Judge Steve Yekel, 74, was found dead by suicide in Georgia's Effingham County Courthouse.
Georgia State Court Judge Steve Yekel, 74, was found dead by suicide in the Effingham County Courthouse on Tuesday. His body was discovered with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound between 10 and 10:30 a.m. A letter to Governor Brian Kemp was found, in which Yekel had attempted to resign on December 30. The FBI confirmed they are not involved in the case.
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