Crime

Ed Judie, accused of murder in wife’s cocaine death, out of jail after posting $220K bond

Edward Judie Jr., who was charged with murder in July in the 2019 death of his wife, posted bond Wednesday and was released from the county jail.

While he awaits adjudication of the case against him, Judie, who turns 67 next month, can leave his north Macon home only to go to the doctor, visit his lawyer or go to court.

Before he was released from the county lockup early Wednesday afternoon, he was ordered to surrender his passport and to avoid contact with some members of his late wife’s immediate family.

Late last month, a judge set bond for Judie in a case that involves the death of Joyce Fox Judie.

Joyce Judie, who was 60, was said to have suffered from dementia. She died Nov. 29, 2019, of “cocaine toxicity,” having had five times the lethal amount of cocaine in her system at the time of her death, investigators have said.

Information from Telegraph archives was used in this report.

This story was originally published September 16, 2021 at 11:01 AM.

Joe Kovac Jr.
The Telegraph
Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.
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