Georgia Judge Dies by Suicide in Courtroom on Last Day in Office
A Georgia state judge has died by suicide on his official last day on the job. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office said that Judge Stephen Yekel appeared to have “died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound” to the head on Tuesday, Dec. 31 at the Effingham County Courthouse, Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie, told local ABC affiliate WJCL .