Georgia Judge Found Dead in Courtroom on Last Day
Seventy-four-year-old State Court Judge Stephen Yekel was found dead in his Georgia courtroom Tuesday morning, the apparent victim of a suicide. Appointed two years prior, Judge Yekel had recently lost his reelection bid and submitted a resignation request to Governor Kemp, which was denied. His body was discovered by deputies responding to a possible suicide report; the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will conduct an autopsy. The judge’s death occurred just days before the scheduled end of his term.
John Q. Hosedrinker