The body of a Georgia judge was discovered inside his courtroom on what would have been his last day on the bench after his apparent suicide, according to multiple reports.
Judge Stephen Yekel, 74 appears to have shot himself sometime Monday night, according to Effingham County Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie, WSAV reported. His presumed suicide follows his recent loss in a bid for re-election. An autopsy by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will confirm the cause of death.
