Wife duct-taped sandbags to husband's legs and dumped him in lake after blasting him with .38 revolver following annulment request, claimed he went to Cancun: Cops

A Texas pistillate told her husband's girl helium went to Cancun and didn't privation to beryllium bothered erstwhile helium was really astatine the bottommost of a water — "weighted down" with sandbags duct taped to his legs — aft she blew him distant with a .38 revolver, cops say.

Lisa Honrud, 55, is charged with murder successful transportation with her husband's 2002 disappearance and slaying. The 24-year-old cold case was yet solved precocious past period acknowledgment to "advancements successful investigative techniques, modern technology, and caller accusation from a cardinal witness," according to the Frisco Police Department.

An apprehension affidavit obtained by section NBC affiliate KXAS connected Thursday has revealed what happened during the days and months starring up to Frank Weiss' murder.

"Investigators learned Lisa and Frank went to meal connected June 2, 2002, and this was the past clip anyone saw Frank alive," the affidavit says.

Police judge Honrud changeable Weiss with a .38 caliber firearm and past dumped him successful Lake Lewisville wrong the Frisco metropolis limits. His assemblage was recovered 2 days aft the mates reportedly went retired to dinner.

"The assemblage was wrapped successful achromatic bags, tied up with rope, and weighted down with sandbags duct taped to its legs," the affidavit alleges.

Cops accidental Weiss had asked for an annulment earlier helium was murdered, which Honrud signed and agreed to, according to KXAS. "Lisa spoke with Frank's girl connected the telephone and told her helium went to Cancun and did not privation to beryllium bothered," the affidavit states.

Weiss reportedly submitted a alteration of beneficiary for his beingness security conscionable 1 period earlier he was killed, which named his girl arsenic the sole beneficiary. It's unclear, though, if Honrud was alert of the change, KXAS reports.

The witnesser who came guardant and helped lick the 24-year-old lawsuit allegedly told detectives that they had fixed Honrud a .38 caliber revolver earlier Weiss disappeared.

"Upon learning Frank had been murdered with a .38, helium confronted Lisa regarding the revolver helium had fixed her," the affidavit alleges. "Lisa told [the witness], 'we got escaped of it' by throwing it disconnected the span implicit Joe Pool Lake."

Weiss' daughter, Carla Weiss, released a connection aft Honrud's apprehension describing her begetter arsenic a "wonderful man, the benignant of feline who enactment maine connected his shoulders for 3 hours to thrust the pinkish Dumbo due to the fact that nary different colour would do," KXAS reports.

"He deserved amended than this and we deserved to person him successful our beingness a batch longer than we did," Carla Weiss said.