An accomplished cybersecurity executive who once consulted for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was reportedly killed in her Maryland home by her own …
An accomplished cybersecurity executive who once consulted for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was reportedly killed in her Maryland home by her own son. Andrew Beavers,23, who lived with his mother, Juanita Koilpillai,58 at her house on Genoa Road in Tracys Landing, was arrested Saturday in Leesburg, Virginia, and charged with first- and second-degree murder, the Capital Gazette reported. Sri Lanka-born Koilpillai — whom a close friend described as a “certifiable genius” – was reported missing by her boyfriend on July 25 after he found blood in her home, according to the news outlet. Police later discovered her body hidden outside and her car in Leesburg, Virginia, where the suspect’s father lives and where his mother had another residence, the Gazette said. When police interviewed Beavers a day after Koilpillai’s body was found, they noticed he had a fresh cut on his right hand that he could not explain. The medical examiner has determined that the woman died from multiple injuries from a sharp object. Beavers’ and Koilpillai’s DNA has been found on a knife, according to the report. Koilpillai, who created several successful cybersecurity start-ups, moved to the waterfront home in Tracys Landing on the Chesapeake Bay and was enjoying a new chapter in her life with her boyfriend, friends told the outlet.
