In the early morning hours of October 17, 1995, Trooper First Class Edward A. Plank, 28, was killed during a traffic stop on Route 13 near Perry Road in Westover, Maryland. A seven-year veteran of the Maryland State Police, he had pulled over a speeding vehicle and, after calling for backup and conferring with the newly arrived officer, approached the car a second time. He was fatally shot in the face at point-blank range and died later that morning at a Maryland hospital. Trooper Plank was a husband and father to a 7-month-old daughter.

The two men in the vehicle, Ivan Fitzherbert Lovell, 25, and his cousin William Smith Lynch, 21, fled the scene; a large quantity of cocaine was found in their car. Both were captured later that day—one after breaking into a nearby house and being subdued by the homeowner until police arrived. Lovell was charged with first-degree murder; Lynch faced drug and handgun charges and received a 20-year sentence. Lovell later pleaded guilty and received a death sentence that was overturned in 1998, with resentencing to life in prison.

Does anyone have memories of Trooper Plank or information about that night that could add detail to the record?