A disgraced white Kansas detective accused of targeting Black women in his alleged on-duty rapes killed himself before he could stand trial in his federal case Monday.
Roger Golubski, an ex-detective with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, died by suicide at his home, according to KCTV-TV and The Kansas City Star. He was 71.
Golubski was accused of six felony counts of civil rights violations in connection with the rapes and abductions of several Black women, including underage victims, during his time with the KCKPD beginning in 1975 until his retirement in 2010, according to prosecutors, WDAF-TV reported.
Prosecutors said Golubski targeted Black female residents in poor neighborhoods.
"We know too much to trust the words of the KCKPD that Golubski died by suicide," the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equality in Kansas City said in a statement to WDAF. "We expect a full autopsy and an outside independent investigation. The department has done absolutely nothing when it comes to Golubski except now declaring his death a suicide. They owe his victims better than that."
"Golubski is a coward and the many people he terrorized deserved to see him go to prison."
Separately, he was also accused of allowing an underage sex trafficking ring and for sending Lamonte McIntyre to prison for 23 years for a 1994 double murder he did not commit, officials said, according to the Star.
A warrant for Golubski's arrest was issued when he failed to show up to court Monday morning, where at least nine women were expected to testify against him.
One source said Golubski died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Star reported.
