Keen was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the Nov. 15, 1981, murder of his pregnant wife Anita Lopez Keen, who drowned at sea off the coast of Fort Lauderdale after Keen pushed her in. He alleged married and killed her so he could collect insurance money from her death. Keen, a native of Jacksonville who grew up in Haines City in Polk County, was not apprehended for several years and was found in Seminole County living under an assumed name. His first murder conviction was reversed in 1987 because the prosecutor made improper remarks to the jury. He was tried again, but this conviction was reversed in 1994 because jurors in the jury room had read an inflammatory article about underhanded tactics used by defense lawyers and because Keen was wrongfully denied access to grand jury testimony. At his third trial, he was convicted and the jury recommended a life sentence 7-to-5. The judge overrode the recommendation and imposed the death penalty. This is Keen's direct appeal.