The 49-year-old man wanted for a week as the main suspect in the murder was found dead. murder of a judge in Marylandthe US State Police announced today.

THE Pedro Argote was found dead in a wooded area outside Williamsport, a Washington County sheriff’s release said, without specifying a cause of death.

Last Thursday night, Judge Andrew Wilkinson was shot repeatedly outside his Hagerstown home. The 52-year-old judge was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police investigations focused on Pedro Argote from the first moment. He had not appeared before Judge Wilkinson in his divorce case and custody of his four children. The judge Andrew Wilkinson granted the divorce and gave the mother custody of the four minor children. A few hours later, the judge was assassinated.

“This was a targeted attack on Judge Wilkinson,” County Sheriff Brian Albert said at a news conference at the time. Argote’s car was found a short distance from the crime scene.