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Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020 Updated Dec 23, 2023

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Judge sets May 2021 trial date for man accused of killing Louisville Detective Deidre Mengedoht

Roger Burdette is charged with killing Mengedoht on Christmas Eve 2018.

Fallen LMPD detective honored 2 years after death in fiery crash

Two years after Louisville Metro Police Detective Deidre Mengedoht was killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 64, she was remembered in a virtual graveside ceremony.

Son of fallen LMPD detective to receive nearly $14M in settlement of lawsuit against MSD, former driver

The multimillion dollar settlement was reached Saturday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Louisville Metro Police detective who was killed when a Metropolitan Sewer District truck crashed into her police car during a traffic stop.