Tech CEO Pava LaPere was apparently stalked home by her killer — who then tricked her into letting him into her Baltimore building, where she was strangled and possibly beaten with a brick, according to court documents.
After the famous 26-year-old CEO was found murdered on his roof Monday — left half-naked and with a missing tooth on the side of his body — detectives found surveillance footage of his final return after 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to charges. documents seen by The Post.
“After entering the building, the victim could be seen getting off the couch in the lobby and walking to the front door to a black male,” said the affidavit, which identified him as Jason Dean Billinglsey, 32, a paroled felon already on the hunt. rape two days before where a couple was set on fire.
“The man then waved to the victim in the lobby to come to the door.”
LaPere — a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree who wore a green off-the-shoulder top with red pants and shoes — then “opened the lobby door and began talking to” the man who waved him in, the document said.
Pava LaPere, 26, was found murdered on Monday.Instagram / Pava LaPere
He apparently tricked her into letting him in by pretending to lose his keys, sources told CNN.
The victim then let the tall man “inside the building where they could be seen riding the elevator together,” the affidavit said.
Early footage also shows the same man following LaPere home, keeping enough of a distance that he wouldn’t notice, CNN sources said.
The same man was soon seen leaving the stairs to the lobby and “scrambled to get out” with the sweatshirt he was wearing earlier now in his hands, the affidavit said.
Jason Billingsley, 32, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the tech CEO’s murder.Baltimore PD/MEGA
He can be seen wiping a red hand on his shorts, the document said.
LaPere was found on the roof of his building “prone in a semi-clothed state” with trauma to his face, head and body, the charging application said.
“This crime scene consisted of bricks, blood, buttons, pants, 3 teeth, a broken hair clip and a pair of red shoes” like those worn by the CEO when he arrived home, the document said.
The medical examiner determined she was killed Friday by strangulation and blunt force trauma.
Detectives identified the suspect as Billingsley the next day — intensifying a manhunt for him that began shortly after he was suspected in the horrific attack on the couple seven days earlier, on September 19.
Billingsley is believed to have tricked his way into the LaPere.MEGA apartment building
One victim of the horror, Jonte Gilmore, 26, described how his attacker also tricked his way into their home — then repeatedly raped Gilmore’s girlfriend before setting them both on fire.
Police didn’t appeal for help finding Billingsley, however, until LaPere’s murder – after which they warned he might be “armed and dangerous” and someone who “would kill and he would rape.”
Billingsley was arrested in Bowie, Maryland, late Wednesday on multiple charges in both cases, including murder, attempted murder and rape.
The delay in appealing for help to find him sparked outrage in the town, especially given Billingsley’s fearsome rap sheet.
Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley defended his decision Thursday, saying officers thought they were close to catching him and didn’t believe he would have committed a “random act” before LaPere’s body was found.
“If I think we made a mistake, I’ll tell you we made a mistake,” Worley said.
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