Frank Weiss’s daughter was told he had gone to Cancun after investigators allege he was killed, police say.
FRISCO, Texas — Frank Weiss’s daughter spent more than two decades waiting for answers after her father was found dead near Lake Lewisville in 2002, and police now say two people face murder warrants in the cold case.
The case has moved from a family’s long uncertainty to a criminal prosecution. Frisco police arrested Lisa Honrud, Weiss’ wife at the time of his death, on April 20. They arrested Keith Hart on May 8. Both are Waxahachie residents, and both were arrested on murder warrants connected to Weiss’ death. Police have said the investigation is still active and have left several key questions unanswered.
Carla Weiss’ place in the case is not only as the victim’s daughter. She is also named in the account of what happened after her father disappeared. According to an arrest affidavit described by local reporting, Honrud spoke with Carla Weiss after Frank Weiss was no longer being seen and said he had gone to Cancun and did not want to be bothered. Investigators now allege that account was false. They say Weiss had been shot with a .38 caliber firearm and placed in Lake Lewisville, where his body was later found wrapped in black bags, tied with rope and weighed down with sandbags taped to his legs.
Carla Weiss has described her father in plain family memories rather than case-file language. She said he was the kind of father who carried her on his shoulders for three hours so she could ride the pink Dumbo ride because no other color would do. She also remembered him as the man who DJ’d her 16th birthday party, known to her friends as Daddy Frank. “He deserved better than this, and we deserved to have him in our lives a lot longer than we did,” she said after Honrud’s arrest.
The allegations that led to the 2026 arrests reach back to the first days of June 2002. Investigators learned that Honrud and Weiss went to dinner on June 2, 2002, and that no one saw Weiss alive after that, according to the affidavit. His body was discovered two days later near Lake Lewisville in Frisco city limits. Police believe he was shot before he was put in the water. The discovery gave investigators a homicide scene, a body and signs that someone had tried to keep the body from surfacing, but the case did not lead to an arrest for nearly 24 years.
The family picture changed again when investigators reviewed documents from the weeks before Weiss died. The affidavit says Weiss had requested an annulment, which Honrud signed and agreed to before his death. It also says Weiss submitted a change to his life insurance about one month before he was killed, naming Carla Weiss as the sole beneficiary. Investigators have not said whether Honrud knew about the beneficiary change. Those records now sit beside the alleged Cancun statement, the last dinner and the condition of the body as pieces of the prosecution’s story.
A witness account later became central to the case. The affidavit says a witness told detectives that the witness had given Honrud a .38 caliber revolver before Weiss vanished. After the witness learned Weiss had been killed with a .38, the witness confronted Honrud about the weapon. According to the affidavit, Honrud said, “we got rid of it,” and said the gun had been thrown from a bridge over Joe Pool Lake. Police have not said whether the revolver was ever recovered or what other physical evidence they now have.
Frisco police said Honrud’s arrest was made possible through advancements in investigative techniques, modern technology and new information from a key witness. The department did not explain the technology or name the witness. Sgt. Ryan Thomas, a police spokesperson, said Frisco’s growth over the years has been matched by growth in the department’s investigative talent. Chief David Shilson said investigators had put countless hours into the case and thanked Waxahachie police for help with the arrest. His statement framed the warrant as a step toward justice, not the end of the case.
The May 8 arrest of Hart widened the case beyond Honrud. Police said Hart, 57, was arrested in Waxahachie on a murder warrant connected to the same 24-year-old cold case. In announcing that arrest, Shilson said it moved the department closer to closure for the Weiss family and the community. Police did not describe Hart’s alleged actions, his connection to Honrud or his connection to Weiss. The limited public information leaves the court record and future filings as the next place where more detail may emerge.
The legal process now has to separate allegation from proof. Honrud and Hart were arrested on warrants, but neither has been convicted in Weiss’ killing. Prosecutors will have to decide what charges to pursue, what evidence to disclose and how to present a case built from old records, witness statements and any modern testing. Defense attorneys, once identified in the public record, can challenge the timeline, the witness account, the physical evidence and any statements attributed to the defendants.
The emotional center remains the daughter who was told her father was elsewhere. Police now say the case that left Carla Weiss without answers for most of her adult life has produced two arrests. As of May 23, the investigation remains open, and the next developments are expected through court proceedings and any further Frisco police updates.
Author note: Last updated May 23, 2026.