EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Three sources from the legal community, including courthouse staff, confirm State Court Judge Steve Yekel has died by suicide at the courthouse. According to ...

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Three sources from the legal community, including courthouse staff, confirm State Court Judge Steve Yekel has died by suicide at the courthouse. According to Effingham ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Georgia judge who took his own life inside his courtroom sent a final chilling email to the state's Governor before he died. Stephen Yekel was found dead inside Effingham County Court last ...

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GA — Police in south Georgia are investigating the death of a state court judge. Effingham County Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie says it appears Judge Steve Yekel died of a self ...

ATLANTA — A state court judge in Southeast Georgia died by apparent suicide early Tuesday while sitting on the bench in his courtroom, authorities confirmed. Effingham County State Court Judge ...

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 ...