Roger Golubski, a White former Kansas City Police Detective accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Black women and teenagers, has been found dead at his home in Edwardsville, Kansas after failing to show up for trial.
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According to the Associated Press, on Monday (December 2), police outside of Kansas City, Kansas found Roger Golubski, a White former Kansas City Police Detective accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Black women and teenagers, dead of a gunshot wound on the back porch of his split-level home.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) said, “When officers arrived on scene, they located a deceased male on the back porch, who had sustained a fatal gunshot wound. There were no indications of foul play,” however, KBI scheduled an autopsy and will continue to investigate.
Police said that a neighbor heard a gunshot, prompting police to be dispatched to the scene, where they found 71-year-old Golubski dead just before the start of his criminal trial over allegations that he sexually assaulted Black women and teenagers.
The former Kansas City Police Detective was locally called a “dirty cop” who terrorized the Black community for decades by kidnapping and sexually assaulting Black women and teenagers, terrorizing those who attempted to fight back, and putting innocent Black men in prison.
Before his death, Golubshi was accused of misconduct, criminal behavior, and “the grossest acts of corruption a police officer can commit.” He was accused of abusing the power of his police badge to violate the civil rights of two women by rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault. He was also charged under a federal statute making it a crime for government officials, including law enforcement officers, to deprive a person of federally protected civil rights. Golubski pled not guilty to all charges.
Police said after he failed to appear for the first day of his federal trial in Topeka at 9 a.m. on Monday, officers rushed to his home, where an electronic monitoring device showed he was located. He had been confined to his home on house arrest for the last two years and under the conditions of his release, he was prohibited from possessing a “firearm, destructive device or other weapon.”
At 11 a.m. on Monday, the federal prosecutors in Golubski’s case spoke to the judge, revealing he had died and requesting that the case be dismissed, which the judge accepted. Later that morning, Golubski’s lawyer, Chris Joseph, said that he was “despondent” about media coverage.
Responding to the news of the former Kansas City Police Detective’s death, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Kate E. Brubacher, for the District of Kansas, said: “This matter involved extremely serious charges, and it is always difficult when a case is unable to be fully and fairly heard in a public trial and weighed and determined by a jury. The proceedings in this case may be over, but its lasting impact on all the individuals and families involved remains. We wish them peace and the opportunity for healing as they come to terms with this development and ask that they all be treated with respect and their privacy respected.”
Additionally, the local Black community is still demanding justice and for someone to answer for Golubski’s crimes.
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