After the 2008 killing, Patricia Owens, Yaser Said's former wife, told FBI agents that Yassein Said made statements to her indicating he had little remorse for the victims, but indicated. 2023 FOX Television Stations, North Texas baseball player hit by stray bullet during game, Dallas police dog helped saved officer's life in shootout, chief says, Shocking details revealed during 'Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow's murder trial: Live updates, Dallas retailer Tuesday Morning holding huge going out of business sale, Aerosmith announces Dallas stop on 'Peace Out' farewell tour, American Airlines, Southwest pilots move closer to striking, Hollywood celebrates Willie Nelson with 90th birthday concert, Dallas Stars to face Seattle Kraken in 2nd round of Stanley Cup playoffs, Family of Fort Worth man worried about his safety after he was misidentified as gunman in mass shooting, Band has their equipment trailer stolen after playing show in Fort Worth, Dallas police to release body camera video of shootout that injured officer, K9, Here's a look at all the players the Dallas Cowboys selected in the 2023 NFL Draft. Caught in 2020. https://t.co/R77vHTz043 pic.twitter.com/ApAbeA3VgF. Her father, she said, had made our lives a nightmare.. The judge said the jury would be given instructions and closing arguments would be delivered Tuesday morning. Owens said her ex-husband was abusive and controlling and would look over the girls' phone records and would call numbers to see if they belonged to a boy or a girl. "Her look was in fear, she didn't look like she wanted to be there," said Amina's boyfriend Edgar Ruiz. It's a murder," Irving Police Detective Joe Henning said. The Texas father accused of fatally shooting his daughters in the back of his taxi in an honor killing allegedly sexually assaulted the two girls years priorand then threatened to kill their mother if they didnt recant their claims to police. 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 . Not long after that, the daughters withdrew their claims of abuse. Sarah and Amina Said deserve JUSTICE. 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. He reported them missing the next day, forcing Ms Owens to call the Lewisville Police Department to say she was alive and well but that she was scared of Mr Said, The Daily Beast reported. The girls' bodies were found in their father's taxi cab outside the Omni hotel in Irving, both of them had been shot multiple times. The father said he loved his daughters and is not to blame for their killing. They both were victims of their abusive father, Yaser, on several occasions. Jurors also saw the orange taxi cab where she and her 18-year-old sister, Amina, were found shot to death. His son, Islam Said, and his brother, Yassim Said, were subsequently convicted of helping him evade arrest. Defense lawyers unsuccessfully tried to limit the scope of cross-examination. He said nothing would happen to him.. A member of the defence team claimed during opening arguments that Mr Said had been targeted for being Muslim, adding that all the 911 calls reveal is that Sarah was in extreme trauma. The prosecution is expected to call more than 40 witnesses to the stand over the course of the trial. But long before 2008, Owens testified, she and her daughters were abused by Said. He controlled what they did, who they talked to, who they could be friends with, if they and who they could date. By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. She and the girls worked at Kroger, and her daughters started dating boys. 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, who was born in Egypt, and suggested that anti-Muslim sentiment played into that focus. This is a case where there are no witnesses," Lollar said. In moments of extreme trauma, like being shot multiple times, people can have hallucinations, Patton said. Shes asking for help and she names her killer, her father, Yaser Said, Black said about Sarahs 911 call. Patricia Owens, the mother of Amina and Sarah Said, took the stand Thursday. The defense team claims that Said was targeted due to anti-Muslim bias. She commented, Now the girls can rest in peace. The death penalty is not an option in Yaser Said's case. Now prosecutors are picking at every issue in his story. Theres someone in the back as well.". Clearly the proof is in the pudding and this is a double Honor Killing and the F.B.I. The mother and daughters returned to Texas to finish their schooling on the promise that Said would leave the family home. A Fort Worth man and his family say they are terrified and angry after the FBI originally posted his photo and identified him as the suspected shooter that killed five people near Houston Friday night. Amina was around eight years old at the time, while Sarah was seven years old. She said that Said left messages that he had changed and that he would leave the house if they didnt want him there. The girls' two boyfriends went with them to Tulsa, where they got an apartment. "Because I believed behind this coverage there was a secret agenda. He also told evidence on Sarahs body indicated she was shot at very close range. she asked. She said she urged Amina to return home on the day of the murders even though the teen said she feared for her life. The mothers sister and victim's aunt, Connie Moggio, told 65-year-old Said she hopes the remainder of his years in prison are filled with his worst nightmares. Also, Det. In the terrible case of honor killings, where Yaser Abdel Said shot his daughters Amina and Sarah, one role has remained murky throughout. The defense is also expected to try to discredit Sarah's chilling 911 call, played before the jury on Wednesday, where she said her father shot her. The girls and the friends agreed to allow Patricia to go along. Ms Owens said the charges against Mr Said were dropped after the girls withdrew their statements to police because they were scared of Mr 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. We're doing our best to get things working smoothly! A detective and construction worker were among the witnesses called in the trial of Yaser Said this Friday afternoon. The state also called the lead Irving PD detective to the stand. If convicted, Yaser Said faces mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole. Defense lawyers unsuccessfully tried to limit the scope of cross-examination. There's no such thing as an honor killing, you kill somebody there's no honor to it. "I told them the car is yours. His wife, Patricia "Tissie" Owens, told Fox News that her 63-year-old husband had become upset after learning that his daughters Amina and Sarah, ages 18 and 17, respectively, had started. We've received your submission. In moments of extreme trauma, like being shot multiple times, people can have hallucinations, Patton said. 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. Owens said that while she knew about her daughters boyfriends, the trio kept the information from her husband out of fear of his reaction. After six years, Yaser Said is still at large. Defendant Yaser Abdel Said took the stand as the only defense witness Monday in his trial for the purported "honor killing" of his daughters. The manager gave Patricia days off from work to take the girls to a safe place and call the police, even taking donations among the store employees to help Patricia get her daughters protection. @NBCDFWhttps://t.co/R77vHTz043 pic.twitter.com/5eP4TqCGdS. 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. Said spent six years on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List before he was arrested in Justin in August 2020. And he controlled everything in his household. Patricia Said now lives under her maiden name Patricia Owens. It took just 20 minutes in court for Yaser Said testifying in his own defense to tell his story claiming he was not with his daughters when they were murdered. Im dying! The murderer was my husband, and those girls were my beautiful, brilliant, talented daughters. You can also check out a post where Patricia laments the death of the girls. Amina and Sarah Said were murdered by their father Yaser Abdul Said an Egyptian immigrant on January 1st 2008. She commented, That was the day I lost my whole family and my life as I knew it was gone forever. Amina Said was born March 2, 1989. She set off for Garland, Texas, saying that she filed a second police report after facing threats of harm from her then-husband and his brother if they didnt come back. If it were him, hed have made the bodies disappear. Im dying, yelled a frantic woman identified as Sarah. The relatives were identified by the Dallas FBI as Said's brother Yassein and his son Islam. Dr. Brasheer Ahmed, with the Muslim Community Center in North Richland Hills, told NBC 5 in 2020, following Said's arrest, that murder was against Islamic principal. This is just killing. The cause of death for both victims was listed as multiple gunshot wounds and homicide as the manner of death. This is just killing. Upon arrival Patricia tells her aunt the girls were going to run away with their friends and she couldnt let that happen, then Amina spoke up and said; "my mom said she always wanted to leave my dad so we let her come with us." I was scared not to go back, Ms Owens said in court on Thursday. Yaser Abdel Said, a strict and controlling father, is suspected in the 2008 shooting death of his two daughters in Texas. Yaser was abusive.. Defense team member Baharan Muse pressed whether anyone said that Said was at the hotel that night. The judge warned Said that prosecutors would be allowed to raise any issue from the trial with him but he said he wanted to talk anyway. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, murdering his two daughters in honor killings, Pakistan arrests man in honor killing of teen daughter who rejected arranged marriage, Indian woman murdered, dumped in suitcase by parents for marrying a man from different caste, Honor killings trial starts for Texas father accused of gunning down daughters, Brother acquitted for honor killing of Pakistans Kim Kardashian. She was soft-spoken on the witness stand, but her message about how she felt about her ex-husband was loud and clear . The defense is also expected to try to discredit Sarah's chilling 911 call, played before the jury on Wednesday, where she said her father shot her. FBI had been in touch w/apt management bc Saids son lived there. Their father is on trial for the murders. Shes spoken about why Yaser might have wanted to kill his daughters. He said the investigation of the crime was weak and the real killer was not identified. Sarah suffered nine gunshot wounds, mostly to her abdomen, according to the medical examiner. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The film furthers speculation the girls' father objected to his daughters living an "American lifestyle.". Said took the teens in the taxi cab to eat and talk, and refused to let her come along. "If the FBI did their work, they would know, but they were looking for Yaser Said and they did not do what they have to do," he said. 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. Owens said that on Christmas Day, after Said went to work, she and her daughters escaped to Oklahoma with their clothes in trash bags. The next day, however, Said reported them missing to the Lewisville Police Departmentforcing Owens to call an officer to insist she was alive and well but was fearful of her husband. Mr Said evaded capture for 12 years after the murders, according to prosecutors. At the time, Amina would have been around 8 years old and Sarah would have been 7. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, He controlled what they did, who they talked to, who they could be friends with, if they and who they could date. Owens said Said had previously threatened Amina with a gun. During opening statements Tuesday morning, prosecutor Lauren Black said Said was "obsessed with possession and control.". The evening the sisters were shot, their father wanted to take just the two of them to a restaurant, she said. It is wrong for the government to generalize an entire culture, criminalize an entire culture, to fit their narrative, and to fit their objective, Mr Patton said in court on Tuesday, according to The Daily Beast. 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. Were here to offer condolences, continued condolence to this family, but were also here to see that justice is done which it was, Creuzot said. Prosecutors say that Mr Said shot and killed his daughters on New Years Day in 2008. His defense said no one will testify they saw Said at the crime scene, adding police should have investigated the girls' mother or Amina's boyfriend. Said entered a not guilty plea Tuesday and faces an automatic life sentence if convicted. After learning about the allegations, Owens said that she went with the daughters to the Hill County Sheriffs Department to make a report before moving to another town to be near her sister. As Owens testified, Said sat emotionlessly across the room. Prosecutors said Said was angry the girls were dating out of their culture and that they had recently ran away to be with their boyfriends. The mother, Patricia Owens, who is divorced from Said, testified that he convinced her to return to Texas. "Theres no forensic science to it.". In a letter written to the judge, Said wrote that he was not happy with his daughters dating activity but he denied killing them. My father shot me. The state wants to convict Yaser for being Muslim in 2008.. "One of the people in the passenger seat looked like shes hunched over," he recalled. The K9 was also shot once. Deciding to run away with two friends they confined in their mother their plans to escape their father. He controlled what they did, who they talked to, who they could be friends with, if theyand who theycould date. Police have described the murders as "honor killings.". Patricia Owens, who is . Owens claimed that she knew the girls had boyfriends and knew Said would be angry if he found out, adding that Said eventually found out about the girl's boyfriends and threatened one of the girls with a gun. Now prosecutors are picking at every issue in his story. Texas father Yaser Said stands accused of shooting and killing his daughters in his taxi, in what has been reported as an honour 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. Patricia Owens, the mother of Sarah and Amina Said, takes the stand in the trial of Yaser Said Owens came face-to-face with her ex-husband for the first time since prosecutors say he. The cause of death for both victims was listed as multiple gunshot wounds and homicide as the manner of death. Day two of testimony ended with a former crime scene investigator who wheeled in a cart full of evidence including the bullet-riddled cab seats, shell casings and projectiles found throughout the car and photographs showing a shell casing found on Aminas shoulder. (FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth) Owens testified that "part of". 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. Owens, who visibly had trouble on the stand and has been diagnosed with PTSD and is on medication, said she met Said when she was 14 and he was 29. The last time she was him was the night Yaser Said. Said, who was arrested in August 2020 after more than a decade on the lam, has maintained his innocence and his lawyer has argued that he is being targeted by law enforcement for being Muslim in a post-Sept. 11 world. Amina suffered two gunshot wounds, including a fatal wound to the chest. But, Patricia maintained that if she saw her ex-husband again, shed first call the authorities and then ask him why and how someone could murder his daughters. Yaser Said sat emotionless, holding a finger to his ear to listen to the disturbing audio. Detective Kevin Hubbard, a dispatch supervisor, and the Irving Fire Department tried to get information from the unidentified caller but couldnt. Owens said on the day her daughter returned Yaser appeared happy and he kissed her on the forehead and shed a tear. "Under no way, this is honor killing. Saids three public defenders argue this was a botched police investigation fixated on a Muslim man in a post-9/11 world full of Islamophobia. Patricia Owens, the mother of 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah. The father said he loved his daughters and is not to blame for their killing. You deserve to die, Owens said. FBI agent Daniel Gimenez, who led the federal governments effort to track down Said, took the stand Friday afternoon. Owens said the family moved to Bedford, and then to Lewisville in 2006. 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. Hopefully, with Yaser facing the consequences of his actions, Patricia will be able to start moving on with her life. The killings took place just days after Ms Owens had taken her kids and left Mr Said. "The doorman told me there were a couple of people in a cab that were hurt really bad and that I needed to come out to the front drive," he said. Owens has testified that Yaser Said had threatened Amina with a gun. "Because I believed behind this coverage there was a secret agenda. The daughters went back to the area around Dallas on New Years Eve, following numerous calls from Mr Said and his brother telling them to come back. And this is not acceptable," Ahmed said. 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. Prosecutors claim Said murdered the girls inside his cab in Irving because was upset that his children were dating. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. 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. Amina knew what could happen to her."] https://t.co/dxERwZ2CM6. I was scared not to go back, she told jurors. Shot at close range; muzzle touched Sarahs clothes.I see 6 holesME looking at Sarahs top (she was shot 9x) Amina shot 2x lost a lot of blood. Patricia Owens called her ex-husband, Yaser Said, 65, 'that devil' during the murder trial of their two teenage daughters on Thursday Said, who was once on the FBI's Most Wanted List, is. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? NBC 5s Maria Guerrero reports. agreed at one point. I'm dying, I'm dying!". Prosecutors presented an email Amina reportedly sent her Lewisville teacher days before her death, confiding that her father was arraigning her marriage so she and her sister were going to run away. Amina informed her friends the wounds were inflicted by her father, and her mother refused to allow her to seek medical attention. John Schingle testified the GPS in the taxi cab had been turned off the night before the murders. Later, Said added he heard about an accident and learned that his girls had been murdered. Sarah Said was born March 6, 1990. And he controlled everything in his household. Ms Owens testified that she left Mr Said multiple times but that fear forced her back. When they were little, Amina and Sarah Said told their mother their dad abused them and they fledonly to return time and again to Yaser Saids control. She later dropped the charges filed in Garland, but Ms Owens added that she sought a protective order against Mr Said for her daughters in October 1998. "It is wrong for the government to generalize an entire culture, criminalize an entire culture, to fit their narrative, and to fit their objective. "Something would happen to me or something would happen to her," Erik Panameno told jurors. Yeah, I'm sorry," she replied. Liesbeth Powers/The Dallas Morning News via. The judge also allowed prosecutors to tell jurors about allegations that Said sexually abused his own daughters, who later recanted. He will, without any drama nor doubt, kill us, the email read. She added that after she was told of the assault, she took her daughters to make a report at the Hill County Sheriffs Department. Mother and ex-wife Patricia Owens testified in Dallas County Court in the 64-year-olds capital murder trial on Thursday that he sexually assaulted the girls two years before the killing and then threatened to murder them if they didnt backtrack on their police statements, according to The Daily Beast. He wanted me to go back to him and if I didnt go back to him, he threatened to kill me and my family, Owens said, adding that Said stated he wanted to kill her after she filed the charges. Since then, the Said familys been through hell with Yaser murdering his daughters and fleeing. @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. He said he regrets leaving them alone and denied killing them. Said disappeared simultaneously with the girls' murders and eluded police and the FBI for 12 years before he was finally captured. More than 58 people are expected to be called to testify, including the girls' mother as well as local and federal investigators and experts on Muslim culture. Joe Hennig, referring to his original report, testified the girls mother and brother told him Said carried a gun in his cab. DALLAS, Texas - Yaser Said was back in court on Thursday after an emotional day of testimony from some of the first membersof law enforcement to visit the murder scene of Said's two daughters. Prosecutors claim Said's daughters made an outcry that he'd sexually abused them and had touched them inappropriately. While she left Said several times throughout their marriage, Owens said she always returned out of fear. The defense did not try to explain Said's whereabouts. Ferez-vous la mme chose. He said he regrets leaving them alone and denied killing them. They then moved to another area, closer to Ms Owens sister. One such time was when the abuse allegations were revealed in 1998. 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. A short time later, the sisters were found shot to death in the cab in Irving. Patricia has given several interviews in the past six years and most of them are very contradictory. She was soft-spoken on the witness stand, but her message about how she felt about her ex-husband was loud and clear when referring to him as the "devil.". You do whatever you want since you know how to drive. On Thursday, the mother of Amina and Sarah Said took the stand. 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. Yaser found out that both girls were dating in the fall of 2007 and like many times before he pulled a gun on Amina and Sarah and threatened to kill them for not following his rules. You are a prisoner and a murderer and the devil.. In all fairness to her, shes commented that in her belief, Yaser would not abuse his daughters. Is that correct? Instead, she wanted to get out of the house at the time. She said that she didnt finish the process to get the order because they went back to Mr Said. Former Irving police officer Steven Hazard testified he believed the girls were not shot at the location they were found. The death penalty was not an option in this case. It wasnt until December 2007, however, when prosecutors allege Said put a gun to Aminas head and threatened to kill her, that the teenagers and their mother began to hatch their plan to escape shortly before Christmas. Said refused to look up as two medical examiners who conducted the victims autopsies took the stand and described photographs of each victims examination displayed in the courtroom. "Her look was in fear, she didn't look like she wanted to be there," said Amina's boyfriend Edgar Ruiz. Black said the sisters, both high school students in Lewisville, dreamed of becoming doctors, and that Yaser Said grew "angrier" as they grew up and became more educated and independent. We took him into custody without incident., Reports at 4, 5 @NBCDFW Day 4 of Yaser Said cap murder trial.This Bedford apt maintenance worker is who IDd Said in 2017. Saids abusive tendencies were evident early on when he sliced her leg open with a knife for refusing to have sex with him. Owens told the jury Said left messages on their cell phones begging them to come back. "When they had more independence, that was less control for him," Black said. 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.
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