Prosecutors say female residents feared that if they crossed paths with Roger Golubski, he'd demand sexual favors and threaten to harm or jail their relatives.

A former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective was found dead in an apparent suicide on the same day his federal trial was scheduled to begin. Roger Golubski worked for decades with the Kansas City Police Department before retiring in 2010.

Roger Golubski, who had been accused of raping and terrorizing Black women, was found dead on his back porch on Monday as his federal trial was set to begin.

Roger Golubski, 71, was accused of targeting young Black women "to submit to sex and to provide sexual services to him" over the course of decades.

A white ex-cop accused of raping Black women in Kansas City has died in an apparent suicide as jury selection was to begin in his criminal trial.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The federal trial for former Kansas City, Kansas police detective Roger Golubski starts today in Topeka. Golubski was arrested in September 2022 after working for the KCK Police Department for 35 years. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Golubski's home in Edwardsville, Kansas on September 15, 2022.

Officers with the Edwardsville Police Department found Roger Golubski's body after responding to a 911 call from a neighbor reporting a gunshot.

Roger Golubski, a former Kansas City detective accused of sexually assaulting and threatening Black women, died by suicide in his home. The news comes after Golubski, 71, failed to show up for court on Monday.

Roger Golubski’s trial was supposed to start Monday morning in Topeka, but he never showed up. KBI said he was found dead at his home Monday morning.

Ex-Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski died in an apparent suicide Monday morning, the first day of his long-awaited trial, sources told The Star. The former officer was accused of using his badge as a shield to rape women and inflict broader terror in the city’s predominately Black neighborhoods.