The body of Judge Stephen Yekel was discovered inside the Effingham County state court room on Tuesday morning.
Georgia’s State Court Judge Stephen Yekel passed away on December 31, 2024. Authorities predicted that he died by suicide. His body was recovered from the courtroom by Effingham County Sheriff ...
A judge was found dead in a Georgia courtroom on what was to have been his last day on the job, authorities said Tuesday.
Tragedy struck in Effingham County, Georgia, as Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, took his own life inside his courtroom. His body was discovered on Tuesday morning, believed to have been shot dead late ...
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, was found dead by a deputy on Tuesday, his last day on the bench, after he lost a bid for re-election, according to WSAV.
The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office said that Judge Stephen Yekel appeared to have “died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound” to the head Danielle Jennings is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE ...
Deputies discovered State Court Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, at the Effingham County Courthouse at around 10 a.m., the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Court was not in session ...
The Effingham County Sheriff’s deputies said in a release that they found State Court Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, on Tuesday morning. He appears to have died by suicide, with a self-inflicted ...
Dec. 31 (UPI) --Effingham County, Ga., Judge Stephen Yekel died by suicide while inside a county courtroom where he was slated to serve his last day on the bench on Tuesday. An Effingham County ...
After being appointed to a new seat on the Effingham County State Court in 2022, Judge Stephen R. Yekel died by suicide on the bench during the final hours of his term, which had been set to ...