Lamonte McIntyre calls for open investigation following Golubski’s death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - After 23 years behind bars, Lamonte McIntyre thought it was finally time for former KCK detective Roger Golubski to face his alleged crimes at his federal trial. Instead, he was found dead at his home.

On Monday just after 9 a.m., a person called 911 in Edwardsville and said they heard a gunshot.

Officers found 71-year-old Golubski dead on his back porch from a gunshot wound.

Golubski was set to stand trial for violating the civil rights of two women for years in the 90’s and 2000’s.

This was the latest in a string of allegations against the former cop.

McIntyre spent 23 years behind bars for a double murder he didn’t commit.

It was 1994, he was just 17 when he was taken to prison.

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He was acquitted in 2017.

“I was placed there by the hands of Golubski and he was the one that was hurting and tormenting society I wanted him to feel what it is like to sit in a cell for 23 hours out of the day for years,” said Miracle of Innocence Co-Founder, Lamonte McIntyre.

He was initially angry and frustrated when hearing the news about Golubski.

“My life has been consumed with this Roger Golubski and me being in prison wrongfully so I have to make peace with what is there. I mean I couldn’t change the outcome, the story was written by his actions,” said McIntyre. He added, “It is final. We can’t do nothing about it now, it’s over.”

His mother allegedly was a victim of Golubski. McIntyre said he didn’t find out till after he got out of prison.

They and so many others have been waiting for years for this trial.

“For so long I had seen him wearing the same colors that I was wearing, eating the same food I was eating, being embarrassed and humiliated the same way I was embarrassed and humiliated so I wanted him to go through the same process that he put me through,” said McIntyre. He added, “It would have brought a lot of light to a lot of dark areas in what is going on around me not just me but around Wyandotte County a lot of victims who have been victimized by this man and it is a lot of people who still haven’t received justice or received any kind of recognition for the torment they experienced by him.”

He feels there is more to this story.

“In his sick mind he was probably aware of that, he was probably aware that I can die with the truth,” said McIntyre.

Now that the trial isn’t happening, McIntyre wants to see an open investigation into all the alleged darkness in KCK.

“Not just for Roger Golubski and everything that he had his hands in but everybody he worked with that is the only way we are going to get answers,” said McIntyre.

He also wants to see more for those with stories like his, stuck sitting in a cell, innocent.

McIntyre co-founded the nonprofit, Miracle of Innocence in 2018. They work to get wrongfully convicted men and women out of prison.

“There are a lot of people who are still in prison wrongfully because of what Golubski did and the people he had helping him,” said McIntyre. He added, “There are so many people that know Golubski there are probably about 20-30 innocent people probably more than that with the hands of Golubski in Lansing just where I was. That is just one prison in the state of Kansas. That is a lot, I think those cases should be reviewed.”

He encourages those behind bars to keep fighting for their case and if all other avenues aren’t working reach out to groups like Miracle of Innocence.

“For all those cases that got the name tag of Roger Golubski or Terra Morehead they should continue to file their motions they should continue to get their cases in court,” said McIntyre. He added, “You gotta keep appealing, you gotta keep your appeals going until you find relief.”

As for his story, and his mother’s, he feels this is somewhat a sense of closure.

“If I could say anything to him I would probably say um, as hard as it is for me to forgive him I would forgive him. For myself, I would. It is hard living that knowing what he did to my mother I mean I don’t tell nobody about that. It is just something as a man I had to deal with on a personal level,” said McIntyre. He added, “He will never get a chance to use his energy to hurt people again. If I can look at it in a different way I know that I never have to hear about his name being tied to nobody else as victims or anything like that again.”

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He said accountability needs to continue to avoid more wrongful convictions.

“There are a lot of Roger Golubskis this is just the one that we know of and if people don’t speak up and say nothing about it this is what happens,” said McIntyre. “Now it is just to bring enough awareness to that part of it where we can stop wrongful convictions altogether. Why do innocent people keep gotta going to prison? Because no one is holding these cops responsible.”

It’s been two years since KCKPD, the district attorney, and the KCK Mayor joined together to announce a review of 155 old cases handled by Golubski.

KCTV5 checked in with those offices on Tuesday.

KCKPD responded that 45 of the 155 have been reviewed, one has been referred for further investigation, the others are completed and closed.

Four additional cases are currently assigned.

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