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.

After former KCK police detective Roger Golubski was found dead prior to his federal trial, there remains the question of what's next regarding his other cases.

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

Ophelia Williams, a scheduled witness in Roger Golubski's federal criminal trial, reacts to his apparent suicide, which prevents her from testifying.

After ex-Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski failed to show up to court Monday morning, two sources familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition their names not be used said that the former officer died by suicide in his Edwardsville home.

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.

Community members are calling Roger Golubski, the former Kansas City, Kansas, detective who died in an apparent suicide Monday morning, a coward.

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.