On Thursday, Said's brother and son were convicted of helping him evade arrest. 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. "Tissie" also worked as a store clerk, as did her daughters. Taxi drivers lease vehicles for short stints, often weeks at a time, from fleet owners whom the cars are registered to. Prosecutors say that Mr Said had become increasingly enraged in the weeks before the killings because he felt he had lost control of both Ms Owens and the teenage girls. In late 2007, Owens and her daughters fled again to Tulsa, Okla., after the girls feared their father would kill them if he learned they had both become engaged to their boyfriends. Patricia Kabore said a recent act of kindness had an immeasurable impact on her and her daughter, Rema Kabore. She answered immediately. Here his FBI profile: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/yaser-abdel-said. 241 U.S.C. The girls were discovered in an orange Jet Taxi cab that police said Said borrowed from a fellow driver. After ending up on the FBIs Most Wanted List, he was located in 2020 in Justin, Texas only 40 minutes from where the alleged murder took place. My informants tell me that "Tissie" could never control her son; that she minimizes, denies, and forgives his "weird, frightening, anti-social behaviors." 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. They then moved to another area, closer to Ms Owens sister. Surely, I am not saying that this mother in Texas murdered her own daughters physically, with her own hands, am I? It's a lie, in fact we and the British supported the Arabs. The girls were brilliant young ladies dreaming of nothing more than to live their lives as Americans and become doctors. Yaser Said has entered a not guilty plea. ("Tina") Isa down for twenty minutes as her father, Zein Isa, a I am very happy now. The next day Patricia bought a new cell phone and now had a number Yaser didnt have, they rented an apartment and bought some furniture and the girls felt a little safer. 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. 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.". Part of me didnt.. In 1998, while living near Waco, Texas, Owens filed a report with the Hill County Sheriffs Office accusing Said of sexually abusing the two girls. Then the 911 emergency operator heard a barrage of gunshots. 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. DeSarno said they know Said was in multiple places, though he didn't elaborate on whether those locations were outside of Texas. She gave birth to Amina, Sarah, and their brother Islam in the first three years of their marriage. Said was born in Egypt and investigators believed he may have been seeking shelter in communities with Egyptian ties, or in New York City, Canada or Egypt where he had known connections. While none of that worked, she was right where he thought she might be. Hennig said the FBIs online bulletin described the crime as an honor killing a narrative that took off soon after the killings and reignited after Saids arrest. Because the young girl was living with Ricks, the investigation quickly led deputies and detectives to her Nashville residence, where "it was determined that the 8-year old juvenile was beaten so severe by the Grandmother that she died from the injuries," according to the sheriff's office. Said was added to the FBIs 10 Most Wanted fugitives list in 2014. If this approach became known public policy, some people might simply lie. 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. In what could only be described as a horrid evil act of honorcide. She told the jury how she married Said in 1987, when she was just 15 and he was 29. They said that traces of ethylene glycol were found on Ryan's baby bottle, the same bottle that she had used to feed him on September 1st. It cost me a lot of money. Todays arrest of their father, Yaser Said brings us closer to ensuring justice is served on their behalf," Spivey said in a prepared statement. 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 SWAT agents from the FBI's Dallas Field Office. Watch the full trial here or on the WFAA YouTube page. "This man a brutally murdered and shot to death his two daughters in his taxi cab. Once, long ago, "Tissie" had also admitted that Yasser had been sexually abusing Sarah and Amina when they were seven and eight years old. (Source: WPXI/ROSS TOWNSHIP POLICE/CNN), Greenville woman charged in Beaufort County burglaries, Family of man killed by Wallace police seek justice during prayer vigil, Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan actor, dies at 61. Even though they remember incidents in which Yasser did not let "Tissie" leave the house and an incident in which he once blocked her car "Tissie" could have left at some other time. The charge stemmed from an allegation against Patricia when he was in college in 1996. 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. Amina and Sarah accused their father of sexual abuse in 1998. The state wants to convict Yaser for being Muslim in 2008.. Texas father Yaser Said stands accused of shooting and killing his daughters in his taxi, in what has been reported as an honour killing. Patricia exited while reporters were still asking questions, and the effort to "clear his name" ultimately did not include many (any) specifics. He still needs her. 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. Said was on the FBIs Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list before his capture in August 2020 at a Denton County family home. 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Yaser Said had been on the run since 2008 after police said he took his daughters, 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah, to get something to eat on New Year's Day. She should at least hold some responsibility being that she knew everything that was going on. "Obviously, a disappointing week . What makes such behavior unexpected, or culturally "abnormal," is that "Tissie" was born in America and raised in a Christian (although not in an especially religious) household. 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. I think that "Tissie's" hand steadied that trigger far more fatefully. Raised in Columbus, she's a graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism. The Tate-LaBianca jurors also found Manson, 36; Patricia Krenwinkel, 23; Susan Atkins, 22, and Leslie Van Houten, 21, guilty of what the prosecutor said was a "chilling, unearthly conspiracy to . Updated at 1:19 p.m. with additional information throughout. Amina Said, 18, and her sister Sarah, 17, were shot dead on New Year's Day in 2008 and their bodies left in cab at hotel parking. He said he didnt think anyone would harm Amina and Sarah. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Central West End couple who confronted protesters June 28 with a rifle and a gun in Mayor Lyda Krewson's neighborhood, have been charged with unlawful use of a . Through her attorney, Patricia Krentcil, 44, of Nutley, New Jersey, entered a plea of not guilty Wednesday in Superior Court to a charge of child endangerment. She knew he would beat the girls. Deciding to run away with two friends they confined in their mother their plans to escape their father. It was the first time shed seen Said since New Years Day 2008, when she believed that he was taking their daughters out for dinner. This is the only way I could protect my family's honor.". Patricia Cornwall, 51, of Los Angeles, was arrested at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta two days before Christmas following the chaotic flight from Tampa, Florida, the Atlanta Police Department stated in a press release. "I think that . All four were adamant: "Tissie" loves him, he never battered her, they never saw any bruises on her. 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. Please join us in the fight for justice for Amina and Sarah Said by calling on the Irving Police to revise this case and interrogate Patricia Owens Said and Islam Said. 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Speaking outside the courtroom, Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot called Said the epitome of evil. Creuzots office has not sought the death penalty in any case since he assumed office in 2019. As per Patricia, Yasers brother told her, Yaser didnt want to raise whores as daughters. She also noted that one of the brothers said that Patricia was lucky Yaser left the bodies to be found so that the girls could be buried. A theory that the shootings were so-called honor killings spread quickly and was further fueled after the 2014 documentary, The Price of Honor, and when the FBI called the murders honor killings on their website. Prosecutor Brandi Mitchell called Saids testimony absurd during closing arguments. The day after the shooting a capital murder warrant was issued for his arrest and Said had been on the run ever since. Both men are being charged with harboring a known fugitive. New Jersey law bars anyone under 14 . They had been dating men who werent Muslim. "Tissie" covered up each instance. Colombia wants to deport "cocaine hippos" to stop them from multiplying, Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murders of wife and son, Skeletal remains found in Pennsylvania identified as man missing since 2013. Owens fixed her eyes straight ahead as she walked into the courtroom. Yasser only worked as a taxi driver "when he felt like it." You can keep those evil eyes on me as long as you want but you will never break me down again.. Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond. Lions coach Matt Patricia says he has been honest about the 1996 sexual assault charge against him when asked about it. In all fairness to her, shes commented that in her belief, Yaser would not abuse his daughters. PACOLET, S.C. . In one instance, Yasser had embedded one of his daughters' braces in her lip. Mr Said evaded capture for 12 years after the murders, according to prosecutors. But, such parents do not usually kill their daughters. Krista Torralva first joined The Dallas Morning News as an intern on the business desk in 2013. / CBS News. Prosecutors have said that he was obsessed with possession and control. Saids brother, Yassein Said, got 12 years for the same conviction. They do not shelter them. Krista M. Torralva, Staff writer. Saids son, Islam Said, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for helping him hide. 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. Then she has the odasity to trick the girls into going back home to Texas. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE, I asked how such a perversion of maternal behavior can be understood. 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. Sarah and Amina Said deserve JUSTICE. Liesbeth Powers/The Dallas Morning News via AP. I even put advertisements down in the paper in Puerto Rico looking for her.. I am indebted to my good friend and colleague, the psycho-analyst and Arabist, Nancy H. Kobrin, for the following insight: What balances such family dynamics out and partially "protects" the women in a culture which otherwise despises and fears them are the practices of arranged marriage to one's first cousin and the relationship between brothers and sisters. 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. 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. While the cold-blooded murder was . Such Americanized behavior doomed all these honor murdered girls. These experienced investigators never gave up on their quest to find him and pledged to never forget the young victims in this case.". Patricia Ann Wick was taken into custody and charged with one count each of murder in the course and in furtherance . Palestinian Abu Nidal terrorist operative, murdered her. 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. Amira was quoted as saying that "I had to protect my children. 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. Disobedient daughters are dangerous and expendable. Ricks did not share a statement with the sheriff's office when she was arrested, and authorities say that any potential motive for the alleged crime is still unknown. By contrast, over the years, the Said girls were notoriously bruised, and had red welts visible on their bodies. The girls subsequently told relatives that their recantation was false. While we may not always be successful in preventing or prosecuting such behaviors, we know that they constitute crimes. Amina informed her friends the wounds were inflicted by her father, and her mother refused to allow her to seek medical attention. "Just imagine coping with this kind of thing, the murder of two, young, beautiful children. Bruno sentenced Giddings, 22, to four to 12 years in prison. (Unsuprisingly, Zein Isa had the same mind-set that Islam Said, the February 8, 2023 / 12:20 PM They have seen (or were told about) photos of "Tissie" and Yasser in Arab dress, posing with guns and knives in exaggerated "jihadic" poses. "Tissie" told them that Yasser was contrite, that he only wanted to have tea with his daughters and to talk things through. Owens testimony was at odds with what Aminas boyfriend told jurors: He said Amina did not want to return. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. And he kept his money to himself or so they think. The jury got to All rights reserved. Said, 65, whipped his head between a translator and defense lawyer Bradley Lollar, muttering loudly and waving his hands. Im dying, Sarah said in the recording. "We don't know how long he was in Justin, but we do know he's not there anymore," DeSarno said. But she didn't turn him in her mother, the girl's maternal grandmother, did that. On Aug. 14, 1996, the grand jury indicted Patricia and Dietrich, each on one count of aggravated sexual assault, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of up to life in prison, according to . It was perpetuated in a 2014 documentary called The Price of Honor, which fueled speculation Said killed his daughters because he harbored archaic beliefs that they should die for bringing shame to the family. Update: Updated at 7:10 p.m. with additional information throughout. These girls already had to lose their lives too soon. Amina was 18 years old and was shot two times and Sarah was 17 years old as was shot nine times. What if the women of such cultures, transplanted to American shores, are relying upon American law to prevail and to save their lives? The mother, Patricia Said, failed as a parent as a mother to protect her daughters, who repeatedly confided to relatives and friends that their father abused them both, physically and sexually. Diese Petition hat 1.181 Unterschriften erreicht, Diese Seite ist durch reCAPTCHA geschtzt und es gelten die Google. Find your friends on Facebook. We've received your submission. If convicted, he faces an automatic life sentence because prosecutors are not pursuing the death penalty. He put the girls in his taxicab and left their home in Lewisville for Irving where he allegedly shot them both as they sat in his cab. The entire murder had been taped by federal The trial will continue Tuesday. Said hugged Amina when she returned, Owens said. At fifteen, she married Yasser, who apparently presented himself to her family as a wealthy Egyptian "prince" someone who had property and other holdings back in Egypt. 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