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 government was set to call to the stand as many as nine women who say Golubski raped, stalked or attempted to assault them.

A federal judge dropped the case after prosecutors & the KBI confirmed that ex-Kansas City, KS police officer Roger Golubski died of a gunshot wound at his home in Edwardsville, Kansas, on Monday, Dec.