Frisco police arrest second suspect in 2002 Plano businessman killing

Frisco police have made a second arrest in the 2002 killing of Plano businessman Frank Weiss, a breakthrough that brings the long-cold case closer to a resolution after 24 years and deepens the focus on a death that shook communities from Plano to Frisco.

At about 7:45 a.m. on May 8, members of the Frisco Police Department, working with the Waxahachie Police Department, arrested 57-year-old Waxahachie resident Keith Hart on a murder warrant tied to Weiss’s death. Hart is the second person charged in the case. Police arrested Weiss’s former wife, Lisa Honrud, on April 20, 2026.

Weiss was found dead near Lake Lewisville in June 2002, within Frisco city limits. Investigators said he had been shot twice in the chest with a .38-caliber gun. His body was wrapped in black bags, tied with rope, and weighed down with sandbags duct-taped to his legs, details that made the crime scene one of the most troubling in the city’s recent history.

Frisco police said the case moved forward because of modern investigative techniques, including DNA-based technology, new witness information and the work of a team of six detectives. That mix of new evidence and renewed effort helped pull a case out of the cold after more than two decades, turning a long-stalled homicide file into an active criminal prosecution again.

Police have said Weiss had asked Honrud for an annulment and that she signed the document. They also said Weiss was last seen having dinner with Honrud at Uncle Julio’s two days before his body was found. Those details, combined with the newer evidence, have become central to investigators’ timeline as they continue building the case.

Frisco Police Chief David Shilson said the second arrest moves the case closer to closure for the Weiss family and the community. The investigation remains open, and police say more information could still emerge as the case proceeds through the courts. For Plano, Frisco and the wider Collin County area, the arrests mark a rare turn in a case that had sat unresolved since 2002.