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.

Golubski had been accused of using his position as a police officer in Kansas City, Kansas, to target vulnerable Black women for sexual assault over the span of several decades. Prosecutors argued that he chose his victims carefully,

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