Records reviewed by Insider show that Billingsley was sentenced in 2015 to 30 years in prison with 16 years suspended after he pleaded guilty to a first-degree sex offense. He is listed on the Maryland sex offender registry as a "tier 3" offender — the most serious classification — and those records show he was released from prison on October 5, 2022.<br /><br />Bates said that Billingsley had a "violent crime" conviction in 2011 that included a charge of attempted rape and said Billingsley was paroled in October 2022.<br /><br />However, The Baltimore Banner reported that Maryland Parole Commission Chair David Blumberg said that Billingsley was actually denied parole and instead released on what was described as good-time credits.<br /><br />