In astatement posted to Facebook, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said that a deceased person — positively identified as Argote — was found around 11 a.m. Thursday during an “expanded evidentiary search” in the Williamsport area.
At a Thursday afternoonpress conference, Sheriff Brian K. Albert said Argote’s remains were sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore. A cause and manner of death are pending the results of an autopsy.
Washington County Sheriff’s Office; Washington County Bar Association
The agency said his body was found in a heavily wooded area located about one mile northwest of where the 49-year-old’s vehicle was found. On Saturday, authorities recovered a silver 2009 Mercedes GL450 belonging to Argote near the West Virginia border.
The U.S. Marshals Service even offered up to a$10,000 rewardfor information leading to his arrest.
Wilkinson was found around 8 p.m. on Oct. 19 “suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds” on his driveway in Hagerstown, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. He was taken to Meritus Medical Center, where he later died.
Earlier that day, Wilkinson ruled against Argote in his divorce petition against his estranged wife, and ordered him to pay monthly child support and barred him from having any contact with his children,NBC Newsreported.
According to the circuit court’swebsite, Wilkinson studied economics at the University of North Carolina before attending Emory University School of Law in 1997. He was an attorney at Barton & Williams and Divelbiss & Wilkinson and opened his own law firm in 2018 while serving on the board of directors for several associations.
source: people.com
