Pedro Argote biography: 13 things about Hagerstown, Maryland man

Pedro Manuel Argote was an American man from Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. He lived in different parts of New York, USA including Great Neck and Brooklyn and in different parts of Florida, USA including Doral and Port St. Lucie.

Argote is 5 years older than his former wife Eugenia Argote. They have four children together and they ran a food truck, which shut down during the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020.

Moreover, Pedro ran a digital advertising business with Eugenia until they experienced financial challenges during their divorce. Pedro was 3 years younger than U.S. Circuit Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson, who presided over the divorce hearings of the couple.

Pedro was 5’7″ tall his registered weight was 140 pounds. He owned a 9mm Glock handgun and a silver 2009 Mercedes GL450 with Maryland registration plates.

Aside from Hagerstown, Pedro also lived in different parts of Maryland including Damascus, Frederick and Germantown. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 2010, Eugenia gave birth to their first child.
2. In 2011, Eugenia gave birth to their second child.
3. In 2017, Eugenia gave birth to their third child, a daughter.
4. In 2019, Eugenia gave birth to their fourth child.
5. In October 2020, Eugenia allegedly had to intervened because he tried to become violent with their dughter.
6. On August 20, 2021, he bragged about taking shooting lessons in a review posted on the Facebook page of United Gun Shop, a gun shop in North Bethesda, Maryland.
7. In June 2022, he filed for divorce against Eugenia and shortly after, a court granted her a temporary protection order against him. As the divorce proceeded, she was awarded possession of their home in Hagerstown. He moved briefly to West Virginia, USA.
8. In March 2023, Wilkinson wrote in an opinion that it seems he “entered the court process of divorce without recognizing that the court will not simply sit back and wait for two years while he figures out what he wants to do”.
9. In April 2023, he got an apartment in Frederick, Maryland.
10. On September 26, 2023, he represented himself at his and Eugenia’s divorce hearing and testified about their finances. He repeatedly questioned whether his children were receiving adequate homeschooling instruction from her.
11. On October 11, 2023, he sent an email to Eugenia’s attorney, saying he had bought her a sport utility vehicle and left it outside her house. The attorney told him to remove it and instead make available their shared vehicle.
12. At around 9:00 a.m. on October 19, 2023, he failed to appear at the divorce hearing between him and Eugenia, which Wilkinson presided over. Wilkinson awarded full custody of their four children to her with no rights to visitation or contact for him and ordered him to pay her $1,120 a month for their four children. At around 8:00 p.m., he allegedly fatally shot Wilkinson outside Wilkinson’s home in Hagerstown.
13. At around 11:00 a.m. on October 26, 2023, he was found dead during a search in Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland. He was 49.