Roger Golubski, a former police detective in Kansas City, Kansas, died by suicide days before his trial on charges of sexually assaulting and terrorizing Black women for decades. He was facing six felony counts of violating women's civil rights.
A former police detective in Kansas took his own life before facing trial on allegations that he sexually assaulted and terrorized vulnerable Black women for decades. Roger Golubski , who was 71 years old and white, left his home outside of Kansas City, Kansas, for his federal trial around 8:30 a.m. on December 2nd, but returned home before reaching the courthouse 50 miles (80 kilometers) west in Topeka. He was facing six felony counts of violating women’s civil rights.
Prosecutors say he preyed on female residents in poor neighborhoods, demanding sexual favors and sometimes threatening to harm or jail their relatives if they refused. Golubski had pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. His lead attorney, Christopher Joseph, said before Golubski’s death that lawsuits related to cases his client investigated were an “inspiration for fabrication” by his accusers. The morning of his death, Golubski’s roommate reported hearing a gunshot around 9 a.m. after Golubski made several phone calls to family and to his attorney. The roommate immediately called 911, and police found Golubski dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The final autopsy report concluded Golubski died of a gunshot wound to the head and that his death was a suicide. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) said agents traced a handgun found near the body to a Kansas City, Missouri, woman who said the weapon was stolen from her vehicle in 2022. Agents were not able to determine how Golubski came to possess the firearm. Investigators could not establish a connection between him and the gun owner, the KBI said. The heart of the case against Golubski focused on two women: one who said the former detective began sexually abusing her when she was in middle school, and another who said he began abusing her after her twin sons were arrested. Prosecutors said seven other women were planning to testify that Golubski abused or harassed them as well.
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