The founder and chief executive of a Baltimore tech start-up who was acclaimed as a rising entrepreneur in the city was found dead on Monday, the police said, prompting a manhunt on Tuesday for a suspect considered to be armed and dangerous.
The authorities said that they had received a missing-person call shortly beforehand.
On Tuesday, the police said they had identified Jason Dean Billingsley, 32, of Baltimore, a sex offender who was released from prison last fall, as the suspect in Ms. LaPere’s killing, and potentially in other cases.
The department did not say how it had determined Mr. Billingsley to be the suspect and did not immediately return calls seeking comment on Tuesday night.
Richard Worley, the acting police commissioner for the department, warned residents at a news conference on Tuesday that Mr. Billingsley “will kill, and he will rape.
Persons:
Pava LaPere, Jason Dean Billingsley, LaPere’s, Billingsley, Richard Worley
Organizations:
EcoMap Technologies, West Franklin Street, Baltimore Police Department
Locations:
Baltimore, West