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Trouble As Former Detective Accused Of Raping Women Dies Before Trial
Roger Golubski, a former Kansas City detective accused of kidnapping and raping two women decades ago, was found dead from an apparent suicide on Monday, just as his federal trial was set to begin.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Golubski, a veteran police detective, had been under home confinement since his arrest in 2022 on charges of sexually abusing black women while on duty.
The federal charges were filed after Golubski and the Kansas City Police Department were sued by a man who had been wrongfully convicted of murder—an investigation Golubski had been involved in.
Before his death, Golubski, 71, pleaded not guilty to accusations of protecting sexual predators and drug dealers, violating the civil rights of multiple black women, and fabricating crimes to frame his victims.
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Jury selection for his high-profile trial in Topeka, Kansas, was set to begin on Monday. However, after Golubski failed to appear in court, his lawyer informed the judge that Golubski had been “despondent about the media coverage” of the case.
Officers responded to his home in Edwardsville, Kansas, after a 911 call reporting a gunshot. They found Golubski dead, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation stated there were “no indications of foul play,” with a post-mortem planned.
Golubski retired from the Kansas City Police Department in 2010 after 35 years of service, rising to the rank of captain. Prosecutors had argued that he exploited one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the state with impunity.
He faced accusations of raping two women between 1998 and 2002 and was also implicated in a separate underage sex trafficking ring.
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In a statement released following his death, federal prosecutors said, “It is always difficult when a case is unable to be fully and fairly heard in a public trial.”
“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,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and US Attorney Kate Brubacher, of the District of Kansas.
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