{"id":2080558,"date":"2023-10-26T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T22:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-killer-of-maryland-judge-found-dead\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T22:05:22","slug":"suspected-killer-of-maryland-judge-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-killer-of-maryland-judge-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland judge&#8217;s suspected killer discovered deceased."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuspected-killer-of-maryland-judge-found-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2080558&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Officers with the \u2063Frederick County, Md., Sheriff\u2019s Office SWAT Team search for suspect Pedro Argote at the former Garden State Tannery plant, Saturday, \u200dOct. 21, 2023,\u2064 in Williamsport, Md. (Ric\u200d Dugan\/The Frederick News-Post via AP, File) (Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>2:52 PM \u2062\u2013 \u2063Thursday, October 26, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The suspect in the killing of a Maryland judge has now been found \u2062dead by officials.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Authorities announced on Thursday that the suspect, Pedro Argote, who was accused of fatally shooting Washington County Circuit Judge Andrew \u200bWilkinson on\u2063 October 19<sup>th<\/sup>  was found \u200bdead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A man suspected of killing\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Maryland?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Maryland<\/a> judge \u200blast \u2063week was found dead Thursday, according to the Washington County Sheriff\u2019s\u2063 Office.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities believe\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PedroArgote?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PedroArgote<\/a>, 49, was angry about losing custody of his children when he \u2064shot and killed\u200d the \u200djudge\u200d who presided \u2062over his\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KNlLYuXPs2\">pic.twitter.com\/KNlLYuXPs2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @BeeNewsDailyB\u200c (@BeenewsdailyB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeenewsdailyB\/status\/1717602673325748709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Wilkinson had presided over a hearing hours before the murder, in which Argote\u2019s \u200cwife\u2064 and daughter gave a dramatic testimony about the violence he perpetrated on them for years.<\/p>\n<p>Argote was not present for the hearing, which ended with Wilkinson\u2064 ruling against him and awarding exclusive custody of \u200chis four children to his wife.<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u2064 Facebook post from the Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office on\u200d Thursday, Argote\u2019s body \u2064was discovered in a densely wooded\u2062 area approximately one mile from where his vehicle was discovered on Saturday\u200c after they launched a search for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOn October 26, 2023, at approximately 11:00 AM, during an expanded evidentiary \u200bsearch in the Williamsport, MD area, a deceased \u200bperson \u2062was located,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office wrote. \u201cThe deceased individual has been positively\u2062 identified as Pedro Argote, the suspect wanted for the murder\u2064 of Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: Washington County \u2063Sheriff&#8217;s office confirms the discovery\u2063 of the body of \u200dPedro \u2063Argote. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9EFQqji8RT\">pic.twitter.com\/9EFQqji8RT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trenice (@TreniceB_WBAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TreniceB_WBAL\/status\/1717583751306240097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Washington County Sheriff Brian Albert, spoke at a news\u200c conference on\u200b Thursday where he \u2063said they had \u201chastily\u2062 searched that area, but we were just going over it systematically today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albert stated\u2062 that officials would not answer inquiries \u2064concerning the \u2064time or cause of Argote\u2019s\u2062 death until an autopsy was\u2064 completed. <\/p>\n<p>Officials and Wilkinson\u2019s family, on the other hand, were reportedly \u201crelieved\u201d that the suspect\u2019s body had been\u2063 discovered. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Authorities announced on Thursday that \u2062the suspect, Pedro Argote,\u200b who was accused of fatally\u2062 shooting Washington County Circuit Judge Andrew Wilkinson on October \u206419th, was found \u2064dead.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkinson had presided over a\u2062 hearing hours before the murder, in which Argote\u2019s wife and \u2064daughter gave a dramatic\u2063 testimony about the violence he perpetrated on them for years. \u200dArgote \u200bwas not present for the hearing, which \u2062ended with Wilkinson \u2064ruling against him\u200b and awarding exclusive custody of his four children to his wife.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to a Facebook post\u200b from the Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office on Thursday, \u2064Argote\u2019s body was discovered \u2063in a densely wooded\u2064 area \u2064approximately one mile \u2064from where his\u200d vehicle \u200bwas \u2063discovered on Saturday after they launched a search for him. \u200b&#8221;On October 26, \u20642023, at\u200d approximately 11:00 AM, during an expanded evidentiary search\u2062 in the Williamsport, MD area, a deceased person \u2064was located,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederick County, Md., SWAT Team hunts for Pedro Argote at the old Garden State Tannery plant in Williamsport. 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