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Related: About this forumYaser Said found guilty of murdering his teenage daughters: 'You are a murderer and the devil'
DALLAS Yaser Said, once listed as one of the most wanted men in America, has been found guilty of killing his two teenage daughters.
Said's daughters Sarah, 17, and Amina Said, 18, were found dead in 2008, slumped in Said's borrowed taxi as it was parked in front of the Omni Hotel in Irving. The girls died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Their deaths been described as so-called "honor killings" -- because they believed Said was upset that his daughters had been dating outside the Muslim faith. In her final moments, Said's younger daughter Sarah managed to call 911 and identify her father as the shooter.
In the wake of his daughters' death, Said hid from authorities as they sought to arrest him. He eluded law enforcement for 12 years, and eventually ended up on the FBIs Top 10 Most Wanted list. He was later found at a home in Justin, Texas, just 30 miles from where Sarah and Amina were killed.
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nycbos
(6,384 posts)TexasTowelie
(117,289 posts)I'm glad that justice has arrived for these young women.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)accepting, millions escaping horrors like this.
Now, the right wing uses them as an excuse to close our borders. This is revolting, but embracing them and smothering them in the highest ideals of human rights will solve the problem better than just going after them.
Murder is never acceptable, and "honor" killings are no better.
mahina
(18,992 posts)I don't know if he did it or not, trust the jury to make that call.
Terrible sadness. I'm going for a walk.