Irving Chief of Police Jeff Spivey and FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno talk about the arrest and capture of Yaser Abdel Said, a Lewisville cab driver wanted in connection with the 2008 brutal slayings of his two teenage daughters. Mr. Said harbored his father, Yaser, inside an apartment in Bedford, Texas, where a maintenance worker spotted Yaser on Aug. 14, 2017. Amina and Sarah were honor students who dreamed of becoming doctors. Her husband, Mark . ("Tina") Isa down for twenty minutes as her father, Zein Isa, a The other man and his mother were in the courthouse last week, but they were not asked to testify. Mexican man charged with smuggling 13 . But for honor killing, it was her husband Yaser, brother-in-law Yassein Abdulfatah Said, and their own son Islam was charged. Owens made a report with the Hill County Sheriffs Office where they lived. Instead, Said, 65, is accused of shooting 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said multiple times in a taxi cab that he left outside an Irving hotel. Conspiracy Against Civil Rights, for her involvement in an . After "Tissie's" own mother had turned Yasser in to the police, "Tissie" kept all the relatives on her side of the family far away from the girls. Maggie writes about public safety in the D-FW suburbs. Brazilian-born second wife, Maria Isa, held her daughter Palestina It was the happiest moment he is caught, and justice can be served for Amina and Sarah.. Who did what for Israel in 1948? The killings took place just days after Ms Owens had taken her kids and left Mr Said. Patricia Owens called her ex-husband Yaser Said the "devil" for allegedly murdering their two daughters at his trial in Dallas on Aug. 4, 2022. The relatives were identified as Said's son, 32-year-old Islam Said, and his brother, 59-year-old Yassein Said. We were contacted by an agent from Interpol as well as a social worker from Puerto Rico who believed they had her in an adult care home in Puerto Rico, Ross Township Police Deputy Chief Brian Kohlhepp said. Krista graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a major in journalism and a minor in criminal justice. No one else., One of Saids lawyers, Baharan Muse, called the police investigation and prosecution disappointing, ignorant and offensive.. Im dying, Sarah said in the recording. Both Sarah and Amina appeared at school with bruises, and at one point Amina even had a split lip. In her victim impact statement, Moggio, the girls aunt, dismissed Saids story that someone else was responsible for their murders and that he loved his daughters. Said, 65, whipped his head between a translator and defense lawyer Bradley Lollar, muttering loudly and waving his hands. Saids abusive tendencies were evident early on when he sliced her leg open with a knife for refusing to have sex with him. Their families testify against them. Said was the last witness to testify. Updated at 1:19 p.m. with additional information throughout. This should be taken as a proof that the information is not clear and search deeply into these murders. Amina, 18, was shot twice and Sarah, 17, was shot nine times. But they are unclear about whether Yasser and his family are religious or not. Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murders of wife and son, Biden had cancerous skin lesion removed last month, doctor says, White supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes kicked out of CPAC, Tom Sizemore, actor known for "Saving Private Ryan" and "Heat," dies at 61, Biden team readies new advisory panel ahead of expected reelection bid, At least 10 dead after winter storm slams South, Midwest, House Democrats unhappy with White House handling of D.C.'s new criminal code. She testified she knew the girls were dating and that Said would have become enraged if he knew about it. Years later, with dementia, she started to divulge some details that connected the dots back to Ross Township. "Under no way, this is honor killing. Liesbeth Powers/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, 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, murdering his two daughters in honor killings. But Said never did, the owner testified. It's. St. Louis lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey charged with menacing protesters - The Washington Post St. Louis couple who aimed guns at protesters charged with felony weapons count Lawyers. The Crime Junkie podcast unravels all details of the case, but nobody quite knows what was Patricias initial stance about the alleged physical and sexual abuse meted out to Amina and Sarah. As CrimeOnline previously reported, FBI agents arrested Yaser Abdel Said, 63, without incident in Justin, Texas, on Wednesday, according to an FBI statement. Owens told jurors she was 15 when she married Said in February 1987. You kill somebody, there is no honor to it. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7045530-Yaser-Abdel-Said.html, Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. CNN . Once, long ago, "Tissie" had also admitted that Yasser had been sexually abusing Sarah and Amina when they were seven and eight years old. And, according to her Owens relatives, "Tissie" laughed it off, "giggled," minimized it all. Sarah Said tells you who her killer is, Black said. This is the only way I could protect my family's honor.". They said they had responded to "a disturbance call involving an unruly passenger." But eventually, she got her own apartment and she said she believed Islam flew to Egypt. Patricia Said, Yaser's wife and the mother of the two girls told NBC 5 in 2009 that at first, she was mad at God for letting her daughters be killed, but that the anger was later redirected toward her husband whose whereabouts were unknown. Or political. She is the longest-incarcerated woman in the California penal system. They all said no although they did view her as "very passive." he had to commit a crime to restore his honor."). zgr Tun is on Facebook. This seems a likely possibility in "Tissie's" case which, however, does not mean that she is morally or even legally innocent in the matter of her daughters' abuse and death. All four interviewees did think that, after so many years of marriage to Yasser, that "Tissie " was probably brainwashed. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. She knew about the home videos. She commented, That was the day I lost my whole family and my life as I knew it was gone forever. Krista M. Torralva, Staff writer. Irving detective Joe Hennig testified he asked the FBI to remove the honor killings narrative from their website and the department rejected that characterization. Owens took the stand in a Dallas County courtroom Thursday, the third day of Saids capital murder trial. Non-Arab and non-Muslim mothers also stand by their batterers (who may have girlfriends, and who, like Yasser, may leave for extended periods of time); and, they have been known to scapegoat their daughters for having "provoked" paternal lust. Yaser was abusive.. Mr Said evaded capture for 12 years after the murders, according to prosecutors. He said he didnt think anyone would harm Amina and Sarah. He will serve an automatic life sentence if hes found guilty. 9:43 AM on Aug 4, 2022 CDT Updated at 6:45 PM on Aug 4, 2022 CDT. Their desire to live as Americans, and not as Arab Muslims in Egypt is precisely what doomed them. Their father Yaser Abdel Said is wanted by the FBI for their murders. Patricia made call after call to Amina begging her to come home throughout the day saying her father had forgiven her and they were all going to go out to eat but Amina again refused. Sarah and Amina Said deserve JUSTICE. If you commit a crime, you will pay for it.". Owens told jurors last week she left Said countless times, and the final time was days before the girls slayings. She gave birth to their three children in the first three years of marriage. Armed homeowners Mark T. and Patricia N. McCloskey standing in front their house along Portland Place as they confront protesters marching on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End of St.. Patricia Owens, YaserSaids former wife, had not seen him since New Years Day of 2008 when he took their daughters Amina, 18, and Sarah, 17, to dinner and insisted on going alone so they could talk. A film made about the murders, "The Price of Honor," alleges the girls were killed by their father as an "honor killing," a cultural practice where someone is killed after bringing shame on their family. The search for Said was coordinated by the FBIs 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. How can a mother do such a thing? PACOLET, S.C. . WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Peter Navarro, a former top adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, was charged on Friday with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House of Representatives. Among other things, this means that no one will marry the family's sons or the other daughters. However, Patricia herself, who married Yaser when she was 16, spoke about how he beat her. It worked. Hopefully, with Yaser facing the consequences of his actions, Patricia will be able to start moving on with her life. Texas father Yaser Said stands accused of shooting and killing his daughters in his taxi, in what has been reported as an honour killing. A 21-year-old woman alleged that the two of them broke into her room and sexually assaulted her. Isa said that "he had Sarah, 17, and her sister Amina, 18, were found shot 11 times in the back of their father's taxi, abandoned in a hotel parking lot in 2008. This is just killing. I come home one night and shes just gone, and nobody knows where shes at, said Bob Kopta, who struggled to talk about the journey to search for his missing wife Patricia Kopta. What if people who come from an honor killing culture desire asylum from it? "Obviously, a disappointing week . Reports suggest that shes in Arlington, Texas, having resided in several places before including Bedford and Lewisville. Therefore, despite certain statements and beliefs that Patricia might have lured her daughters to their deaths, one cannot deny how heartbroken the mother has been over her losses. Earlier this week, prosecutors played a recording of a 911 call placed by Sarah after she had been shot, but was still alive. 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. "We have had information throughout this investigation that hes been in multiple places," DeSarno said. This documentary presents the events that led up to their murders and details the evidence that demonstrates that not only Yaser Said was the shooter but that other members of the Said family were involved and have helped shield him from arrest and prosecution. Said is accused of killing his two daughters Amina, 18, and Sarah, 17, on New Year's Eve 2007 after police said he was upset his daughters were dating outside the Muslim faith. Patricia has pleaded not guilty. The girls and the friends agreed to allow Patricia to go along. Patricia Cornwall, 51, allegedly became aggressive with officers after she crashed her gray Nissan into a tree in Santa Rose Beach on Nov. 10, according to court and police records. Initially we were looking at the two boyfriends, and then we focused on the defendant, he testified. killing on American soil. They all headed for Kansas to Patricias aunts home. On New Years Day, Said started chewing the inside of his cheek, which Owens said he did when he was angry. Amira was quoted as saying that "I had to protect my children. Maggie previously worked at the Chicago Tribune and The Columbus Dispatch. You can keep those evil eyes on me as long as you want but you will never break me down again.. I will address this question in a future article. You took my life, you took my family all in one day. Patricia Graham, a 71-year-old teacher at South Lenoir High School, was caught on camera using the cord to hit one of the teens in a classroom, according to WITN and the Lenoir County Sheriff's. Im not scared of you anymore, she said, no longer reading what she prepared. Owens claimed she left Said multiple times during the marriage and described him as controlling. February 8, 2023 / 12:20 PM The woman, identified as Patricia Ann Ricks, was the child's legal guardian, according to the Nash County Sheriff's Office, which said in a news release that the girl and "several other siblings" lived at Ricks' home in the town of Nashville. The bullets, 9 millimeter Lugers from the brands FC and Winchester, matched shell casings retrieved from the cab, Johnson said. Our western culture has at least criminalized wife- and daughter-battering, incest, stalking, and femicide. Texas-born Patricia ("Tissie) Said, formerly of the Owens family, is the mother who lured her two teenage daughters, Sarah and Amina, to their deaths at the hands of their own father this past New Years Day in Dallas. What is the "American" thing to do? Thursday Ahmed said the arrest is a relief to everyone involved, "and it is a lesson to anybody. 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Updated at 7:10 p.m. with additional information throughout. The girls were discovered in an orange Jet Taxi cab that police said Said borrowed from a fellow driver. And he controlled everything in his household, prosecutor says, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, Mother of murdered girls calls ex-husband the devil in honor killings trial. Im dying, Im dying, Im dying, Sarah wailed. He leaned forward and watched her testify. Amina Said's mother Patricia Owens Said was not charged with murder. The authorities and the prosecutor of Texas needs to press charges on Patricia Said. "Tissie" stood by her man and she helped the children recant their sworn testimony because otherwise, "daddy would go to jail." She took him to the hospital for treatment and tests showed high levels of ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in antifreeze, in his blood. And because of this mistake, both of her daughters ended up killed on New Years Day. Shes asking for help and she names her killer, her father, Yaser Said, Ms Black said. On Thursday, Said's brother and son were convicted of helping him evade arrest. She gave birth to Amina, Sarah, and their brother Islam in the first three years of their marriage. Ms Owens said he left messages claiming to have changed and that he would vacate the house they wanted him to. After the killings, Owens lived briefly with Islam. Patricia Ripley was allegedly seen on . Mr. Said harbored his father, Yaser, inside an apartment in Bedford, Texas, where a maintenance worker spotted Yaser on Aug. 14, 2017. But now Carrie Huskinson, a retired private investigator who has been investigating the murders of Amina and Sarah on her own for four years, has written to the FBI to file a formal complaint against Patricia Said. I felt scared not to go back, Owens explained. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. We've received your submission. August 27, 2020 / 1:30 PM / CBS DFW DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The mother of two sisters found shot to death in their father's taxicab in 2008 says justice will be served now that FBI agents have. Its a case closed, and a family reconnected. She initially refused to answer any questions but when investigators charged her with murder, she agreed to reveal what she knew. He kissed her forehead and a tear trailed down his face, Owens said. And he controlled everything in his household. brother of the honor murdered Dallas girls has. Prosecutors painted Said as a controlling and abusive father and husband. A Houston Independent School District teacher has been charged after being accused of assaulting a 5-year-old girl on Nov. 3 at Katherine Smith Elementary, according to court records. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas, Photos: Yaser Said found guilty of capital murder in 2008 slayings of daughters, Sarah and Amina, Yaser Said found guilty of capital murder in 2008 slayings of daughters, Sarah and Amina. Patricia exited while reporters were still asking questions, and the effort to "clear his name" ultimately did not include many (any) specifics. Said, Owens ex-husband and her daughters father, squinted and furrowed his brow across the courtroom not long after he was convicted of capital murder. Theres no such thing as an honor killing. They have seen (or were told about) photos of "Tissie" and Yasser in Arab dress, posing with guns and knives in exaggerated "jihadic" poses. The honour killing allegedly occurred outside Dallas after he found out that they had begun dating and that he wasnt able to control them. This is typical behavior for Arabs and Muslim women but is less typical of Europeans and Americans. She sounded very angry. But long before 2008, Owens testified, she and her daughters were abused by Said. Amina very upset and angry, refused to go to her fathers house knowing he would kill her and she went to her boyfriends parents and called her Aunt Connie, "did you know my mom went back to my dad" she asked, crying and upset she told her aunt about her mother lying to her to get her back to Texas. That's where he's been ever since he dropped out of school when he was 14. How can we do better? Machen Sie das auch? 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. . If convicted, he faces an automatic life sentence because prosecutors are not pursuing the death penalty. I called "Tissie." Krista graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a major in journalism and a minor in criminal justice. And he stalked his sisters, he spied on them. While there she refused to discuss her private life or where she came from, he said. The girls were found shot to . Owens said Said threatened to kill her and her family if she didnt return. That was when she and her mother learned what was happening to Patricia. Murderously "crazy" on the subject of women yes. They were each one of ours. A 72-year-old woman was arrested in North Carolina this week for allegedly beating her 8-year-old granddaughter to death, authorities said. Patricia Said's two daughters Amina and Sarah were allegedly murdered by her Muslim husband their father. However, like many girls in the Muslim world, (and sadly, among the poor everywhere), "Tissie" dropped out of high school ; she may only have completed the 8th grade. "I must commend our police department. By contrast, over the years, the Said girls were notoriously bruised, and had red welts visible on their bodies. She is Patricia Kopta. Patricia Ann Wick (Stutsman County Jail) A 48-year-old woman and day care provider in North Dakota has been arrested for allegedly beating a 5-month-old child under her care to death last year. Join Facebook to connect with zgr Tun and others you may know. Is Islam Said being groomed by his paternal male relatives in New York? Instead, she wanted to get out of the house at the time. hellcat vs p938; simple small front yard landscaping ideas low maintenance; jenny's super stretchy bind off in the round; senate democratic media center Yaser had plans for the girls to marry in an arranged marriage. Jewish Refugees of 1948 The Palestinian refugee issue has festered for 70 years and remains a major stumbling block in reaching an Israeli-Palestinian accord. Missing woman found alive after more than 30 years; family reacts, A Pennsylvania woman who has been missing for more than 30 years is found alive in an adult care home in Puerto Rico. Lawyer Joel Patton claimed that some of Ms Owens allegations were untrue and that she was being led by prosecutors instead of independently answering questions. Raised in Columbus, she's a graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism. Jerry Lambe Jan 31st, 2023, 8:56 am. America was their culture. It is that of Patricia Said, the mother. Amina gives in and goes home with her mother and within a couple hours Amina and Sarah were shot to death by their father. Its been going on almost 31 years, and its been bad, he said. She filed a police report but took the kids back to Said a few months later and the girls recanted. She commented, Now the girls can rest in peace. Log In. 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The only thing youve done for your familys name is stain it with Amina and Sarahs blood, Moggio said. Maybe mitigating circumstances exist that would diminish the charges that will eventually be brought against her. The next day the girls brother Islam Said, said to the media that Amina and Sarah got what they deserved because they knew the rules. (In reality, he would sneak into the government subsidized housing at night). Deciding to run away with two friends they confined in their mother their plans to escape their father. Owens looked up at the ceiling before answering. Unfortunately unknown to Amina and Sarah and the boyfriends, their mother was talking to their father and planning on returning back to her husband. For us and where I was at, in my previous job, coming off the Super Bowl week," Patricia said of being hired last year after a Super Bowl loss with the Patriots. . He still needs her. She returned to The Morning News in 2021 as a reporter covering primarily Dallas County criminal courts. NECK CAUGHT. No, I am not. Patricia Stallings Patricia Stallings' infant child Ryan began to get sick on July 7, 1989 in Jefferson County, Missouri. "I think that . LOUIS (AP) St. Louis' top prosecutor on Monday charged a husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion. Maggie writes about public safety in the D-FW suburbs. They reported to us that she came into their care in 1999 where she was found in need in the streets of Puerto Rico, where she had been wandering around. If this approach became known public policy, some people might simply lie. Renard Spivey, a sheriff's deputy in Texas who appeared on a popular TV show, has been charged with murder after his wife was found shot twice in their bedroom closet, according to the . I must clarify that this conduct is against any Islamic principals," he said. Now Phyllis Chesler reports Patricia's last remaining child Islam has been taken from her. Patricia Owens holds up photos of her daughters 18-year-old Amina Said (center) and 17-year-old Sarah Said as she walks up to the stand to give a victim impact statement to Yaser Said after. Even if her own life was threatened, even if her husband Yasser had literally held a gun to her head and told her to trick her daughters into returning, isn't a mother supposed to sacrifice herself for her children? What led him to do that at this point is irrelevant," said Spivey. Some batter and stalk their wives and physically and sexually abuse their daughters. Palestina Isa's three sisters kept pestering their father to "do something about the nigger-loving whore. Such Americanized behavior doomed all these honor murdered girls. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of capital murder. The siblings of Ricks' granddaughter, who also lived at their grandmother's home, have been placed in the custody of Nash County social services. Dr. Brasheer Ahmed with the Muslim Community Center in North Richland Hills provided grief counseling to the girls' mother Patricia after the murders. Clearly the proof is in the pudding and this is a double Honor Killing and the F.B.I. Though a $100,000 reward was being offered for his capture, FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno said Wednesday night the apprehension of Said was done through "good old-fashioned, aggressive, initiative-based police work.". BOTH RESEARCH AND ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE document that women collaborate, both directly and indirectly, in honor killings.
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