Krista graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a major in journalism and a minor in criminal justice. "We were in shock," Juana said. 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. Meanwhile, I urge my readers to please send me your best suggestions about how American law enforcement, school, social service officials, legislators, mental health, and religious professionals may prevent the next honor killing in America. Yaser Abdel Said, a Lewisville cab driver wanted in connection with brutal slayings of his two teenage daughters, is in custody in North Texas after 12 years on the run. They arrived back in Texas on New Years eve when the girls learned that their mother was going back home to Yaser. They said they had responded to "a disturbance call involving an unruly passenger." At one point, state District Judge Chika Anyiam told Lollar to instruct Said to sit quietly so the family can say their piece., You have their blood on your hands, Owens said. 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. Patricia McCloskey, who menaced the marching crowd with her finger on the trigger of a handgun, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was ordered to pay a fine of $2,000. "Obviously, a disappointing week . https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7045530-Yaser-Abdel-Said.html, Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. But Islam also spends all his time at home with his mother. Amina kept refusing to go with her mother and she wanted to go back to Tulsa. 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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. Johnson told jurors they did investigate the boyfriends. 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 a study which I cite in my 2002 book, "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman," Arab girls and women gossip about and slander others girls and women in a way that demands that the men "do something" to restore their families' honor. If one's mother-in-law is also one's aunt, a daughter-in-law might be safer living with a family with whom she has probably grown up than among complete strangers. A taxi driver found the girls bodies on New Years Day 2008, bloodied and slumped over, in a cab outside the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, which is part of Irving. I will address this question in a future article. The girls were brilliant young ladies dreaming of nothing more than to live their lives as Americans and become doctors. First published on February 8, 2023 / 12:20 PM. I am very happy now. Amina gives in and goes home with her mother and within a couple hours Amina and Sarah were shot to death by their father. 9:07 AM on Aug 9, 2022 CDT Updated at 7:10 PM on Aug 9, 2022 CDT. Surely, I am not saying that this mother in Texas murdered her own daughters physically, with her own hands, am I? Maybe mitigating circumstances exist that would diminish the charges that will eventually be brought against her. The name of Ricks' granddaughter has not been released, but she was 8 years old, according to the sheriff's office. But Said never did, the owner testified. She added that after she was told of the assault, she took her daughters to make a report at the Hill County Sheriffs Department. I asked my interviewees if "Tissie" is simple-minded, mentally ill, or mentally retarded. Said, sitting across the room next to his lawyers and an interpreter, cocked his head to watch her. "Under no way, this is honor killing. He was 29. 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. Owens divorced Said while he was on the run. Some batter and stalk their wives and physically and sexually abuse their daughters. 241 U.S.C. As homicide investigators intensified their search for Said, a federal Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution warrant was issued On Aug. 21, 2008. It was the happiest moment he is caught, and justice can be served for Amina and Sarah.. Or pre-educate them? The jury deliberated for three hours after six days of testimony before reaching a verdict. That night, Owens recalled, Amina said she was hungry, so Said said hed take the girls to a nearby Dennys. The girls subsequently told relatives that their recantation was false. You deserve a lot more than what the judge has gave [sic] to you. So why get a new phone?? Shes asking for help and she names her killer, her father, Yaser Said, Ms Black said. And he stalked his sisters, he spied on them. And we all want justice for Sarah, said defense attorney Joseph Patton earlier Tuesday during lawyers closing arguments before the 12-person jury began deliberating. His defence attorneys have claimed that he was blamed for the killings because hes Muslim. I saw her tears," he said. Her husband, Mark . "We don't know how long he was in Justin, but we do know he's not there anymore," DeSarno said. ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) - A Pennsylvania man who has been searching for his wife for over 30 years has just learned that she is alive and well and has been living in Puerto Rico for decades. Part of me did, Owens said. 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. Theres no such thing as an honor killing. Amina was around eight years old at the time, while Sarah was seven years old. 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. Their chastity has to be guarded, their modesty ensured. Or political. And because of this mistake, both of her daughters ended up killed on New Years Day. Maggie writes about public safety in the D-FW suburbs. The FBI-led Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force has worked tirelessly to find Yaser Abdel Said. In pleading guilty, Islam Said admitted that evidence proved he committed the crimes charged in the superseding indictment filed in November 2020. 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. By the end of the day it was decided it would be best to go to Tulsa, Oklahoma, a bigger city close to a collage for Amina. Shock. 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. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. She removed her glasses, looked up and locked eyes with Yaser Said. Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia has come under fire following a disturbing investigative report by Robert Snell of The Detroit News. Ms Owens said during the third day of testimony in the trial that Mr Said would insist on deciding on where they would live and who they would speak to. The girls were described throughout the trial as smart and bubbly sisters who dreamed of becoming doctors. Their families testify against them. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. (Recently in Israel, which in many ways is a western democracy, the women of an Arab Muslim family all testified against their men after the ninth female relative had been honor murdered). The mother must be charged with conspiracy to murder her daughters. Updated at 1:19 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. Patricia Ann Ricks, 72, is being held without bond in Nash County, North Carolina, following her arrest this week on multiple charges including first-degree murder. Shes screaming out from the grave right now. This is just killing. 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. 0 At one time, she harbored the fear that Yaser would return and kill her too. 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. 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. 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. Prosecutors urged jurors to rely on Sarahs 911 call. Mr. Said harbored his father, Yaser, inside an apartment in Bedford, Texas, where a maintenance worker spotted Yaser on Aug. 14, 2017. We all want justice for Amina. ("Tina") Isa down for twenty minutes as her father, Zein Isa, a By contrast, over the years, the Said girls were notoriously bruised, and had red welts visible on their bodies. The manager gave Patricia days off from work to take the girls to a safe place and call the police, even taking donations among the store employees to help Patricia get her daughters protection. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Patricia Owens. But long before 2008, Owens testified, she and her daughters were abused by Said. Otherwise, they will bring shame to their entire family. "I think that . NBC 5's Ken Kalthoff contributed to this report. The only thing youve done for your familys name is stain it with Amina and Sarahs blood, Moggio said. 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. I'm happy Amina Said (18) and Sarah Said (17) are finally getting some justice after their piece of shit father Yaser Said murdered both of them January 1, 2008. She was initially sentenced to death but the Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty for a time in 1972. Victims of Muslim Honor and Political Correctness. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. Patricia Ann Wick was taken into custody and charged with one count each of murder in the course and in furtherance . (In reality, he would sneak into the government subsidized housing at night). 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. If using this material on another site, please provide a link back to my site. 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. Read More: Movies About Abusive Relationships. I called "Tissie." California Suspect in North Hollywood anti-Asian attack on Filipino family is arrested and charged Nerissa Roque, left, stands next to her daughter Patricia at a rally Friday outside the Van. 9:43 AM on Aug 4, 2022 CDT Updated at 6:45 PM on Aug 4, 2022 CDT. She was overworked, treated "like dirt," chronically beaten and constantly abused, both verbally and psychologically. All four interviewees did think that, after so many years of marriage to Yasser, that "Tissie " was probably brainwashed. A Lewisville High School teacher testified that Amina sent an email about plans to run away from her father because she feared him. But justice is not convicting an innocent man.. Her eyes shifted around the courtroom during the nearly two hours she was on the stand. That devil there, Owens said of Yaser Said, the man she divorced while he was on the run after the murders. 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. On New Years Day, Said started chewing the inside of his cheek, which Owens said he did when he was angry. These customs and relationships, which may seem (and which are) "primitive," actually preserve a peaceful status quo partly by keeping the wealth within one's own family. But, such parents do not usually kill their daughters. Saids brother, Yassein Said, got 12 years for the same conviction. Patricia Stallings was arrested and charged for the murder of her son because the authorities said that she had poisoned Ryan during her last visit. Six years later, with Said still on the run, he was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List on Dec. 4, 2014. It's a lie, in fact we and the British supported the Arabs. The girls fled with their mother to Oklahoma where Patricia leased a apartment , even got all new phones and numbers so the father wouldn't be able to track them. NECK CAUGHT. We've received your submission. "Tissie" Said is not the first mother to have participated in an honor A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. Sign Up. 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. 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. 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. 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. What if people who come from an honor killing culture desire asylum from it? She commented, Now the girls can rest in peace. Join Facebook to connect with zgr Tun and others you may know. That said, his denial seemed heartfelt and genuine. 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 day after the shooting a capital murder warrant was issued for his arrest and Said had been on the run ever since. Mr. Said harbored his father, Yaser, inside an apartment in Bedford, Texas, where a maintenance worker spotted Yaser on Aug. 14, 2017. All rights reserved. I just thought he would, like, punish them, like take their phone away and stuff like that, she said. They left all their phones behind so they couldn't be traced and finally left on December 25th after Yaser had left to go to work that night. Yaser was on the run for so long, and its hard to wrap my brain around it. Patricia makes one fatal mistake to contact the father. While none of that worked, she was right where he thought she might be. Here his FBI profile: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/yaser-abdel-said. He wanted me to go back to him and if I didnt go back to him, he threatened to kill me and my family, Ms Owens said, The Daily Beast reported. L-R: Yaser Said, Islam Said and Yassein Said. he had to commit a crime to restore his honor."). Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner told The Associated Press that . Krista Torralva first joined The Dallas Morning News as an intern on the business desk in 2013. She knew he had a gun. The girls and the friends agreed to allow Patricia to go along. Patricia Owens, the mother of 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said, takes the stand on the third day of trial of her ex-husband Yaser Said at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, Yaser Said, 65, looks behind him during his first day on trial at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. 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. Yaser was abusive.. Patricia said she herself was moved to perform an act of kindness . In August, 1996, a grand jury indicted Patricia and Dietrich each on one charge of aggravated. Is Dallas becoming unaffordable due to rising housing costs, inflation and stagnating pay? Both men are being charged with harboring a known fugitive. She and the three children left Said for about four months. Bruno sentenced Giddings, 22, to four to 12 years in prison. But she kept their secrets from Said. Palestina Isa's three sisters kept pestering their father to "do something about the nigger-loving whore. 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But some non-Arabs and non-Muslims in America also engage in these behaviors but not necessarily in all of these behaviors simultaneously: Some own guns and participate in a macho gun culture. 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. Weeks later, Ramirez turned up dead, but it would take decades before his killers were found. The orange car had GPS, but former Irving police Detective John Schingle testified the GPS was turned off on the evening of Dec. 31, 2007. On the stand Monday, he denied killing his daughters and said he loved them. 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. And I know for a fact that she knows that he raped them. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who are white, are both personal injury attorneys in their 60s. 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. She gave birth to their three children in the first three years of marriage. Disobedient daughters are dangerous and expendable. They have seen (or were told about) photos of "Tissie" and Yasser in Arab dress, posing with guns and knives in exaggerated "jihadic" poses. Owens made a report with the Hill County Sheriffs Office where they lived. A Pennsylvania woman who has been missing for more than 30 years is found alive in an adult care home in Puerto Rico. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. In December 2007, Mr Said put a gun to Aminas head and threatened to kill her, prompting the mother and daughters to plan an escape before Christmas that year. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of capital murder. 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. Patricia Owens held up glossy pictures of her smiling teenage daughters and read softly from a statement directed at their murderer. After the killings, Owens lived briefly with Islam. 2022; June; 9; patricia said charged; patricia said charged She was indignant that I had called "so late," (it was 9pm), and ordered me to "never call again."