Hometown: Wabash, Indiana
District: Peru
Appointed: November 19, 1989
Deceased: July 5, 2007
Master Trooper Detective David E. Rich stopped to assist a stranded motorist on US 24, one mile west of Wabash, Indiana. The motorist shot Master Trooper Detective Rich and then killed himself. The suspect was driving a vehicle that had been reported stolen from Gaylord, Michigan the previous day.
