Baltimore Mayor Berates Justice System for Early Release of ‘Extremely Violent’ Felon Who Murdered Idealistic Young Chief Executive

‘He should not have been on the streets in the first place,’ says Baltimore’s mayor, Brandon Scott. ‘What the residents of Baltimore should be doing is questioning why he was let out and how that happened.’

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Frank LaPere, Nico LaPere and Caroline Frank, the family of Pava LaPere, founder of tech startup EcoMap Technologies, at a vigil on September 27, 2023, at Baltimore. AP/Stephanie Scarbrough

Baltimore’s acting police commissioner, Richard Worley, said Thursday that the “extremely violent” felon arrested Wednesday night for the murder of tech executive, Pava LaPere, had been the subject of an intense six-day manhunt prior to the discovery Monday of LaPere’s beaten and partially clothed body.

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