Authorities said he shot them in his taxicab and left it outside an Irving hotel. My father shot me. Yaser Abdel Said, 65, an Egyptian-born cab driver who lived with his family just north of Dallas, Texas, allegedly shot his daughters, 17-year-old Sarah (center) and 18-year-old Amina (right), to death in his taxi after telling them they were going out to eat on New Years Day 14 years ago. Published: 22:15 BST, 2 August 2022 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 2 August 2022. When do we want it? ", YASER SAID 'HONOR KILLINGS' TRIAL: EX-FBI 'TOP 10 MOST WANTED' SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING DAUGHTERS TESTIFIES. She said they didnt want to live by the culture of their father, who was born in Egypt, nor did they want arranged marriages, as he planned. endstream FBI Worst-Case Exercise Tests Response to Chemical Attack. Im dying Im dying, the 17-year-old told dispatchers, WFAA reported. In 2017, officials said they caught a break in the case after a maintenance worker claimed to see Yaser Said inside an apartment in Bedford, which had been leased to his son, Islam. 160 0 obj The operator asked what was happening. We believe that the combination of publicity, the significant reward, and the team of experienced investigators working the case from the Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force and the Irving Police Department will result in Saids arrest.. `jP{>v_IOlP 3P7b{v>{zPw\"pz 9MuVRsV{hI{iBhWvl0Erg/s^QxBEsH]FvDsrzb'!J&;\E\35l`NxkDfGuiCRcFi#V)4Y::-9w fz5|JvD7 The son of the man wanted in the 2008 honor killings of his teen daughters has pleaded guilty to helping his father evade capture for over 12 years, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah announced Tuesday. On Monday, Said told jurors that he did not kill his daughters. Yaser Abdel Said was arrested after 12 years on the run in August 2020, in Justin, 36 miles northwest of Dallas. please click OK, I Accept. She returned to The Morning News in 2021 as a reporter covering primarily Dallas County criminal courts. Thankfully, their day of reckoning has finally arrived., Brad Lollar, who is representing Yaser Said, said Saturday that a team at the Dallas County public defenders office would immediately start looking into the evidence in the case and would research their client to the point that theyll know more about the defendant than he knows about himself.. If convicted, Said faces an automatic life prison sentence. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Ex-FBI 'Top 10 Most Wanted' suspect Yaser Said convicted of Prosecutors did not pursue the death penalty, meaning Yaser Said receives an automatic life sentence. endstream His brother, Yaser Abdel Said, is accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Sarah Yaser Said and 18-year-old Amina Yaser Said on New Years Day 2008. on the FBIs Top 10 Most Wanted List in 2014 and a reward of up to $100,000 had been offered for information leading to his capture. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Yaser Said, 65, was found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. endstream Cash for pro-lifers! The lady is a vamp! He was. Sarah Said called 911 the night of Jan. 1, 2008, telling a dispatcher that shed been shot, but police werent able to find the sisters until about an hour later, when someone reported seeing unconscious women in a vehicle at the hotel. or redistributed. This undated file photo provided by the Irving (Texas) Police Department shows Yaser Abdel Said; at right are daughters Amina and Sarah Said. Father goes on trial in Texas for 2008 'honor killings' of daughters Islam Said, 32, was sentenced in April to 10 years in federal prison for helping his father evade arrest. The pioneering heart operation that only takes an hour and doesn't leave a scar is performed on first Briton. Charlotte is daddy's double! In one jail letter to the judge dated July 23, 2021, Said said he was unhappy with the girls dating activity.. The next day, agents executed a search warrant at the home in Justin. Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, 32, helped conceal his father who was one of the FBIs Most Wanted fugitives. Three years ago, authorities nearly captured Yaser Abdel Said who spent more than a decade evading law enforcement on suspicion of killing his two teenage daughters in Irving when a maintenance worker spotted him in a North Texas apartment belonging to his son. <>stream Market data provided by Factset. HTQo0~_)Is4Mb- mB,{:0n^{R'?.yJ{k*vtR;t}mF:%(^A#+eE~A4Rl[ . A week before the murders, Amina and Sarah fled Texas with their mother and two friends. Two days after that, the agents reported seeing someones shadow moving inside the home after Yassein Said had stopped by for several hours and then departed. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. You will never break me down again, Owens was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. A reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for information leading directly to the arrest of Said, who was born in Egypt and may be hiding there or in U.S. communities with Egyptian ties. The sisters boyfriends also joined them. 'What prompted her to go back home is beyond me,' said Moggio. One of the FBIs former top 10 most-wanted suspects was convicted of capital murder on Tuesday, more than 12 years after allegedly carrying out "honor killings" against his two daughters in Texas. The FBI also arrested Saids son, 32-year-old Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, and brother, 59-year-old Yassein Abdulfatah Said, on Wednesday in Euless and charged both with concealing a person from arrest. (Irving Police Dept. His son, Islam Said, and his brother, Yassim Said, were subsequently convicted of helping him evade arrest. He then shot them both multiple times inside the cab near a hotel in Irving, Texas, according to the FBI. A Texas taxi cab driver who spent years on the FBIs Most Wanted list for the alleged "honor killings" of his teenage daughters will stand trial this month. endobj We come at it from the assumption that he is innocent of the crime, Lollar said, noting that he hadnt seen much evidence against Said from the time of the shootings. Yaser Said had been a fugitive from justice since New Year's Day 2008, when he allegedly murdered his teenage daughters, Amina and Sarah. There was public sentiment, fueled by Yaser Saids Muslim faith, that the sisters were shot in an honor killing a practice in some cultures in which men kill female relatives thought to have dishonored their families. Both relatives were arrested after the capture and are serving sentences in federal prison. On January 1, 2008, Said persuaded his estranged daughtersAmina, 18, and Sarah, 17to visit him. While at UT, Catherine served as managing editor of The Daily Texan, UT's student paper, and interned at the Texas Tribune and Houston Chronicle. Islams uncle, Yassein Abdulfatah Said (Yasers 59-year-old brother), was convicted in February of conspiring with Islam to conceal Yaser from arrest, among other <>stream Shortly after the call, the cops received another call from a man reporting two women unconscious in a car in the parking lot of the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Irving, Texas. Inside they found Yaser Said and took him into custody without incident. MSN Saids daughter Sarah who was shot nine times . He reportedly carries a weapon with him at all times. Owens divorced Said in 2009. Said Thanks to her new 16m Harry Potter TV deal, it's JK Rowling who's having the last laugh over Scientists discover what happens seconds before you die - activity in the brain and heart RAMPS UP, Man accused of killing 2 teen daughters in 2008 has been captured, Irving police and FBI announce, Do not sell or share my personal information. Sarah and Amina deserve justice.. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Sarah Said and Amina Said were allegedly shot to death by their father in what prosecutors have described as "honor killings.". He was identified by the FBI as a capital murder suspect wanted in connection with the homicide of his daughters, 18-year-old Amina and Sarah, 17.The FBI in 2020 also arrested Yasers son, Islam, and his brother, Yassin, for harboring an alleged fugitive. Yaser Abdel Said was taken into custody in Justin, Texas on Wednesday after 12 years on the run, officials announced in a press release. Islam Said, left, and Yassein Said, right. 'He's been dead for 130 years and can still satisfy the ladies': Social media goes wild over mystery woman Cancelled? Yaser Abdel Said was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of capital murder in the 2008 killings of his two daughters, 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah, according to a news release from the office of Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot. in June. Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, DefendantAppellant. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.pagones@fox.com and on Twitter: @steph_pagones. American-Egyptian man convicted of murder for killing two Oh my God. Islam Said made it possible for his father, Yaser Said, to evade justice for the brutal murder of his daughters for more than a decade, FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno said. A cross-reference of the DNA on those items with DNA collected from Amina and Sarah Said determined a mere 1-in-5.3 quintillion chance that the DNA on the items in Islam Saids home was not Yaser Saids, authorities said. endobj endobj Said's abuse of his family extended back as far as 1998, when Owens and the girls signed an affidavit alleging he had sexually abused his daughters. -B!kZB6,_ ^^4'UB)Xd= TO&-;2TBT6e625aamz9Fd0u0*"3==e[$a#+{75%N Yaser Said, accused of killing his two daughters in 2008, was nearly caught in 2017, authorities say, was arrested in the Denton County city of Justin on Wednesday, Video offers glimpse into relationship slain Lewisville sisters had with father accused of killing them in taxi, For years, friends say, slain sisters lived with their father's threats of violence and abuse, Mayday: Texas school leaders sound alarm, ask for more state money for public education, Colin Allred to challenge Ted Cruz for Senate, sources say, Gov. He was found hiding out in Justin, Texas - barely 30 miles from the scene of the murder - where he had been being harbored by his son, Islam, who, at the time of the killings, was aged 19, and brotherYassein, who was approximately 45. In documents unsealed by the Department of Justice, FBI agents began 24-hour surveillance on a home in Justin in August 2020 that was recently purchased in the name of Dalal Said, Yassein's daughter. ", TRIAL OF TEXAS MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING DAUGHTERS IN HONOR KILLINGS FOR HAVING NON-MUSLIM BOYFRIENDS BEGINS. The Lewisville High School students both had been shot multiple times, authorities said. Catherine writes about breaking news, crime and the Dallas Zoo. He said he fled the taxi he was driving that evening because he thought they were being followed and someone wanted to kill him. Man evaded capture for 12 years, will stand trial in Dallas for Islams uncle, Yassein Abdulfatah Said (Yasers 59-year-old brother), was convicted in February of conspiring with Islam to conceal Yaser from arrest, among other crimes. Yasseins sentencing is set for June 4 at 9 a.m. in Fort Worth. 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One of them managed to call 911 using a cellphone and said she was dying. Janelle Mone leads the worst-dressed list at the 2023 Met Gala in BIZARRE nearly-naked frock Met Gala 2023: Olivia Wilde flashes her midriff in daring cut-out white gown at glitzy event - as star risks Met Gala 2023: Dua Lipa looks like a fairytale princess in a low-cut vintage Chanel ballgown and 100-carat Met Gala 2023: Here come the Brits! x+ | An agent overheard Islam Said call one of his uncles and say, We have a big problem, according to a criminal complaint. Update: Yaser Abdel Said was arrested in Justin, Texas on August 26, 2020. Agents saw that the sliding-glass patio door was open and found a pair of glasses near a bush at the bottom of the patio, where it looked like someone had jumped down. 'Help, my dad shot me! in 2020 after spending 12 years on the run for the New Years Day 2008 shootings of his daughters, Sarah, 17, and Amina, 18. The worker reported the incident to his manager, who knew about the accusations against Islam Saids father. The 65-year-old man was on the FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in 2014 when he was arrested in Justin, Texas, in 2020. "He will, without any drama nor doubt, kill us," the email read. his two daughters for a ride in his taxi cab under the guise of taking them out for dinner on Jan. 1, 2008. Those charges were later dropped after the girls recanted their story because they said they didn't want to be forced to relocate. Stephanie Pagones is a Digital Reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. For years, authorities suspected that Said had fled to his native Egypt or New York City but, in August 2020, he was arrested in Justin, Texas roughly 34 miles northwest of where his teenage daughters were found shot to death. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: What do we want? My father shot me. (FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth). The brother of capital murder suspect Yaser Said was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for helping the "10 Most Wanted" suspect, accused of murdering his two trial concluded Monday and trial proceedings were expected to get underway Tuesday. Prosecutors did not pursue the death penalty, It's official! Im dying, Im dying, Im dying, she said. Yaser Said: Life Sentence For Father Who Killed Teen Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Krista M. Torralva, Staff writer. If a person is capable of killing his own daughters, there is no telling what he might do. pic.twitter.com/mdLUzVLx3z. Tom has covered breaking news for The Dallas Morning News since 2016. Just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities searched the house and captured him. He has worked in a number of other capacities for The News since 2007, and he was previously a copy editor at The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla. endstream Now! There have been many reports that he is in the U.S., but we are not ruling out the possibility that he is abroad. Balli added that investigators are coordinating with law enforcement partners in Egypt and Canada along with U.S. law enforcement agencies. 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Irving man who helped fugitive father elude capture gets 10 years Yaser Said was convicted of capital murder Tuesday in the 2008 fatal shootings of his two teenage daughters, 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Yaser Said Capital Murder Suspect Added to FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Yaser Abdel Said Now in Custody, FBI.gov is an official site of the U.S. Department of Justice. via AP, File / Facebook), In a Dec. 21, 2007, email that was brought into evidence, Amina Said told a teacher that she and her sister planned to run away. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Eventually a middle-aged man let him in to make the repairs. 159 0 obj Testimony Begins in Trial of Former Most-Wanted Fugitive xVWDH9_o9m)U?7D&j+d,lA \CF8)X*W,7Ja| #IZ Yassein Said, Yaser's 59-year-old brother, was found guilty in February by a federal jury in Fort Worth of conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest, concealing a person from arrest and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Yaser Abdel Said is on prosecution for premeditated murder and, if found guilty, would face a life sentence because prosecutors are not demanding the death penalty. The sisters were allegedly murdered by their own father,17-year-old Sarah (left) and 18-year-old Amina (right), Said (right) pictured with his son Islam, and daughters Sarah (center, right) and Amina (left). Saids son, Islam Said, and brother, Yassein Said, were also charged with helping conceal the Texas man, and were sentenced in 2021 to 10 and 12 years behind bars, respectively. Saids son, Islam Said, and brother, Yassim Said, were arrested on suspicion of helping hide him. HSMo0+|l$'m6vV:?M8VZ#dG@Tq4 <>stream (FBI), Sarah and Amina Said were killed by their father in 2008. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Islam helped harbor his father after he allegedly murdered the girls. Yaser Abdel Said, 65, was found guilty of the 2008 capital murders of his daughters, Sarah Said, 17, and Amina Said, 18, according to the Dallas Morning News.The Dallas County jury returned a guilty verdict on Tuesday 205 0 obj Said was arrested in 2020 after spending 12 years on the run for the New Years Day 2008 shootings of his daughters, Sarah, 17, and Amina, 18. Yaser Said, accused of killing his two daughters in 2008, was nearly Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. HtSn0+H!-"NI uzP#'VG 5YQ 'Quf!/CAaR@e={V?lDz&1+mRHF6#j|r8,94=O NVCR;Q Hr6D{mb>. Although the The Egyptian-born cab driver who lived with his family just north of Dallas, Texas, allegedly shot to death his daughters, 17-year-old Sarah and 18-year-old Amina, in his taxi after telling them they were going out to eat on New Years Day 14 years ago. Their bodies were discovered several hours later in the cab, which was abandoned outside a hotel in Irving, Texas. A week before they were killed, the girls and their mother fled their home in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville and went to Oklahoma to escape Said. Phone records confirmed the call, the complaint states. Britain's rock solid support for the Royal Family: With Charles' Coronation just four days way, a major poll LORD ASHCROFT: The monarchy has to change, but the King has time and goodwill on his side. By signing up you agree to ourTerms of ServiceandPrivacy Policy. He then shot them both multiple times inside the cab near a hotel in Irving, Texas, according to the FBI. The sisters were found shot to death in a taxi parked near a hotel in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving on New Years Day in 2008. We are grateful to the many agents and officers who worked to apprehend Mr. Said, along with his father and uncle. Last year, two of Saids relatives, Islam and Yassein Said, were sentenced to long jail terms for allegedly assisting Yasers escapes. Agents dug through the bags and reported finding cigarette butts among the garbage, the complaint states. Authorities said what appeared to be a hidden room with a cot was found in the back of the homes converted garage, the complaint says. 'e _ She testified: "I didnt think anything would happen. Yaser Abdel Said (left) has been arrested for killing his daughters Sarah and Amina. endobj The narrative took off soon after the killings, and again after Saids arrest in 2020, prompting local Muslim leaders to educate the general public that so-called honor killings are not condoned by the Islamic religion. The trial of the father who authorities believe to have murdered his teenage daughters in a 2008 'honor killing' began Tuesday after Monday's jury selection. Yaser Said allegedly invited his daughters to a meal at Denny's before killing them. Irving Police Department/ Facebook. They rented an apartment in Oklahoma under an assumed name because they feared Said, authorities have said. A US court in the state of Texas earlier this week convicted an American-Egyptian of capital murder for the 2008 killing of his two teenage daughters, Amina and Sarah.After a six-day trial, Yaser Abdel Said was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of capital murder, according to a statement from the office of Dallas County Criminal District Attorney.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.He must now spend the rest of his days confined to a prison cell living under the control of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the statement said, adding that the jury deliberated for three hours before reaching a verdict. Im dying Im dying, the 17-year-old told dispatchers, WFAA, At the time, their deaths were described by surviving family members as ". IRVING, Texas Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, the 32-year-old son of FBI 10 Most Wanted suspect Yaser Said, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Amina described a rape to the authorities. Each faces up to five years in prison if convicted. Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that Yaser Said was arrested in Justin in 2020. It was unclear whether authorities questioned or detained Islam Said at that time. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Dallas Field Division and the Irving Police Department conducted the investigation with the assistance of U.S. Customs & Border Patrol, the Dallas Police Department, the Garland Police department, the Grand Prairie Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. Majority of British public think Charles should not apologise for slavery, new poll shows, Even most republicans see no benefit in abolishing the monarchy, new poll reveals. 0 % O'Connor went above sentencing guidelines in a process called "variance.". Lawyers will pick a jury Monday and testimony is expected to start Tuesday. He awaits trial on a capital murder charge. She's got a right Lotte cheek with tantrums, feisty remarks and bossing her brothers about. A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Their bullet-laden bodies were found inside his taxi parked at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, part of Irving. 157 0 obj FBI agents obtained a search warrant after seeing Islam and Yassein leave the home with garbage bags Tuesday and following them to a shopping center nearly 20 miles away in Southlake, where they dumped the trash. 4:20-CR-292-1 Before Said was in Texas on a permanent residence visa when they married, Owens said in the documentary. 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah Said. Yaser Abdel Said had spent a dozen years on the run before his capture by the FBI in Justin, Texas, nearly two years ago. He was arrested without incident. For years, authorities suspected that Said had fled to his native Egypt or New York City but, in August 2020, he was. Last year, Islam Said was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, and Yassein Said got 12 years. The allegations were reported to the sheriffs office in Hill County, where the girls told a detective their father had been touching them inappropriately. Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, the son of FBI 10 Most Wanted suspect Yaser Said, pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to one count of conspiracy to conceal a person The comments below have been moderated in advance. The feds say Yaser Said, 64, murdered Islam Saids two The two then reported the incident to the FBI. Latest report shows slight decrease in reported incidents, includes new data. Thanks to the dogged work of the FBI and its law enforcement partners, however, Mr. Saids efforts were ultimately in vain, Prerak Shah said. Son of man arrested in 2008 'honor killings' sentenced to prison Yaser Abdel Said is wanted for his alleged role in committing a terrible act of violence against his own daughters, said Diego Rodriguez, special agent in charge of our Dallas Field Office. One of the girls was able to make a 911 call and was heard screaming for help, saying she and her sister were being shot by their father.
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