HTQo0~_)Is4Mb- mB,{:0n^{R'?.yJ{k*vtR;t}mF:%(^A#+eE~A4Rl[ At the time of the shooting, police noted that there had been domestic problems in the Said family. He was placed 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. endobj in Justin, Texas roughly 34 miles northwest of where his teenage daughters were found shot to death. 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. 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It was unclear whether authorities questioned or detained Islam Said at that time. I got my eye on you. Said immediately became the prime suspect, and when authorities raided the family's home the next day he was nowhere to be found. 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. 205 0 obj Yaser Said, who was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted List in 2014, is accused of gunning down his daughters, Sarah, 17, and Amina, 18, in a taxi cab near a Texas motel in 2008 and then fleeing prosecution. 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.. 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. endobj show you personalized advertising. Prosecutors said Yassein Said and his nephew, Islam Said, harbored Yaser Said in an apartment in the Dallas suburb of Bedford and later in a home in Justin. Jury selection for Yaser Abdel Saids trial concluded Monday and trial proceedings were expected to get underway Tuesday. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. 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, the Associated Press reported.Her father, she said, had made our lives a nightmare. The email added: He will, without any drama nor doubt, kill us.The girls mother, Patricia Owens, told her ex-husband in a victim impact statement given after the verdict and sentence that she was no longer scared of him.You can keep those evil eyes on me as long as you want. 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. 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. Islam Said now faces up to 30 years in federal prison. All rights reserved. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. Islam Said, 32, was sentenced in April to 10 years in federal prison for helping his father evade arrest. It is widely speculated Said committed the honor killing - a practice where individuals are murdered for bringing perceived shame on their family - after he discovered Amina had a non-Muslim boyfriend and because he thought they were becoming 'too American.'. The pioneering heart operation that only takes an hour and doesn't leave a scar is performed on first Briton. They rented an apartment in Oklahoma under an assumed name because they feared Said, authorities have said. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. 20TL UU5tj:Zhc~w0-tuH+H[A+ 5b>E($#L:Mt\3bM%M*lb,/eE2Bdarmu$8,%h?o1PwxCb*7l~*#8 h&%1aT>I. No one else had been seen coming to or going from the house since Aug. 17, the criminal complaint states. Agents dug through the bags and reported finding cigarette butts among the garbage, the complaint states. Yassein and Islam were both arrested in Euless the same day. In the recorded 911 call, one of the girls is heard saying her father shot her. If a person is capable of killing his own daughters, there is no telling what he might do. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) The brother of a Texas man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in 2008 has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for helping his sibling evade arrest for more than a decade. For years, authorities suspected that Said had fled to his native Egypt or New York City but, in August 2020, he was. He is set to be sentenced on April 30 at 9 a.m. Islams uncle, Yassein Said, is set for trial on Feb. 1. Authorities got a search warrant several hours later, but no one was inside when they broke down the door about 1 a.m. She's got a right Lotte cheek with tantrums, feisty remarks and bossing her brothers about. i$d!sZI 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. He frequents dinersincluding Dennys and IHOP restaurantssmokes Marlboro Lights 100s cigarettes, and loves dogs, especially tan- and black-colored German Shepherds. It's Doja CAT! The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. (FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth). All rights reserved. %PDF-1.6 An official website of the United States government. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. Most of Saids writings ramble about politics in the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: What do we want? He was sentenced in a Fort Worth federal courtrooom on Friday. 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. 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 teenage daughters in a 2008 shooting, evade capture for 12 years. The sisters boyfriends also joined them. Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond. 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[34] Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. 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. Owens gave birth to her first child, Islam Said, when she was 16. Islam Said, left, and Yassein Said, right. 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. The sisters were found shot multiple times in their fathers taxicab outside a hotel in the Dallas suburb of Irving. OK`mG)n Their bullet-laden bodies were found inside his taxi parked at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, part of Irving. Amina and Sarah were honor students and athletes at Lewisville High School. 4:20-CR-292-1 Before Saids ex-wife, Patricia Owens, who divorced him while he was on the run, couldnt be reached for comment, but she has said he wasnt religious. Yaser Abdel Said has been convicted of Capital Murder in the deaths of his daughters, Sarah and Amina Said. At that point, the document says, authorities felt they had sufficient evidence that Yaser Said was living in the home. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The Texas man accused of murdering his teenage daughters as part of an alleged honor killing has been convicted. The U.S. attorneys office said a maintenance worker at the Copper Canyon Apartments in Bedford saw Yaser Said on Aug. 14, 2017, inside a unit leased to his son. Speaking with The Dallas Morning Newsafter the capture, Said's former wife and the mother of the girls, Patricia Owens, said she thought it was possible her girls had been killed over in an honor killing but that she ultimately did not know the motivation. Jury selection for Yaser Abdel Saids trial concluded Monday and trial proceedings were expected to get underway Tuesday. The driver of the car told border agents that he and Said were on a crazy road trip, but phone records showed that the driver had told his employer that he was having a family emergency. Said vanished after his daughters' bodies were found, and made it onto the FBI Most Wanted Fugitives list in the following years. The comments below have been moderated in advance. The girls reportedly confided in friends that their father was obsessively controlling, and that they often feared he was surveilling them wherever they went. Although the The Associated Press contributed to this report. Saids daughter Sarah who was shot nine times . (FBI), Sarah and Amina Said were killed by their father in 2008. The son of Yaser, Islam Said, pled guilty to the same charges and was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Yaser Said had been a fugitive from justice since New Year's Day 2008, when he allegedly murdered his teenage daughters, Amina and Sarah. 4:41 PM on Aug 28, 2020 CDT Updated at 9:30 AM on Aug 29, 2020 CDT. He was sentenced in a Fort Worth federal courtrooom on Friday. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. If convicted, Said faces an automatic life prison sentence. 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. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. Said wrote letters from jail to state District Judge Chika Anyiam, who is overseeing the case, and denied he killed the girls. Islam Said prioritized the whims of his father, an alleged killer, over justice for his own sisters. 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. If convicted, Said faces an automatic life prison sentence. t:\}-?..M70vl`Qs}7V3XZ18Z55 av Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. 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'")The|T,A-@#AUBZ}YMDagsR+\puHlG^4?qqKha:H'a Said was arrested in 2020 after Islam Yaser-Abdel Said (credit: Irving PD) Said pleaded open to the charges against him, with no assurances from the government as to the sentence prosecutors Yaser Said, 65, was found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said. This undated file photo provided by the Irving (Texas) Police Department shows Yaser Abdel Said; at right are daughters Amina and Sarah Said. 'Devil's Disciple' serial killer, 70, who was jailed for killing three people and admitting to eight murders Supermarkets pull THOUSANDS of Cadbury dessert products over food poisoning fears. Yaser Abdel Said enters the courtroom for his capital murder trial, accused HSMo0+|l$'m6vV:?M8VZ#dG@Tq4 Police surrounded the familys house the next day and entered after firing tear gas inside. Jurors heard a 911 call Sarah Said made by cellphone, telling the operator that her father had shot her and that she was dying. You can also submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. In addition to Egypt and Canada, investigators believe Said has ties to the Dallas-Fort Worth region and the New York City area. The two then reported the incident to the FBI. endstream According to police records, Said was enraged at and had previously threatened to hurt one of his daughters for dating a non-Muslim boy. A 2014 documentary called The Price of Honor fueled speculation Said killed his daughters because he harbored archaic beliefs that they should die for bringing shame to the family. We are grateful to the many agents and officers who worked to apprehend Mr. Said, along with his father and uncle. FBI agents began surveillance earlier this month on a home on West First Street in Justin that had been purchased in the name of one of Yassein Saids daughters, according to the criminal complaint. He reportedly carries a weapon with him at all times. My father shot me. 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. Legal Statement. 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. A North Texas man who evaded law enforcement for 12 years after police said he killed his two teen daughters will stand trial in Dallas this week. The day before the shooting, Said had convinced his daughters and wife to return home after they had run away around Christmas that winter. Unrecognizable rapper sports prosthetics and cat ears at 2023 Met Gala as she leads stars Baring it ALL! Yaser Said had been a fugitive from justice since New Year's Day 2008, when he allegedly murdered his teenage daughters, Amina and Sarah. Saids son, Islam Said, and brother, Yassim Said, were arrested on suspicion of helping hide him. They are both serving time in federal prison for harboring Said while he was a wanted fugitive, 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. Revealed: All 76 bank branches that are shutting its doors this month in blow to the High Street with Serena Williams is pregnant AGAIN! Patricia Owens, the victims mother and Saids former wife, later told authorities that her son and Saids brothers said things that indicated support for the killings, instead of sorrow over the sisters deaths, the criminal complaint says. Said vanished after the murders and spent six years on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. When the FBI was contacted, an agent was sent to that apartment, but Islam refused to allow the agent inside. It's official! A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Irving Police Department/ Facebook. Sarah and Amina deserve justice.. But the house was empty. 157 0 obj He may be working as a taxi driver. 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In August 2020, FBI agents began surveilling a home in Justin, which was purchased by Yassein's daughter, Dalal. Adding him to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list shows our commitment to seek justice for Amina and Sarah., Since the murders nearly seven years ago, the case has received widespread publicity, and law enforcement has followed every credible lead, but Said remains at large.

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