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Man Who Allegedly Targeted, Gunned Down Maryland Divorce Judge Found Dead Following Manhunt

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A Maryland man who allegedly fatally shot a judge who presided over his divorce proceedings has been found dead.

Authorities located Pedro Argote’s body after a one-week manhunt in pursuit of the 49-year old man, according to ABC News.

Argote’s corpse was found in a wooded area a mile from his abandoned vehicle in the vicinity of Williamsport, Maryland, on Thursday.

The vehicle had been identified earlier in the search.

Argote, a Venezuelan immigrant, is thought by authorities to be responsible for the shooting of Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson in his own Hagerstown, Maryland, driveway.

Law enforcement offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to Argote’s arrest during the search for the suspected killer.

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The cause of Argote’s death remains unclear, with authorities set to conduct an autopsy of the deceased suspect.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office identified Argote as a suspect in the killing after it occurred earlier this month, according to The New York Times.

Sheriff Brian K. Albert described Wilkinson’s murder as a “targeted killing” in a news conference during the manhunt.

Wilkinson had presided over divorce proceedings in which Argote was a plaintiff starting last year, according to the Times.

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The judge also issued a ruling the day before the shooting in which he granted custody of Argote’s children to his former spouse.

Argote’s ex-wife had described him as controlling in a statement submitted to the circuit court, expressing her fear that Argote carried a weapon with him at all times, according to the Associated Press.

Sheriff Albert described the news of Argote’s demise as bittersweet to Judge Wilkinson’s family.

“It brings a little bit of closure to them but it’s still a tragedy.”

“They lost a husband, father and brother.”


 

 

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