(WHAS11) -- Former MSD employee Roger Burdette walked into a courtroom packed with officers on Jan. 7 showing their support for Detective Deidre Mengedoht.
Burdette is charged in the death of Metro Police Detective Mengedoht on Christmas Eve after his semi hit her cruiser during a traffic stop on I-64 near downtown.
Burdette maintains his innocence but admitted he was on prescription medications at the time of the crash.
He's since been fired from MSD. Burdette will now get a public defender and is due back in court on Wednesday, Jan. 9.
Detective Mengedoht leaves behind a 9-year-old son. The community raising more than $65,000 in his name.
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