The father told the courtroom that he only wanted to take his two daughters to dinner on New Year's Day 2008 but on the road in his taxi, he said he saw someone following them. Before the sisters were found shot to death in a taxi parked near a hotel in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Sarah Said had managed to call 911 using a cellphone, telling the operator that her father shot her and that she was dying. Next to the flattened bush, they found a pair of eyeglasses, which they collected as evidence. His son, Islam Said, and his brother, Yassim Said, were subsequently convicted of helping him evade arrest. Said moved his family 20 miles (32 km) to a new house in Lewisville, Texas,[16] prompting Amina to make plans to run away with Moreno, get married in Las Vegas, and start a new life. U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Islam Said Sentenced to 10 Years for Concealing ‘10 Most Wanted’ Suspect from Arrest, Dallas Man Charged With Firing at ATF Agent, Father Sentenced to 40 Years in Methamphetamine Case Involving Son, Amarillo Man Sentenced for Threating Prominent New York Rabbis. A lock ( ", Man on FBI's Most Wanted List Captured 12 Years After He Allegedly Killed His Teenage Daughters, Texas Dad Allegedly Lured Teen Daughters with Promise to Take Them to Restaurant Before Murdering Them, Alex Murdaugh Prosecutors Say Jury 'Delivered Justice' with Murder Conviction, Pa. Analyists determined a 1 in 5.3 quintillion probably that the DNA found on the cigarette butts, eyeglasses, and toothbrush came from Amina and Sarah’s biological father: Yaser Said. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Her chilling 911 call was played before the jury on Wednesday where she was heard saying her father shot her and that she was dying. 16. [42], The Price of Honor is a 2014 documentary about the murders of Sarah and Amina Said. In pleading guilty, Islam Said admitted that evidence proved he committed the crimes charged in the superseding indictment filed in November 2020. The evening the sisters were shot, their father wanted to take just the two of them to a restaurant, she said. Amina suffered two gunshot wounds, including a fatal wound to the chest. The capital murder trial of Yaser Abdel Said, a 65-year-old cab driver from Lewisville accused of murdering his two teenage daughters in a purported "honor killing" continued Thursday in Dallas with the girls' mother taking the stand. FBI agent Daniel Gimenez, who led the federal government’s effort to track down Said, took the stand Friday afternoon. "Something would happen to me or something would happen to her," Erik Panameno told jurors. She said she married him at the age of 15, with the permission of her parents after dating for three weeks and had three children with him over the next three years. 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[37] As of January 2023[update], he is incarcerated at Texas Department of Criminal Justice's McConnell Unit in Bee County, Texas. Just the day before, the girls and their mother tried to flee Said's house to escape what they claimed was an abusive life. FBI had been in touch w/apt management bc Said’s son lived there. @NBCDFW https://t.co/X5svQKi9it pic.twitter.com/ZmIM6Lof1n, Prosecutors asked Owens if she had any idea what might have happened to her daughters when they left to eat with their father and she said, “Part of me did. But her injuries were too severe and she and her sister, who was shot twice, died in the taxi. "It is wrong for the government to generalize an entire culture, criminalize an entire culture, to fit their narrative, and to fit their objective. Northern District of Texas Patricia initially wanted to come along, but Said told her that he wanted to talk to the girls himself. The defense rested after the defendant's testimony. Prosecutors claim Said's daughters made an outcry that he'd sexually abused them and had touched them inappropriately. When detectives showed him a picture of Yaser Said, the worker identified him as the man he had seen in the apartment. 14 No obstante, los fiscales de su caso prefirieron no buscar la pena de muerte. 1100 Commerce Street, Third Floor "She didn't want to go back home, she would rather be dead than ever go back there," Moggio testified. A Dallas man who allegedly shot at an ATF agent in an apparent fit of road rage has been federally charged. An official website of the United States government. Now prosecutors are picking at every issue in his story. @NBCDFW https://t.co/X5svQKi9it pic.twitter.com/ZmIM6Lof1n, Prosecutors asked Owens if she had any idea what might have happened to her daughters when they left to eat with their father and she said, “Part of me did. pic.twitter.com/pWm9pI857D — Dallas County DA (@Dallas_DA) August 9, 2022 Jury deliberations lasted less than three hours. The father said he loved his daughters and is not to blame for their killing. But, Black said, in another act of "control" and "manipulation" by Said, he told them he had changed and convinced them to return home. This is just killing. erin.dooley@usdoj.gov. A Fort Worth father who conspired with his son to deal methamphetamine was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in federal prison. He said he assumed that he was the target and so he claimed he got out of the car at an Irving Transit Center where he assumed the girls would be safe. Sarah suffered nine gunshot wounds, mostly to her abdomen, according to the medical examiner. "She didn't want to go back home, she would rather be dead than ever go back there," Moggio testified. In August 2020 Said was arrested in Justin and two relatives were arrested in Euless. Irving man who helped fugitive father elude capture gets 10 years in prison. Islam Said now faces up to 30 years in federal prison. When asked to identify her ex-husband in court, Owens raised her arm, pointed at Said and said, “That devil there.” She told jurors she and her husband had not spoken since the night their daughters were killed. A lock ( Authorities wanted him for the slayings of his daughters, Sarah Yaser Said, 17, and Amina Yaser Said, 18. Amarillo: 806-324-2356. He was sentenced Tuesday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor in Fort Worth. This is murder. The Irving man could have been … Said, who was very controlling over his family, felt that his daughters Amina and Sarah dishonored the family, partially due to the fact that Amina had been dating a non-Muslim. In plea papers, Islam Said admitted to sheltering his father from arrest in an attempt to subvert the administration of justice. Attorneys Tiffany H. Eggers and Errin Martin are prosecuting the case. Lubbock: 806-472-7351 Her sister Amina was shot twice. Said took the stand as the only defense witness Monday. Said was placed on the FBI’s most-wanted list after the murders and evaded arrest for more than 12 years. She said they didn’t want to live by the culture of their father, who was born in Egypt, nor did they want arranged marriages, as he planned. The girls' aunt, Connie Moggio, broke down on the stand as she identified autopsy photos of her nieces. After the murders, Said disappeared and although it was first assumed he fled to Egypt, no such record was ever found. 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 Closing arguments concluded and jury deliberation began shortly before 11 a.m. Yaser Said took the stand in his own defense Monday and said he is not the blame for the 2008 murders of his daughters. A week before they were killed, the girls and their mother fled their home in Lewisville and went to Oklahoma to escape Said. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. [16][17] Amina stated she was afraid of using the public telephone "because he [Said] gets in everywhere, he knows everything". Whether the girls were victims of an honor killing for allegedly bringing dishonor to their family has been widely speculated by loved ones and media since their murder in 2008. On Monday, Said took the stand in his own defense, according to the station. "Something would happen to me or something would happen to her," Erik Panameno told jurors. Yaser Said, who had been sought on a capital murder warrant since the slayings, was placed on the FBI's most-wanted list. The film furthers speculation the girls' father objected to his daughters living an "American lifestyle.". Assistant U.S. She told jurors about a conversation she had with a frantic Amina the day of the murders. An official website of the United States government. @NBCDFWhttps://t.co/R77vHTz043 pic.twitter.com/5eP4TqCGdS. I'm dying, I'm dying!" On Friday, that phrase took center stage. 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. Inside the garbage cans, they located two bags matching the bags they’d seen the men carrying out to the car. Said was born in Sinai, Egypt. The film furthers speculation the girls' father objected to his daughters living an "American lifestyle.". Patrica Owens, Yaser Said's ex-wife, testified before the jury Thursday morning and said why she fled her home with her daughters only to return days before they were killed. I'm dying, I'm dying!". The film furthers speculation the girls' father objected to his daughters living an "American lifestyle.". Former Irving police officer Steven Hazard testified he believed the girls were not shot at the location they were found. [4] When she was 16, Said took Amina to Egypt allegedly to arrange a marriage for her to a much older friend of his, but Amina rejected the marriage. He said he regrets leaving them alone and denied killing them. Yaser Said sat emotionless, holding a finger to his ear to listen to the disturbing audio. Said's defense argued Owens' story had changed so much over the years that she was close to becoming a suspect herself and also claimed police were fixated on blaming a Muslim man for the killings instead of looking at other potential suspects. The potential key piece of evidence was admitted on day two of testimony, despite objections by the defense who previously cautioned jurors their expert will later testify that the 17-year-old victim may have been ‘hallucinating’ after being shot nine times when she named her father as her shooter. On Monday, Said told jurors that he did not kill his daughters. "There’s no forensic science to it.". “Upon the SWAT team’s notice and knock announced, the defendant came out and surrendered,” said Gimenez. Silence filled Dallas County District Court 7 Wednesday as prosecutors prepared to present the chilling 911 call made by a dying Sarah Said on New Year 2008. Both men were charged with harboring a known fugitive and are now serving time in federal prison. The FBI and our law enforcement partners will pursue anyone who helps a criminal evade capture.”. A jury delivered a guilty verdict Tuesday in the capital murder trial of a Lewisville man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in a taxi in 2008. And this is not acceptable," Ahmed said. Each girl, they said, had been shot multiple times. Defense attorney Joseph Patton said in opening statements that the evidence would not support a conviction, that police were too quick to focus on Said and suggested that anti-Muslim sentiment played into that focus. Their bodies were found in his abandoned taxi cab in Irving, Texas, on the property of the Omni Mandalay Hotel (now the Omni Las Colinas Hotel).[2][3]. I’m dying,” yelled a frantic woman identified as Sarah. They arrested Yassein and Islam at a separate location in Euless, Texas. Son Gets 10 Years in Prison for Helping Dad Evade Arrest A locked padlock Cross examination is done with Patricia Owens (mom of Sarah and Amina) - who testified that when girls returned home days before their murders Yaser Said appeared happy; when Amina came back last he kissed her on the forehead and shed a tear. Awful testimony in Yaser Said trial: Medical examiners explained autopsy pics; girls’ clothes. Authorities suspect that other people helped Said evade arrest over the years, and a federal criminal complaint said that Islam was in contact with two more of his father's brothers. Jurors agreed with prosecutors that Said brought his daughters — 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah — for a drive in his taxi on New Year's Day in 2008, "under the guise of taking them to get something to eat.". On January 1, 2008, he lured them into his taxi cab on the pretense of taking them out to eat, where instead, he fatally shot them.[4]. The 65-year-old cab driver from Lewisville is accused of murdering his two teenage daughters in 2008. The capital murder trial of Yaser Abdel Said, a 65-year-old cab driver from Lewisville accused of murdering his two teenage daughters in a purported “honor killing,” … He then called someone, saying, "We have a problem." On Friday, graphic crime scene evidence was shown to the jury, including bullet-riddled clothing worn by the girls on the night of the murders. Said insisted he wanted to take his daughters out for dinner, and that as they were driving to the restaurant, he noticed someone following them. Their bodies were later discovered inside his cab, parked outside of an Omni hotel. Two relatives of Yaser Said – a capital murder suspect arrested Wednesday – have been charged with helping Mr. Said evade capture for more than 12 years, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. He receives an automatic sentence of Life in Prison without Parole. [7] Said evaded capture by law enforcement for 12 years and spent six years on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. IRVING, Texas — A Texas father was sentenced last week to serve life in prison for murdering his two teen daughters in 2008 in what prosecutors described as “honor killings.” Yaser Abdel Said, 65, of Lewisville, was found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of Amina Said, 18, and 17-year-old Sarah Said. The sisters had become "very scared for their lives," and the decision to leave was made after Said "put a gun to Amina's head and threatened to kill her," the prosecutor said. Since his capture, he has been held at Dallas County Jail - North Tower. The death penalty was not an option in this case. “In concealing Yaser Said from arrest, not only did these men waste countless law enforcement hours in the hunt for a brutal fugitive, they also delayed justice for Sarah and Amina. Moreno then dropped out of high school in order to earn money, so that he could save up enough money in order to help her leave. American-Egyptian man convicted of murder for killing two teenage ... That same day, FBI Dallas dispatched a Violent Crimes Task Force agent to interview the maintenance worker. Yaser Said, who had been sought on a capital murder warrant since the slayings, was placed on the FBI's most-wanted list. “Along with our partners, the FBI is thankful for the dedication and relentless pursuit that led to the capture of Amina and Sarah’s killer and those that provided him harbor.”. If convicted of capital murder, Said would automatically be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia cross-referenced DNA found on these items with DNA collected from Amina and Sarah. During closing arguments Tuesday, the prosecution recapped the deaths of the two girls and the evidence against Said. Prosecutors did not … Mr. Said harbored his father, Yaser, inside an apartment in Bedford, Texas, where a maintenance worker spotted Yaser on Aug. 14, 2017. 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 … Now prosecutors are picking at every issue in his story. Hotel employee Nathan Watson testified about the moment a taxi cab driver reported seeing two injured people in the cab lane of the hotel. Lubbock: 806-472-7351 And I feel the media was against me in a certain direction, that I would not get a fair trial," Said said. Yaser Said: Life Sentence For Father Who Killed Teen Daughters We are hopeful all three arrests will bring a measure of comfort to the girls’ mother, relatives, and friends.”, “The defendants provided aid and comfort to an individual who is accused of murdering his own daughters,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division Matthew DeSarno. [3][31] On the same day in nearby Euless, Texas, they also arrested Islam, age 32, and Yassein Abdulfatah Said, age 59. He knocked again, announcing himself as a maintenance worker. A detective and construction worker were among the witnesses called in the trial of Yaser Said this Friday afternoon. [16] When Patricia communicated this change of plans to her daughters, Sarah reluctantly agreed to return, while Amina refused, ultimately seeking refuge in her friend's house. I’m dying,” yelled a frantic woman identified as Sarah. However, Yaser, after having inundated Patricia with phone calls (from himself and other relatives) that were initially unsuccessful, eventually convinced her to return home with the girls. Said testified that investigators never caught the girls' real killers because they immediately zeroed in on him as the sole suspect. Sarah's boyfriend testified about why she kept their relationship a secret. Said’s three public defenders argue this was a botched police investigation fixated on a Muslim man in a post-9/11 world full of Islamophobia. Awful testimony in Yaser Said trial: Medical examiners explained autopsy pics; girls’ clothes. She said she and her two daughters returned to her husband because he was abusive and she was scared of getting hurt if they didn't. For 12 years, Said evaded arrest for the January 1, 2008, fatal shootings of his two daughters, Amina (18) and Sarah (17). Later, Said said he'd heard about an accident and that his daughters had been murdered. Said refused to look up as two medical examiners who conducted the victims’ autopsies took the stand and described photographs of each victim’s examination displayed in the courtroom. Amina's boyfriend testified he and his father indeed saw Said and both girls in his cab shortly before the shooting and that they briefly followed them out of concern. DALLAS — A man who evaded arrest for more than 12 years after being accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in a taxi parked near a Dallas-area hotel was “obsessed with possession and control,” a prosecutor said Tuesday during opening statements of his capital murder trial. “I could see a young lady who had her eyes fixed open and there was stuff coming out of her nose,” said Watson. Part of me didn’t" before saying, "I'm sorry.". The following day, agents executed a search warrant on the home, where they arrested Yaser Said. On Aug. 25, 2020 FBI agents observed Mr. Said and his uncle deliver grocery bags to the residence, then followed the men to a shopping center 20 miles away, were they dumped trash retrieved from the home. She told jurors about a conversation she had with a frantic Amina the day of the murders. Yaser Said, who evaded arrest for more than 12 years, faces an automatic life sentence if convicted in the deaths of Amina and Sarah Said. Jurors also saw the orange taxi cab where she and her 18-year-old sister, Amina, were found shot to death. Fort Worth: 817-252-5200 Erin Dooley Amina told authorities she had been penetrated at least once and confirming that their mother knew about the situation but did nothing to stop it.[15]. Like all defendants, Yassein and Islam Said are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law, as is Yaser Said. The sisters were found shot to death in a taxi parked near a hotel in Irving on New Year’s Day in 2008. “I could see a young lady who had her eyes fixed open and there was stuff coming out of her nose,” said Watson. A tall, middle-aged Middle Eastern man opened the door and permitted him to make the repairs. [36] After hearing closing arguments and three hours of deliberation, the jury found Said guilty of capital murder. Said was captured on August 26, 2020 in the town of Justin, Texas. “We are grateful to the many agents and officers who worked to apprehend Mr. Said, along with his father and uncle. An award-winning journalist who has worked for Rolling Stone and MTV News, Chris enjoys prog rock, cycling, Marvel movies, IPAs, and roller coasters. Shot at close range; muzzle touched Sarah’s clothes.“I see 6 holes”ME looking at Sarah’s top (she was shot 9x) Amina shot 2x lost a lot of blood. They watched as Islam exited the vehicle, and Yassein  pulled around to the side of the shopping center. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. And I feel the media was against me in a certain direction, that I would not get a fair trial," Said said. The cause of death for both victims was listed as multiple gunshot wounds and homicide as the manner of death. Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. A prosecutor picked at Said's story and asked why he was on the run for 12 years if he was not guilty despite seeing media reports that he was wanted. Below the patio, they noticed a shrub with broken branches, suggesting someone had jumped off the patio and landed on the bush. 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.

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