𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓: 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒂𝒘. 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅, 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒔.

A former Belton police officer who had been charged with forcible rape in Pettis County has had the charge dismissed following the death of the victim. Collin K. Goodsell, 28, of Peculiar, was arrested in February 2026 in connection with a sexual assault investigation conducted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop A Criminal Investigative Unit. He was initially held without bail but was later released on a $150,000 bond.

Goodsell was accused of using forcible compulsion to have sexual intercourse with the victim. Goodsell allegedly displayed a gun in a threatening manner during the incident in 2017.

According to the Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the charge was dismissed without prejudice, meaning the case could be refiled if evidence warranted. Prosecutors confirmed that the victim died of natural causes. According to Goodsell’s defense attorney, the victim died of a heart attack caused by a severe asthma attack.

According to Belton city officials, Goodsell was first hired by the Belton Police Department in August 2023 as a lateral hire from the Chillicothe Police Department. He left Belton and returned to Chillicothe in May 2024 for family reasons. Goodsell returned to the Belton Police Department again in October 2024 and had been employed there since that time. Goodsell is no longer employed by the Belton Police Department.

Goodsell was charged with forcible rape. The charge has been dismissed without prejudice, allowing for potential charges to be filed in the future.