Baltimore man wanted for murdering a tech CEO

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Anonymous wrote:This is so unbelievably tragic.

I wish every woman were required to read THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker before they went away to school. (I wish I had read it.) He so persuasively shows how predators exploit their victims' best qualities -- their kindness, compassion, idealism.

Caveat: she did NOTHING wrong. You should be able to open the door to a stranger and survive. It is heartbreaking that the world includes monsters like this guy.

It's not about right or wrong. It's about commonsense and not being naive about strangers.

If he was a maintenance worker she had seen before, possibly in a uniform, that's a bit different from a stranger. I never let strangers in my apartment building, but it would never occur to me not to let our male janitor in.

It is very clear from the articles that he was NOT a maintenance worker at her building.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so unbelievably tragic.

I wish every woman were required to read THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker before they went away to school. (I wish I had read it.) He so persuasively shows how predators exploit their victims' best qualities -- their kindness, compassion, idealism.

Caveat: she did NOTHING wrong. You should be able to open the door to a stranger and survive. It is heartbreaking that the world includes monsters like this guy.

It's not about right or wrong. It's about commonsense and not being naive about strangers.

If he was a maintenance worker she had seen before, possibly in a uniform, that's a bit different from a stranger. I never let strangers in my apartment building, but it would never occur to me not to let our male janitor in.

It is very clear from the articles that he was NOT a maintenance worker at her building.

Exactly.

Fron the charging docs in court today: They have video showing she entered the front door and sat on a couch in lobby at 11 pm on Friday watching the door. Curious where she was beforehand since it seemed they had encountered one another, otherwise she would have come in and gone up to her apartment, not waited in lobby. Since she lived and worked in building, she had been out. She sat in lobby as if waiting. He came up to the front door and beckoned her over. They spoke, she let him in, and they got in the elevator together.

I wonder if it will come out that she had encountered him in some mentoring or neighborhood context?

The WP erroneously reported he was a maintenance worker at her building. He did maintenance for the roominghouse where he had raped, assaulted and committed arson a week before. They conflated the 2 locations.

Pava had a lot of energy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? How did this guy get out of state prison?

Something isn't adding up. He was explicitly denied parole and a violent sex offender.

I think someone probably f#cked up and he was accidently released by the state prison.

No, he was let out for "good time credits." His release was not accidental and yes, he had been denied parole. He was not released due to the Parole Board.

Credible, local reporting attributes his release to Mosby policies.

Well, she was horrible so makes sense.

Look at the photos of the charred basement where that poor man and woman were burned and left to die and recognize the hell that these so-called reform policies have turned our cities into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so unbelievably tragic.

I wish every woman were required to read THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker before they went away to school. (I wish I had read it.) He so persuasively shows how predators exploit their victims' best qualities -- their kindness, compassion, idealism.

Caveat: she did NOTHING wrong. You should be able to open the door to a stranger and survive. It is heartbreaking that the world includes monsters like this guy.

It's not about right or wrong. It's about commonsense and not being naive about strangers.

If he was a maintenance worker she had seen before, possibly in a uniform, that's a bit different from a stranger. I never let strangers in my apartment building, but it would never occur to me not to let our male janitor in.

It is very clear from the articles that he was NOT a maintenance worker at her building.

He was NOT in a uniform. Court docs went into detail about what each was wearing based on video. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/suspect-tech-ceo-murder-freaked-165253009.html

What made her stop in the lobby, sit on the couch and watch the door, as if waiting? What was the prior contact? 10:30 on a Friday night, wonder if there is a front desk person on duty, or if others were in the vicinity? I'd say complete crime of opportunity, but something kept her from going directly up to her apartment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so unbelievably tragic.

I wish every woman were required to read THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker before they went away to school. (I wish I had read it.) He so persuasively shows how predators exploit their victims' best qualities -- their kindness, compassion, idealism.

Caveat: she did NOTHING wrong. You should be able to open the door to a stranger and survive. It is heartbreaking that the world includes monsters like this guy.

It's not about right or wrong. It's about commonsense and not being naive about strangers.

If he was a maintenance worker she had seen before, possibly in a uniform, that's a bit different from a stranger. I never let strangers in my apartment building, but it would never occur to me not to let our male janitor in.

It is very clear from the articles that he was NOT a maintenance worker at her building.

He was NOT in a uniform. Court docs went into detail about what each was wearing based on video. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/suspect-tech-ceo-murder-freaked-165253009.html

What made her stop in the lobby, sit on the couch and watch the door, as if waiting? What was the prior contact? 10:30 on a Friday night, wonder if there is a front desk person on duty, or if others were in the vicinity? I'd say complete crime of opportunity, but something kept her from going directly up to her apartment.

Maybe she just liked to people watch and be in the common area? And he beckoned her to let him in and she did, and then he asked her to show him where the door to the roof was because he was supposed to fix something. Just an idea. There are lots of reasons why she might have been chilling in the lobby and then let him in other than her knowing him. If she knew him why did she stop and talk with him at the door? She’d have smiled and waved and let him right in. He must have given her a story of why he needed to come in.

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He was in the building for about half an hour

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tech-ceo-pava-leperes-alleged-killer-jason-billingsly-ran-when-he-saw-himself-on-the-news

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so unbelievably tragic.

I wish every woman were required to read THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker before they went away to school. (I wish I had read it.) He so persuasively shows how predators exploit their victims' best qualities -- their kindness, compassion, idealism.

A woman could offer no greater cooperation to her soon-to-be attacker than to spend her time telling herself, “But he seems like such a nice man.” Yet this is exactly what many people do. A woman is waiting for an elevator, and when the doors open she sees a man inside who causes her apprehension. Since she is not usually afraid, it may be the late hour, his size, the way he looks at her, the rate of attacks in the neighborhood, an article she read a year ago—it doesn’t matter why. The point is, she gets a feeling of fear. How does she respond to nature’s strongest survival signal? She suppresses it, telling herself: “I’m not going to live like that, I’m not going to insult this guy by letting the door close in his face.” When the fear doesn’t go away, she tells herself not to be so silly, and she gets into the elevator. Now, which is sillier: waiting a moment for the next elevator, or getting into a soundproofed steel chamber with a stranger she is afraid of? The inner voice is wise, and part of my purpose in writing this book is to give people permission to listen to it.

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Caveat: she did NOTHING wrong. You should be able to open the door to a stranger and survive. It is heartbreaking that the world includes monsters like this guy.

You should always assume you won't. Shoulda woulda coulda.

[Anonymous]

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Per the NBC link above, he WAS a maintenance worker at the building where he raped and committed arson.

The Daily Mail article has a picture of the building where the rape and arson was - it’s a rowhouse, not a large apartment building which would have a regular maintenance worker.

Let's be direct. He raped the girl, slit her throat and lit her and her boyfriend on fire. It was not just arson.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is such a tragedy. There are many aspects of the criminal justice system that played into the suspect being on the street, including his suspended sentence for first-degree sexual assault, which the judge apparently did not agree with but relented out of respect for the victim who did not want to endure the trauma of testifying, and the "good-time credit" that allowed him to be released after serving only a portion of that already undeservedly short sentence.

Then there is the horrific crime the accused is alleged to have committed the week before this murder, which included breaking into a house in West Baltimore, duct-taping a couple, raping the women, and then setting the couple on fire, which was not even publicized. The crime was listed as an "arson." Basically, there was a dangerous criminal on the loose, but the police did not publicize that for reasons unknown.

Those people were on fire long enough for the child upstairs to suffer from smoke inhalation. I hope they survive. I believe they are in critical condition

Is this ringing a local Cathedral bell for anyone else?

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DC mansion murders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Per the NBC link above, he WAS a maintenance worker at the building where he raped and committed arson.

The Daily Mail article has a picture of the building where the rape and arson was - it’s a rowhouse, not a large apartment building which would have a regular maintenance worker.

Let's be direct. He raped the girl, slit her throat and lit her and her boyfriend on fire. It was not just arson.

And duct taped them, and there was a 5 year old child there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so unbelievably tragic.

I wish every woman were required to read THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker before they went away to school. (I wish I had read it.) He so persuasively shows how predators exploit their victims' best qualities -- their kindness, compassion, idealism.

Caveat: she did NOTHING wrong. You should be able to open the door to a stranger and survive. It is heartbreaking that the world includes monsters like this guy.

It's not about right or wrong. It's about commonsense and not being naive about strangers.

If he was a maintenance worker she had seen before, possibly in a uniform, that's a bit different from a stranger. I never let strangers in my apartment building, but it would never occur to me not to let our male janitor in.

It is very clear from the articles that he was NOT a maintenance worker at her building.

He was NOT in a uniform. Court docs went into detail about what each was wearing based on video. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/suspect-tech-ceo-murder-freaked-165253009.html

What made her stop in the lobby, sit on the couch and watch the door, as if waiting? What was the prior contact? 10:30 on a Friday night, wonder if there is a front desk person on duty, or if others were in the vicinity? I'd say complete crime of opportunity, but something kept her from going directly up to her apartment.

Maybe she just liked to people watch and be in the common area? And he beckoned her to let him in and she did, and then he asked her to show him where the door to the roof was because he was supposed to fix something. Just an idea. There are lots of reasons why she might have been chilling in the lobby and then let him in other than her knowing him. If she knew him why did she stop and talk with him at the door? She’d have smiled and waved and let him right in. He must have given her a story of why he needed to come in.

Maybe? That line had worked for him before. Time will tell. Unless there was footage with a microphone, we'll never know what he said. Doubt he will be a reliable narrator but we'll see.

https://www.zahlco.com/306-w-franklin

https://www.apartments.com/306-w-franklin-baltimore-md/beq9sjc/

The lobby is nice, didn't see a front desk from the hotel days? That is common in DC rental buildings, maybe not as much in Baltimore?

So sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so unbelievably tragic.

I wish every woman were required to read THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker before they went away to school. (I wish I had read it.) He so persuasively shows how predators exploit their victims' best qualities -- their kindness, compassion, idealism.

A woman could offer no greater cooperation to her soon-to-be attacker than to spend her time telling herself, “But he seems like such a nice man.” Yet this is exactly what many people do. A woman is waiting for an elevator, and when the doors open she sees a man inside who causes her apprehension. Since she is not usually afraid, it may be the late hour, his size, the way he looks at her, the rate of attacks in the neighborhood, an article she read a year ago—it doesn’t matter why. The point is, she gets a feeling of fear. How does she respond to nature’s strongest survival signal? She suppresses it, telling herself: “I’m not going to live like that, I’m not going to insult this guy by letting the door close in his face.” When the fear doesn’t go away, she tells herself not to be so silly, and she gets into the elevator. Now, which is sillier: waiting a moment for the next elevator, or getting into a soundproofed steel chamber with a stranger she is afraid of? The inner voice is wise, and part of my purpose in writing this book is to give people permission to listen to it.

Link

Caveat: she did NOTHING wrong. You should be able to open the door to a stranger and survive. It is heartbreaking that the world includes monsters like this guy.

It's not about right or wrong. It's about commonsense and not being naive about strangers.

She did post a lot of rhetoric on SM, and I wonder if those views overrode instincts to be wary, or to influence her to want to appear a certain way that was naive and which led her to put herself in danger. Not wanting to be like "those people" who would see this scary, huge violent criminal as a "criminal" etc. Predators know how to prey on good intentions and this guy had a "story" leading into a lot of his crimes.

Women are also taught to be polite, which actually flies in the face of self protection in moments like this. Co-sign The Gift of Fear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so unbelievably tragic.

I wish every woman were required to read THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker before they went away to school. (I wish I had read it.) He so persuasively shows how predators exploit their victims' best qualities -- their kindness, compassion, idealism.

A woman could offer no greater cooperation to her soon-to-be attacker than to spend her time telling herself, “But he seems like such a nice man.” Yet this is exactly what many people do. A woman is waiting for an elevator, and when the doors open she sees a man inside who causes her apprehension. Since she is not usually afraid, it may be the late hour, his size, the way he looks at her, the rate of attacks in the neighborhood, an article she read a year ago—it doesn’t matter why. The point is, she gets a feeling of fear. How does she respond to nature’s strongest survival signal? She suppresses it, telling herself: “I’m not going to live like that, I’m not going to insult this guy by letting the door close in his face.” When the fear doesn’t go away, she tells herself not to be so silly, and she gets into the elevator. Now, which is sillier: waiting a moment for the next elevator, or getting into a soundproofed steel chamber with a stranger she is afraid of? The inner voice is wise, and part of my purpose in writing this book is to give people permission to listen to it.

Link

Caveat: she did NOTHING wrong. You should be able to open the door to a stranger and survive. It is heartbreaking that the world includes monsters like this guy.

You should always assume you won't. Shoulda woulda coulda.

This. Always act according to the world we live in, not the world you believe we should live in.

[Anonymous]

Pava had a Ted Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Tb8V_QjNI

[Anonymous]

^ ouch to what she says @ the 1:30 mark. RIP Pava.