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TexasTowelie

(117,289 posts)
Wed Aug 10, 2022, 01:48 PM Aug 2022

Yaser 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 FBI’s 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.

Read more: https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/yaser-said-verdict-2008-murders/287-7e80bf74-972d-42fb-b1a9-7c50aa923d5b

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Yaser Said found guilty of murdering his teenage daughters: 'You are a murderer and the devil' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2022 OP
Lock him up and throw away the key. nycbos Aug 2022 #1
I was living in Irving and worked about a half-mile away from the hotel when the murders occurred. TexasTowelie Aug 2022 #4
We spent most of our history welcoming, or at least... TreasonousBastard Aug 2022 #2
I just feel so heavy hearted and sad about this. Those poor girls. mahina Aug 2022 #3
As I indicated in post #4, I've been following this story for years. nt TexasTowelie Aug 2022 #5

TexasTowelie

(117,289 posts)
4. I was living in Irving and worked about a half-mile away from the hotel when the murders occurred.
Wed Aug 10, 2022, 02:00 PM
Aug 2022

I'm glad that justice has arrived for these young women.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. We spent most of our history welcoming, or at least...
Wed Aug 10, 2022, 01:57 PM
Aug 2022

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)
3. I just feel so heavy hearted and sad about this. Those poor girls.
Wed Aug 10, 2022, 01:58 PM
Aug 2022

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.

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