BALTIMORE — She had been bound, sexually assaulted and left for dead allegedly at the hands of Jason Billingsley—-the same man accused of killing Tech CEO Pava LaPere six days later, and now, April Hurley is seeking justice.
“The fact that I’m sitting here in front of you guys today is honestly a miracle,” said Hurley, “Sometimes it’s still unbelievable that I’m here. Jason Billingsley literally tried to take my life.”
On September 19 of last year, Billingsley, who was serving as the maintenance man at Hurley’s apartment building, awoke her in the middle of the night claiming the kitchen was flooding upstairs.
When she ran up the steps he grabbed her at gunpoint, slammed her to the ground and bound her with duct tape, before subduing a male companion, Jonte Gilmore, in much the same manner.
He proceeded to sexually assault Hurley and then tried to strangle her before …