Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 31 (UPI) --Effingham County, Ga., Judge Stephen Yekel died by suicide while inside a county courtroom where he was slated to ...

A Georgia state judge has taken his own life inside his courtroom. The body of Judge Stephen Yekel was discovered inside Effingham County State Court on Tuesday morning. He is believed to have shot ...

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia state court judge was found dead inside a courtroom Tuesday morning, the last day he was set to be in office, according to authorities. The Effingham County Sheriff's ...

A judge was found dead in a Georgia courtroom on what was to have been his last day on the job, authorities said Tuesday. Effingham County Sheriff’s deputies found State Court Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ga. (WSAV) – An Effingham County state court judge has died by suicide. WSAV is told Judge Stephen Yekel took his own life in a county courtroom and was found by a deputy Tuesday morning.