Ex-wife of Yaser Said testifies on day 3 of capital murder trial: 'I [ATTORNEY: "Why would you go back?"] You deserve to die, Owens said. 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. "Her look was in fear, she didn't look like she wanted to be there," said Amina's boyfriend Edgar Ruiz. Both are at home recovering. Hotel employee Nathan Watson testified about the moment a taxi cab driver reported seeing two injured people in the cab lane of the hotel. Patricia moved in with Saids brother after he fled upon killing Amina and Sarah. Speaking through an interpreter in his native Arabic, Said testified someone else is responsible for the crime, but investigators never found that person because they only pursued him. When asked to identify her ex-husband in court, Owens raised her arm, pointed at Said and said, That devil there. She told jurors she and her husband had not spoken since the night their daughters were killed. Owens told the jury that she was aware of. I just thought he would, like, punish them, like take their phone away and stuff like that, she said. Texas father killed 2 teen daughters because he couldn't - MSN She commented, Now the girls can rest in peace. Yaser Said showed no emotion as cries for help played in court. Owens claimed she left Said multiple times during the marriage and described him as controlling. The potential key piece of evidence was admitted on day two of testimony, despite objections by the defense who previously cautioned jurors their expert will later testify that the 17-year-old victim may have been hallucinating after being shot nine times when she named her father as her shooter. In a letter written to the judge, Said wrote that he was not happy with his daughters dating activity but he denied killing them. You do whatever you want since you know how to drive. Patricia has given several interviews in the past six years and most of them are very contradictory. Send it to The Daily Beasthere. 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. What Watson saw in a cab caused him to call 911. Yaser Abdel Said ( Arabic: ; born January 27, 1957) is an Egyptian-American former taxi driver and convicted murderer. 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. Im dying, Sarah said in the recording. I felt scared not to go back, Owens explained. Mother of two girls allegedly killed by their father tells trial he The film furthers speculation the girls' father objected to his daughters living an "American lifestyle.". https://t.co/dxERwZ2CM6. They will be sequestered in a hotel if deliberations continue for more than a day. Yaser Said found guilty of capital murder in 2008 shootings of teenage Their own father. My dad shot me! He pleaded not guilty to the charge of capital murder. Gimenez detailed the local and global search for Said who was on the FBIs Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list before his 2020 arrest at a home in Justin. He said he did not turn himself in to authorities because he feared he would not get a fair trial. Prosecutors allege that after the murders, Said evaded authorities for 12 years, landing him on the FBIs Most Wanted List before he was ultimately found in 2020 hiding about 40 minutes away from the crime scene in Justin, Texas. Upon the SWAT teams notice and knock announced, the defendant came out and surrendered, said Gimenez. 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 he kissed her on the forehead and shed a tear. Deciding to run away with two friends they confined in their mother their plans to escape their father. Said entered a not guilty plea Tuesday and faces an automatic life sentence if convicted. "One of the people in the passenger seat looked like shes hunched over," he recalled. Before she died, Sarah was able to call 911 and told the operator, "Help, my dad shot me! "She didn't want to go back home, she would rather be dead than ever go back there," Moggio testified. "They were the last people to see Amina and Sarah alive," he said. 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. It's a murder," Irving Police Detective Joe Henning said. Yaser Said trial: Ex-wife testifies on day 3 | wfaa.com Caught in 2020. https://t.co/R77vHTz043 pic.twitter.com/ApAbeA3VgF. 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. Owens testified that she and the girls had just returned to their home in Lewisville, Texas, from Oklahoma, where they had gone to get away from Said. Hopefully, with Yaser facing the consequences of his actions, Patricia will be able to start moving on with her life. A film made about the murders, "The Price of Honor," alleged the girls were killed by their father as an "honor killing," a cultural practice where someone is killed after bringing shame on their family. 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 medical examiner found 1,500 milliliters of blood in Aminas right chest cavity, the equivalent of three water bottles. "I dont know. 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. Authorities believe that the daughters were shot before 7:30 p.m. near the Omni Hotel. And he controlled everything in his household. Defense lawyers unsuccessfully tried to limit the scope of cross-examination. Now prosecutors are picking at every issue in his story. Ex-wife testifies Yaser Said threatened daughters with gun before - AOL Yaser Said Found Guilty in Murders of Teen Daughters - NBC 5 Dallas The girls, who were both students at Lewisville High School, were reportedly shot multiple times by their father. Owens came face-to-face with her ex-husband for the first time since prosecutors say he killed their two teenaged daughters. Part of me didnt" before saying, "I'm sorry.". The 65-year-old cab driver from Lewisville is accused of murdering his two teenage daughters in 2008. Owens said the family moved to Bedford, and then to Lewisville in 2006. Clearly the proof is in the pudding and this is a double Honor Killing and the F.B.I. . The prosecution is expected to call more than 40 witnesses to the stand over the course of the trial. 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.". Ms Owens said he left messages claiming to have changed and that he would vacate the house they wanted him to. The film furthers speculation the girls' father objected to his daughters living an "American lifestyle.". Amina and Sarah said were both shot to death sitting in an orange jet taxi. 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. If it were him, hed have made the bodies disappear. A boyfriend was not permissible under his rules. Patricia Owens, the mother of Amina and Sarah Said, took the stand Thursday. 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. 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. She testified she knew the girls were dating and that Said would have become enraged if he knew about it. 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. Said, 64, has pleaded not guilty to the capital murder charge for the crime that his lawyers have insisted was only pinned on him because he is Muslim. Later, Said added he heard about an accident and learned that his girls had been murdered. Attorney Joel Patton also repeatedly called into question Owens ability to answer questions, accusing prosecutors of leading her and stressing that some of the mothers allegations were false. 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. 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 . A detective and construction worker were among the witnesses called in the trial of Yaser Said this Friday afternoon. Years later, on New Years Day in 2008, prosecutors allege that Said shot his daughters in an honor killing outside Dallas after learning they had begun dating and could no longer control them. The grisly execution came days after Owens and her daughters had escaped from Said, even successfully relocating to Oklahoma before returning to Texas after he reported them missing. @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. "It is wrong for the government to generalize an entire culture, criminalize an entire culture, to fit their narrative, and to fit their objective. Around the time, Sarah Said called 911 twice, stressing she was dying after her father shot her. Amina knew what could happen to her."] However, Patricia herself, who married Yaser when she was 16, spoke about how he beat her. The authorities think that the daughters were shot and killed around 7.30pm close to the Omni Hotel. 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. An emotional Ms Owens said that Sarah and Amina told her back in 1998 that their father had sexually assaulted them. Mother of 2 Girls Killed in Honor Killing Speaks Out 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. She could have returned her daughters back to their father so the murders could take place as planned. If convicted, Said will face life in prison. 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. Patricia not getting anywhere with Amina took her by the arm telling her to hurry up they were running out of time. They both were victims of their abusive father, Yaser, on several occasions. Sarah's boyfriend testified about why she kept their relationship a secret. 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In the weeks leading up to the murders, prosecutors allege Said had grown angrier after feeling he had lost control of his wife and daughters, who had been dating non-Muslim men. 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. The suspect shot the officer in the leg and shoulder. 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. The death penalty is not an option in this case. Yaser Said found guilty of capital murder in 2008 slayings of daughters This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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. She told jurors about a conversation she had with a frantic Amina the day of the murders. The girls were brilliant young ladies dreaming of nothing more than to live their lives as Americans and become doctors. When prosecutors asked Owens if she knew what would happen when they returned, she replied, Part of me did. Police have described the murders as "honor killings.". But the prosecution's questioning of law enforcement showed the evidence pointed to Said, who disappeared the night of the murders. 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. Jurors heard a 911 call Sarah Said made by cellphone, telling the operator that her father had shot her and that she was dying. Prosecutors claim Said's daughters made an outcry that he'd sexually abused them and had touched them inappropriately. Yaser Said: Trial shares graphic details in teens' murder - WFAA 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. Patricia Owens, the mother of victims Amina Said and Sarah Said, told jurors her ex-husband was abusive and controlling. Amina informed her friends the wounds were inflicted by her father, and her mother refused to allow her to seek medical attention. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Amina was around eight years old at the time, while Sarah was seven years old. Sarah suffered nine gunshot wounds, mostly to her abdomen, according to the medical examiner. He will serve an automatic life sentence if hes found guilty. While she left Said several times throughout their marriage, Owens said she always returned out of fear. On Thursday, the mother of Amina and Sarah Said took the stand. They all headed for Kansas to Patricias aunts home. 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. He said he regrets leaving them alone and denied killing them. The relatives were identified by the Dallas FBI as Said's brother Yassein and his son Islam. The girls' aunt, Connie Moggio, broke down on the stand as she identified autopsy photos of her nieces. The mother and daughters returned to Texas to finish their schooling on the promise that Said would leave the family home. Ex-wife slams 'devil' Texas father Yaser Said over 'honor killings' of The former wife of murder suspect Yaser Said testified on Thursday that she asked if she could go with him and their two daughters for dinner on the night of Jan. 1, 2008. Patricia Owens was just 15 in 1987 when she met 30-year-old Egyptian . 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 defense rested after the defendant's testimony. "Something would happen to me or something would happen to her," Erik Panameno told jurors. 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. agreed at one point. 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 all fairness to her, shes commented that in her belief, Yaser would not abuse his daughters. An Atlanta based band that was in North Texas for a show said their equipment was stolen from their hotel Friday night. Awful testimony in Yaser Said trial: Medical examiners explained autopsy pics; girls clothes. Prosecutors have said that he was obsessed with possession and control. The girls, who were both students at Lewisville High School, were reportedly shot multiple times by their father. And he controlled everything in his household. 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. Yaser Said 'honor killings' trial: Daughter in 911 call tells police About a week before the sisters were killed, they and their mother fled their home in Lewisville to Oklahoma to get away from their dad, who worked as a taxi driver, Black said. The prosecutor said the sisters had become very scared for their lives, and decided to leave after their father put a gun to Aminas head and threatened to kill her.. Texas father accused of fatally shooting his daughters. Change.org Uh oh. Her father, she said, had made our lives a nightmare.. He will, without any drama nor doubt, kill us, the email read. She said she married him at the age of 15, with the permission of her parents after dating for three weeks and had three children with him over the next three years. All rights reserved, a Lewisville man accused offatally shooting, Mother of Two Teens Killed by Said Gives Impact Statement, Prosecution Gives Reaction to Guilty Verdict in Capital Murder Trial, Said Defense Attorney Gives Reaction to Verdict, told jurors that he did not kill his daughters, finally arrested in August 2020 in Justin, were subsequently convicted of helping him evade arrest, Trial of Yaser Said Accused of Killing His Daughters Enters Second Day, Jurors Hear Victim's Chilling 911 Call in Trial of Man Accused of Killing Daughters, Testimony Begins in Trial of Former Most-Wanted Fugitive Accused of Killing His Teen Daughters, Trial Begins for North Texas Man Accused of Killing His Teen Daughters, 14 Years Later, Jury Seated in Trial of Man Accused of Killing His Teen Daughters, Trial Begins for Lewisville Man Accused of Murdering His Daughters in an Honor Killing', In August 2020 Said was arrested in Justin, TikTokers Are Touting Beef Tallow Treatments for Clearer Skin, But You Don't Know What You're Getting,' Dermatologist Warns, This 28-Year-Old Ignored Warnings About Job-Hopping and Doubled Her Salary to $186K in 5 Years, Texas Man Kills 5 Neighbors After They Complained of Gunfire, Dallas Retailer Tuesday Morning is Going Out of Business; Liquidation Sales Coming Soon, Mark Cuban Says He's Losing Nearly 1,000 Twitter Followers a Dayand Paying $8 for a Blue Check Hasn't Helped, Post-Military Life Can be Challenging for Texas Veterans and Their FamiliesThese Resources Can Help, Yaser Abdel Said, 65, was accused of killing his teenage daughters in 2008 in what prosecutors have called an "honor killing.". "Because I believed behind this coverage there was a secret agenda. Earlier this week, prosecutors played a recording of a 911 call placed by Sarah after she had been shot, but was still alive. Patricia Owens confirms a photo of herself at age 14, a year before she married her former husband, Yaser Said, when he was 29. In a letter written to the judge overseeing the case, Said said he was not happy with his kids' "dating activity" but denied killing his daughters. This is just killing. NBC 5s Maria Guerrero reports. I left the car for them," he said. The honour killing allegedly occurred outside Dallas after he found out that they had begun dating and that he wasnt able to control them. 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' aunt, Connie Moggio, broke down on the stand as she identified autopsy photos of her nieces. On Monday, Said told jurors that he did not kill his daughters. Owens said on the day her daughter returned Yaser appeared happy and he kissed her on the forehead and shed a tear. The death penalty is not an option in Yaser Said's case. The relatives were identified by the Dallas FBI as Said's brother Yassein and his son Islam. But long before 2008, Owens testified, she and her daughters were abused by Said. The K9 was also shot once. Prosecutors claim Said murdered the girls inside his cab in Irving because was upset that his children were dating. The sisters were found shot to death in a taxi parked near a hotel in Irving on New Years Day in 2008. "That devil there," Owens said of Yaser Said, the man she . If convicted of capital murder, he would automatically be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. "Yes," Owens responded. The defense rested after the defendant's testimony. This is just killing. 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. The server is misbehaving. 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. Prosecutor Lauren Black has said Said was obsessed with possession and control.. A detective and construction worker were among the witnesses called in the trial of Yaser Said this Friday afternoon. I left the car for them," he said.
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