Capital Murder Charge Against Man Who Staged Suicide

Keith Ashley

A grand jury indicted a former Collin County brewery owner for Capital Murder in what authorities call a staged suicide. Also, a registered nurse, 48-year-old Keith Ashley, of Allen, allegedly used a powerful drug to immobilize Jim Seegan of Carrollton and then shot him in the head. Investigators say Ashely was a financial advisor and friend of Seegan and had secretly set up an insurance policy naming Ashley as the beneficiary. Seegan was found dead in his Carrollton home by his wife, a gun in his left hand, and a suicide note nearby. Seegan was right-handed.