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A woman scheduled to meet with federal prosecutors next week to go over her testimony in the federal case against Roger Golubski said authorities called her Monday morning to let her know Golubski was dead.Golubskis sexual assault trial was scheduled to begin Monday with jury selection.I was in shock because I really wanted him to face his day in court. I wanted him to face what he made us face for so many years, said Michelle Houcks. It’s not fair at all. They should have locked him up so he could face his accusers. I feel there was a lot of stuff probably going to come out at that court.Houcks was not one of the two women listed in the federal indictment, but she was going to testify about her experience in the case.According to court records, in September 1992, Houcks was at Parkwood Park in Kansas City, Kansas, to cool off after an argument with her boyfriend.Those records, included in a pending lawsuit filed by Houcks and four other Black women, state Golubski approached her, identified himself as a police officer, and offered to drive Houcks home.Instead of driving her home, the suit states, Golubski drove Houcks to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her.The suit also states that when Houcks screamed, Why are you doing this? during the assault, Golubski calmly replied, Because I can.Houcks spoke publicly about the incident for the first time to KMBC in November 2023, more than 30 years after it happened.I was very suicidal, I was depressed. I wasn’t as trusting as I used to be. So, you know, I had to figure out how to go on with my life. And I went through therapy and all that to make myself feel better about myself, she said.A demonstration Monday outside the federal courthouse in Topeka, prior to Golubskis federal trial, ended shortly after it was announced Golubski was dead.Madella Henderson claims that fifty years ago, in 1972, Golubski put a gun to her head but was never prosecuted.She said Golubski didnt sexually assault her, but she believes his death will deprive justice to the women who claim Golubski sexually assaulted them.It’s the coward’s way out. Because you don’t want to face these people. Because if you have a heart and everything, it’s got to do something to you. Throughout all this time, knowing how you have made other people suffer, Henderson said.According to the pending lawsuit, the plaintiffs claim the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department ran a criminal enterprise for decades, targeting vulnerable Black women for sexual abuse.It used to be that we would tell our children, if something happened, go to Officer Bill. Now we need to tell our people to run away from Officer Bill, Henderson said.I was at work, and I just started crying. I got depressed. It was around the same time he killed himself. I was crying before I found out he was even dead, Houcks said.Shes also disturbed that Golubski was apparently able to shoot himself while on house arrest.My take on that is we were never safe. They told us that we were safe. He wasn’t supposed to be allowed to get a firearm. They weren’t worried about none of us, because if they were, he would have been locked up. They really weren’t worried about him or his safety, because if they were worried about him, they would have locked him up, Houcks said.The social justice group More2 helped organize the demonstration prior to what was supposed to be day one of the federal trial.https://more2.org/who-we-are/David Crumman, a More2 board member, attended the event and was one of the speakers prior to learning about Golubskis death.It’s frickin unbelievable. It’s maddening. It’s really frustrating, and I feel a bit of anger, quite a bit of anger, on behalf of the victims who have waited for so long, he said. And, this is a way that justice has, in some sense, been denied.Crumman said the demonstration and concerns have never just been about Roger Golubski.He said its also about a system that allowed Golubski to act with impunity for decades.Crumman said that system needs reform.