The apparent suicide of the disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, detective involved a firearm. The court had barred him from having one for two years.

The former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective failed to appear at the first day of his federal trial in Topeka. He faces federal charges of violating the civil rights of two women.

The former detective was found dead of a gunshot wound on the back porch of his Edwardsville home Monday, the morning jury selection was to begin.

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

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.

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.

A former US detective accused of kidnapping and raping two women decades ago was found dead from suicide on Monday, just as his federal trial was due to begin. Roger Golubski, a former veteran police detective in Kansas City,

A white ex-police detective in Kansas died Monday in an apparent suicide just before the start of his criminal trial over allegations that he sexually assaulted Black women and terrorized those who tried fight back.

A jury picked in federal court this week will decide the fate of Roger Golubski, a retired Kansas City, Kansas, homicide detective accused of raping women while lording his power as a policeman over them.