Amina and Sarah Said were shot and killed in what many believe were honor killings

[Sugar Cookie]

It’s been 11 years since Amina and Sarah Said were shot and killed in what many believe were honor killings.

In the recorded 911 call, one of the girls is heard naming her father as the killer.

Police believe Yasar Said was angry they were dating boys who were non-Muslim and killed them.

It was a high-profile case and there are still many details some are discovering more than a decade later.


Police now say Said may be in North Texas and police have asked for the public's help.

”He followed them everywhere and he recorded their every move,” said Ruth Trotter, a family friend, of home videos that show the father with his two teen daughters before their violent deaths.

In one of the videos, Said appears to be stalking his daughter Sarah at her work.

“She smiled at the customer, “ he says.

“Baba she has to do that. It’s part of her job,” Amina replies to her father.

“She’s in trouble,” he retorts.

Problems with their father went back years.

When they were younger, the girls told police he was sexually abusing them.

In one of the videos, he gawks at the girls as he rolls the camera and zooms in on their bodies.

The girls told people they were scared of what he might do one day.

Finally, in December 2007, their mother, Patricia, decided it was time to take her daughters and leave Said.

The girls and their mother hid in Oklahoma for a few days. But then, on New Year’s Eve 2007, Patricia went back to Said.

Amina begged not to go.

But, Patricia insisted.

On Jan. 1, 2008, Said forced the girls to go with him to dinner.

Police say he drove them in a taxi cab he was borrowing from a friend to the Omni Hotel in Irving, where they say he shot his daughters.

Amina was shot twice in the chest. Sarah, the younger daughter, was in the backseat. She was shot nine times.

Sarah managed to call 911 for help. She named her father as her killer.

”My dad shot me," she told the dispatcher. "I’m dying. Stop it. Stop it.”

Police drove up and down the streets searching for more than an hour.

But then there was another 911 call.

A cab driver at the OMNI reported seeing two girls in a taxi slumped over and possibly dead.

Det. Eric Curtis believes Said did not want the girls dating outside the Muslim faith. It’s called an honor killing.

”I think that frustrated him and he could not handle that," Curtis said. "And ultimately that’s why he decided to kill them."

Said is now on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. But despite thousands of tips and a $100,000 reward, he is still out there.
Authorities want the public to remember him and his daughters.

”He can’t hide forever," Trotter said. "So someone needs to speak up for them. They need justice."

Police in North Texas wants the region to be alert because Said still has connections here. They say family and friends could be helping him hide.
They say Said likes Denny’s and IHOP restaurants. He’s a smoker and may still be driving a cab.

Just one tip could bring the suspected child killer to justice.

More than a decade after teens killed in suspected honor killing, police believe dad may be in North Texas

Yasar Said is accused of killing his daughters Amina and Sarah because they were dating outside his faith.

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[Sejanus]

What a filthy repugnant shitbag.
Honor killing 100% with a touch of rapey incest...cuz ya know "honor".
No place in our world...none!

Those girls were beautiful and were trying to advance into normalcy in western culture. Pricks like him should be slaughtered like the cloven hoofed swine they are.
Just that one pic makes me want to jam a rail spike in his throat.
Egyptian males are utter scum I gotta say.
Have only met ones who were loudmouth violent bastards.

 

[Prettypink513]

I remember this..I hope they find his ass. Any word on the mother?

 

[Ripley]

These weren’t honor killings. This was the work of a jealous stalker who happened to be incestuous.

 

[Exodus]

Such a beautiful culture, let's embrace the diversity!!!

 

[Turd Fergusen]

I remember this being on the old site.

 

[giantblue]

Now, their great-aunt, Jill Abplanalp, has launched a petition on Change.org imploring the authorities to arrest Patricia “Tissie” Said, the mother of Amina and Sarah.
She has also written to me and to many Texas law enforcement officers about this matter. She wants “justice” for the murdered girls. She wants their mother, “Tissie,” tried as an accomplice she seems to be. But Jill is afraid that authorities will never revisit the case due to the kind of pressure they have experienced in the past.
Texas-born Patricia (“Tissie”) Said, the mother of the two girls, should long ago have been charged as an accomplice in their honor killing. She is the one who tricked them, first by running away with them—and then by luring them back home in a series of phone calls.
Tissie assured her frightened and savvy daughters that their father would not kill them, that it could all be straightened out, and that she, their mother, needed them by her side when she visited the grave of their grandmother to place flowers on it.

According to great aunt Jill, there are three witnesses who can testify that, although Tissie ran away with her daughters, she did so in order to spy on them for Yaser; that all along, Tissie had planned to return to her husband—which she did. She knew that Yaser planned to kill his daughters. And nevertheless, upon her return, she started calling her daughters persistently.

Arrest mother as accomplice in Texas honor killing

Texas-born Patricia (“Tissie”) Said, the mother of Amina Said and Sarah Said, who were shot to death by their Egyptian father in the United States, should long ago have been charged as an accomplice in their honor killing.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Satanica]

They've apprehended the bastard!

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According to the FBI, Said, who was considered armed and dangerous and known to carry a weapon while driving his cab, was apprehended Wednesday in Justin without incident by agents from the FBI's Dallas Field Office.

The FBI said Said is currently in federal custody and will soon be transferred to Dallas County. According to the FBI, a $100,000 reward was being offered for his capture. It's not clear how agents knew where to find Said or if someone was eligible to claim the reward.
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“The FBI-led Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force has worked tirelessly to find Yaser Abdel Said. These experienced investigators never gave up on their quest to find him and pledged to never forget the young victims in this case,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno. “Said was placed on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List nearly six years ago for the heinous act he committed against his daughters. His capture and arrest bring us one step closer to justice for Amina and Sarah. We want to thank our partners at the Irving Police Department for working with us to apprehend this dangerous individual.
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The search for Said was coordinated by the FBI’s Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force, which is comprised of FBI special agents and officers from the Carrollton, Dallas, Texas Department of Public Safety, Garland, Grand Prairie, and Irving police departments.

Yaser Said, Taxi Driver Accused of Killing His Teen Daughters in 2008, Caught in North Texas

Yaser Abdel Said, a Lewisville cab driver wanted in connection with brutal slayings of his two teenage daughters, is in custody in North Texas after 12 years on the run.

www.nbcdfw.com

 

[Anubis]

12 years late but who's counting. Now let's find an equally archaic ideology as honor killing to justify burning his ass alive slowly.

 

[Blizzard]

BULLET TO THE LITERAL ASSHOLE

AND LET HIM BLEED OUT INTERNALLY

yay they got this fucker, finally.

 

[Satanica]

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There’s now some measure of peace but also renewed interest about how Yaser stayed hidden for so long and who helped him.

Xoel Pamos, director of the Amazon film “Price of Honor,” is still absorbing the news the manhunt is finally over.

“Just to think that 12 years later, he’s found around the corner. And he had help of family members, which is not a shocker. It’s just amazing,” Pamos said.

Federal agents and Irving police tracked down Yaser to a home in Justin, north of Fort Worth.

They also arrested his brother, Yassein, and his son, Islam, at a home in Euless for charges of harboring a fugitive.

Police said it was good detective work and not a specific tip that led to the house in Justin.

Pamos says every tip his crew worked led back to the metroplex.

The film featured interviews with those closest to the girls, including Joe Moreno, Amina’s boyfriend. He’s one of the first people Pamos talked to after the arrest.

“He was so thankful,” Pamos recalled. “He said to me, ‘Xoel, I’ve been asking the universe for a sign. This just happened.'”

Pamos hopes the news brings some measure of peace for those who loved the girls.

“It was about all those people that I met in this process,” he said. “They were so damaged by this story, by his action. So I was just thinking hopefully this brings some closure for them.”

Pamos also says planning a murder and hiding so long takes a lot of help.

Police said more arrests are possible. Pamos thinks this is just the beginning.

“I think the list goes on,” he said. “I think the Pandora box was just opened on this case.”

Said was moved to the Dallas County Jail Thursday afternoon. He is charged with capital murder.

Relatives accused of harboring a fugitive in 2008 Irving ‘honor killings’ case

Many people are thankful following the arrest of a Lewisville man who was one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives.

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[Satanica]

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A 32-year-old Irving man has pleaded guilty to helping his father, a capital murder suspect, evade capture for more than 12 years, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah on Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, the son of FBI “10 Most Wanted” suspect Yaser Said, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest, one count of concealing a person from arrest, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
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In plea papers, Said admitted to sheltering his father from arrest in an attempt to subvert the administration of justice.
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By pleading guilty, Islam Said admitted that the evidence proved he committed the crimes charged in the superseding indictment.

Conspiring with his uncle, Yassein Said, Islam Said harbored his father, Yaser, inside an apartment in Bedford, Texas, where a maintenance worker spotted Yaser on Aug. 14, 2017. After the maintenance worker reported the sighting to the FBI, an agent was dispatched to interview Islam, but Islam refused to cooperate, instead calling his uncle to say, “we have problem,” prosecutors said.

He later harbored his father inside a home in Justin, Texas that belonged to his cousin. On Aug. 25, 2020 FBI agents observed Mr. Said and his uncle deliver grocery bags to the residence, then followed him to a shopping center 20 miles away, were he dumped trash retrieved from the home.

Islam Said now faces up to 30 years in federal prison. His is set to be sentenced on April 30.

Islam’s uncle, Yassein Said, is set for trial on Feb. 1.

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[LFODBiker]

Let's see where this honor of his got him...
Two dead daughters.
On the run.
Lives of (at least) two other family members (and their families): Destroyed for risking their necks for his worthless ass.
All for his honor...

Selfish fuck!

A person with honor would face the consequences of their actions with honest dignity.
To protect the family.
Not destroy it.

 

[Blizzard]

Yassein Said and Islam Said, along with the special kind of evil people they in-effect represent, are among the most hate-able people on this planet.

 

[Anubis]

Pieces of shit. I hope every time they lay down to sleep they see those beautiful faces. Let's not also forget the kudos for Mr. Maintenance Guy, who noticed something fishy and cared enough to report it.

 

[Blizzard]

Pieces of shit.

yep

I hope every time they lay down to sleep they see those beautiful faces.

Nope. These kinds do not have consciences. They just have rage and hate and feelings of possession and ownership and nastiness.

It is necessary to have a conscience of some sort in order to feel genuine regret over something like that. In their minds, they are demi-gods - little princes given the gift of demi-god-hood by their big special extra-great god. No conscience required for that. Oh and the fact that they have dicks is, in their minds, the symbol and the key to their demi-god-hood.

 

[Anubis]

yep


Nope. These kinds do not have consciences. They just have rage and hate and feelings of possession and ownership and nastiness.

It is necessary to have a conscience of some sort in order to feel genuine regret over something like that. In their minds, they are demi-gods - little princes given the gift of demi-god-hood by their big special extra-great god. No conscience required for that. Oh and the fact that they have dicks is, in their minds, the symbol and the key to their demi-god-hood.

I'm ok with it being literal pictures above their bed in the clink.

 

[ChaosKitty]

I remember this..I hope they find his ass. Any word on the mother?

don't remember her being around at the time & think she wasn't I also think this is a dupe as believe the case went up when it happened.
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They've apprehended the bastard!

Yaser Said, Taxi Driver Accused of Killing His Teen Daughters in 2008, Caught in North Texas

Yaser Abdel Said, a Lewisville cab driver wanted in connection with brutal slayings of his two teenage daughters, is in custody in North Texas after 12 years on the run.

www.nbcdfw.com

was just ready to put that, & was wrong she went along according to what giant put up, disgusting

 

[Turd Fergusen]

This story always got to me because when I grew up we had a neighbor down the street who was Pakistani. He married a local woman who worked for him, he was a Dr. He had 7 kids. 5 or the most beautiful girls you've ever seen. He got really mad at a point with the oldest girl, a year younger than me and a friend of mine, and it really looked like it was a possibility to things to go down this type of path. Thankfully it ended up being the opposite and they all ended up just fine, but it was in the back of everyone's mind at the time.

 

[Sejanus]

He needs a very slow and sloppy disemboweling.
Leave him in a heap with a stick, stapler and some duct tape to treat himself.
Should he survive and recover...do it again.

For those who harboured him.
Hanging.
Poorly.

 

[ChaosKitty]

This story always got to me because when I grew up we had a neighbor down the street who was Pakistani. He married a local woman who worked for him, he was a Dr. He had 7 kids. 5 or the most beautiful girls you've ever seen. He got really mad at a point with the oldest girl, a year younger than me and a friend of mine, and it really looked like it was a possibility to things to go down this type of path. Thankfully it ended up being the opposite and they all ended up just fine, but it was in the back of everyone's mind at the time.

I am glad you guys were looking out for her as glossing over or ignoring this does not help anyone [in the manner of some individuals in the news in this case] honor killings happen & should be autodeath penalties [Pakistan is high on list of them along with Afghanistan, Jordon & Egypt in that order & more], FGM is also a major issue with people from African countries including Egypt which needs to be federally n=banned & charged. Was furious with dickweed polis in the worst areas back east that knocked down state laws for that we were trying to get through

 

[JackBurton]

This story always got to me because when I grew up we had a neighbor down the street who was Pakistani. He married a local woman who worked for him, he was a Dr. He had 7 kids. 5 or the most beautiful girls you've ever seen. He got really mad at a point with the oldest girl, a year younger than me and a friend of mine, and it really looked like it was a possibility to things to go down this type of path. Thankfully it ended up being the opposite and they all ended up just fine, but it was in the back of everyone's mind at the time.

That's racist that you all thought he was going to honor kill his daughters. Many dads get a bit disgruntled over their daughters taking an interest in a boy, but here you are worried this brown skinned man is gonna start melting peoples faces with acid and stoning em to death. Disgusting.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

@JackBurton you're totally right but we were in 5th grade it was a very different situation that what's we'd all grown up with. Just didn't know any better. I never said honor kill, we were just worried he was violent.

 

[Spider]

They caught him in North Texas driving a cab like he did before he committed the crimes? I don't knows who's dumber him or the law for taking so long.

 

[Satanica]

It will come as o surprise to anyone that Yassein Said has been found guilty.

After four hours of deliberation, the jury on Thursday, Feb. 4, found Yassein Abdulfatah Said, Yaser Said’s 59-year-old brother, guilty on all counts: one count of conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest, one count of concealing a person from arrest, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
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Conspiring with his nephew, Yaser’s son Islam, Yassein Said helped harbor Yaser inside an apartment in Bedford, Texas, where a maintenance worker spotted Yaser on Aug. 14, 2017.

He later harbored his brother inside a home in Justin, Texas. On Aug. 25, 2020 FBI agents observed Mr. Said and his nephew 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.

Both Yassein and Islam now face up to 30 years in federal prison. Sentencing has been set for June 4.

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[Satanica]

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Islam Said was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Tuesday for helping his father, a capital murder suspect, hide out for 12 years.
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Yaser is scheduled to appear in court this May, but he’s already had his previous five hearings rescheduled.

Yaser’s brother, Yassein Said, was found guilty to concealing a person from arrest. He’ll be sentenced in June.

Son of "FBI Most Wanted" suspect gets 10-year prison sentence

The son of an “FBI Most Wanted" suspect will spend 10 years in federal prison for keeping his father hidden from authorities for years.

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[Satanica]

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But, police always believed his son and other family members helped hide Said.

And after 13 long years, a tip came in that helped the FBI and Irving police arrest Said at a home in Justin, Texas. It was just 30 miles from where Sarah and Amina were killed.

The FBI also arrested his son and brother for harboring a fugitive.

Both have been convicted and sentenced to more than a decade in prison.

Meanwhile, Yaser Said has spent some of his time in the Dallas County jail writing rambling letters to the judge, proclaiming his innocence.

In one letter he wrote, “I was not happy about my kids' dating activity. But, I did not do the killings or any plan to hurt them.”

Said, who is 65 years old, will stand trial for capital murder.

The Dallas County district attorney has said he won’t seek the death penalty, so, if convicted, Said will be automatically sentenced to life without parole.

'My father shot me': Watch the trial of Yaser Said, accused of killing his teen daughters in Irving

Yaser Said was on the run for more than 10 years. Police said he was upset his daughters were dating American boys.

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[Turd Fergusen]

Ex-wife slams ‘devil’ Texas father Yaser Said over ‘honor killings’ of daughters for dating American boys​

A Texas man on trial for murdering his two daughters in “honor killings” because they were dating American boys was called the “devil” in court Thursday by the girls’ mother, who detailed 15 years of abuse during their marriage.

Patricia Owens, Yaser Said’s former wife, had not seen him since New Year’s Day of 2008 — when he took their daughters Amina, 18, and Sarah, 17, to dinner and insisted on going alone so they could talk.

Instead, prosecutors say, Said shot the girls multiple times in the cab he drove and left them for dead outside a hotel in suburban Irving.

Owens testified that she and the girls had just returned to their home in Lewisville, Texas, from Oklahoma, where they had gone to get away from Said. She testified she knew the girls were dating — and that Said would have become enraged if he knew about it.

“I just thought he would, like, punish them, like take their phone away and stuff like that,” she said.

Ex-wife slams ‘devil’ Texas father Yaser Said over ‘honor killings’ of daughters for dating American boys

Patricia Owens called ex-husband Yaser Said the “devil” for allegedly murdering their two daughters in 2008.

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[Satanica]

GUILTY! Watch the Judge read the jury's verdict at the link below.

Yaser Said found guilty of capital murder in deaths of his two daughters

Yaser Said, 65, has been found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of his two daughters.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Satanica]

Life without the possibility of parole.

Man convicted in 2008 murders of his daughters sentenced to life in prison without parole | CNN

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...

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