(CNN) A man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Maryland judge has been found dead, officials announced Thursday.The suspect, Pedro Argote, shot and killed<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-maryland-judge-has-been-found-dead-sheriffs-office-says/">Read More</a>
The judge had banned Argote, 49, from seeing his family and ordered him to pay $1,120 per month in child support after hearing about a shocking litany of abuses meted out by the father-of-five.
Pedro Argote was found dead Thursday, a week after he allegedly gunned down Maryland judge Andrew Wilkinson in his driveway after Wilkinson granted custody of Argote's kids to his wife.
Washington County Sheriff’s OfficeThe man accused of executing Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson after a contentious divorce hearing last week was found dead just a mile from where his car had been found abandoned, the Washington County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday. “The Washington County community can breathe a little easier this afternoon,” Washington County Sheriff Brian Albert during a press conference Thursday.Pedro Argote’s remains are headed to a medical examiner for an