Pava LaPere Investigation

Mugshot of Jason Billingsley.

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The crowd shouts “We love you, Pava” while holding up their phone flashlights during a vigil for Pava LaPere at the Washington Monument on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

Criminal justice

Man accused of killing Pava LaPere, attacking and setting 2 people on fire in Baltimore, denied bail

Baltimore acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley, U.S. Marshals Chief Deputy Mathew Silverman, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott, and Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan J. Bates host a press conference at police headquarters on the arrest of Jason Billingsley, the suspect in the killing of Pava LaPere, on Sept. 28, 2023. Billingsley was apprehended at a train station in Bowie late last night. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)

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