Shot at close range; muzzle touched Sarahs clothes.I see 6 holesME looking at Sarahs top (she was shot 9x) Amina shot 2x lost a lot of blood. The film furthers speculation the girls' father objected to his daughters living an "American lifestyle.". Patricia Owens' face grew red and her lips pursed as she pointed to the man accused of killing her two daughters. Defense lawyers unsuccessfully tried to limit the scope of cross-examination. Authorities believe that the daughters were shot before 7:30 p.m. near the Omni Hotel. 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. 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. And he controlled everything in his household, prosecutor Lauren Black said during opening statements on Tuesday. Yaser Abdel Said, a strict and controlling father, is suspected in the 2008 shooting death of his two daughters in Texas. They then moved to another area, closer to Ms Owens sister. He will serve an automatic life sentence if hes found guilty. The sisters boyfriends also joined them. A part of me did, a part of me didn't. A boyfriend was not permissible under his rules. What Watson saw in a cab caused him to call 911. The sisters had become "very scared for their lives," and the decision to leave was made after Said "put a gun to Amina's head and threatened to kill her," the prosecutor said. 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. [ATTORNEY: "Did you comprehend what could happen to her?"] Sarah suffered nine gunshot wounds, mostly to her abdomen, according to the medical examiner. "Because I believed behind this coverage there was a secret agenda. 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. Saids abusive tendencies were evident early on when he sliced her leg open with a knife for refusing to have sex with him. "If the FBI did their work, they would know, but they were looking for Yaser Said and they did not do what they have to do," he said. I was scared not to go back, Ms Owens said in court on Thursday. Prosecutors presented an email Amina reportedly sent her Lewisville teacher days before her death, confiding that her father was arranging her marriage so she and her sister were going to run away. Upon arrival Patricia tells her aunt the girls were going to run away with their friends and she couldnt let that happen, then Amina spoke up and said; "my mom said she always wanted to leave my dad so we let her come with us." Chief Dallas County Public Defender Brad Lollar said the conviction will be appealed. The suspect shot the officer in the leg and shoulder. On Friday, graphic crime scene evidence was shown to the jury, including bullet-riddled clothing worn by the girls on the night of the murders. The medical examiner found 1,500 milliliters of blood in Aminas right chest cavity, the equivalent of three water bottles. Ms Owens said he left messages claiming to have changed and that he would vacate the house they wanted him to. 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. Yaser was abusive.. The state wants to convict Yaser for being Muslim in 2008.. Deciding to run away with two friends they confined in their mother their plans to escape their father. Yaser Said showed no emotion as cries for help played in court. Sarah Said was born March 6, 1990. 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. And I feel the media was against me in a certain direction, that I would not get a fair trial," Said said. By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Each girl, they said, had been shot multiple times. The death penalty was not an option in this case. Were here to offer condolences, continued condolence to this family, but were also here to see that justice is done which it was, Creuzot said. Said disappeared simultaneously with the girls' murders and eluded police and the FBI for 12 years before he was finally captured. Patricia Owens confirms a photo of herself at age 14, a year before she married her former husband, Yaser Said, when he was 29. During opening statements Tuesday morning, prosecutor Lauren Black said Said was "obsessed with possession and control.". He also told evidence on Sarahs body indicated she was shot at very close range. "Something would happen to me or something would happen to her," Erik Panameno told jurors. 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 said that Said left messages that he had changed and that he would leave the house if they didnt want him there. The judge is also allowing prosecutors to tell jurors about allegations that Said sexually abused his own daughters, who later recanted. Said, an Egyptian immigrant, is accused of killing his daughters Amina, 18 and Sarah, 17, because they were "too American." His wife, Patricia Owens, previously told Fox News that Said had. @NBCDFWhttps://t.co/R77vHTz043 pic.twitter.com/5eP4TqCGdS. She said they didnt want to live by the culture of their father, who was born in Egypt, nor did they want arranged marriages, as he planned. You are a prisoner and a murderer and the devil.. Got a tip? Amina knew what could happen to her."] "They were the last people to see Amina and Sarah alive," he said. Their bodies were later discovered inside his cab, parked outside of an Omni hotel. Yaser was abusive.. The charges were ultimately dropped after the girls recanted out of fear of their father, she said. In a Dallas County courtroom, Patricia Owens saw her former husband and the father of their children for the first time in 14 years. Owens said on the day her daughter returned Yaser appeared happy and he kissed her on the forehead and shed a tear. Prosecutors presented an email Amina reportedly sent her Lewisville teacher days before her death, confiding that her father was arraigning her marriage so she and her sister were going to run away. Yaser Said, who had been sought on a capital murder warrant since the slayings, was placed on the FBI's most-wanted list. Jurors also saw the orange taxi cab where she and her 18-year-old sister, Amina, were found shot to death. During closing arguments Tuesday, the prosecution recapped the deaths of the two girls and the evidence against Said. On Christmas Day, after Mr Said went to work, Ms Owens testified that they fled to Oklahoma with their clothes in trash bags. "They were the last people to see Amina and Sarah alive," he said. Amina gives in and goes home with her mother and within a couple hours Amina and Sarah were shot to death by their father. Amina suffered two gunshot wounds, including a fatal wound to the chest. On Friday, graphic crime scene evidence was shown to the jury, including bullet-riddled clothing worn by the girls on the night of the murders. While she dropped the Garland charges, Owens said that in October 1998 she applied for a protective order against Said on behalf of her girls. Shes asking for help and she names her killer, her father, Yaser Said, Ms Black said. 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. They moved to Oklahoma but later went back to Texas when Mr Said reported them as missing. Yaser Said sat emotionless, holding a finger to his ear to listen to the disturbing audio. Both men were charged with harboring a known fugitive and are now serving time in federal prison. Is that correct? 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. The mothers sister and victim's aunt, Connie Moggio, told 65-year-old Said she hopes the remainder of his years in prison are filled with his worst nightmares. The relatives were identified by the Dallas FBI as Said's brother Yassein and his son Islam. Part of me didnt.. Defense team member Baharan Muse pressed whether anyone said that Said was at the hotel that night. We took him into custody without incident., Reports at 4, 5 @NBCDFW Day 4 of Yaser Said cap murder trial.This Bedford apt maintenance worker is who IDd Said in 2017. The state wants to convict Yaser for being Muslim in 2008," said Patton. Joe Hennig, referring to his original report, testified the girls mother and brother told him Said carried a gun in his cab. agreed at one point. Around the time, Sarah Said called 911 twice, stressing she was dying after her father shot her. Awful testimony in Yaser Said trial: Medical examiners explained autopsy pics; girls clothes. In the terrible case of honor killings, where Yaser Abdel Said shot his daughters Amina and Sarah, one role has remained murky throughout. But, Black said, in another act of "control" and "manipulation" by Said, he told them he had changed and convinced them to return home. Former Irving police officer Steven Hazard testified he believed the girls were not shot at the location they were found. Owens said that on Christmas Day, after Said went to work, she and her daughters escaped to Oklahoma with their clothes in trash bags. The next day, however, Said reported them missing to the Lewisville Police Departmentforcing Owens to call an officer to insist she was alive and well but was fearful of her husband. 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. Amina very upset and angry, refused to go to her fathers house knowing he would kill her and she went to her boyfriends parents and called her Aunt Connie, "did you know my mom went back to my dad" she asked, crying and upset she told her aunt about her mother lying to her to get her back to Texas. Part of me didnt" before saying, "I'm sorry.". Owens was told to stay home as her husband drove around her daughters to talk. Patricia Owens, the mother of victims Amina Said and Sarah Said, told jurors her ex-husband was abusive and controlling. "Under no way, this is honor killing. Dr. Brasheer Ahmed, with the Muslim Community Center in North Richland Hills, told NBC 5 in 2020, following Said's arrest, that murder was against Islamic principal. 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. Police have described the murders as "honor killings.". 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. "Theres no forensic science to it.". Theres someone in the back as well.". We're doing our best to get things working smoothly! The next morning, on New Years, Amina's friend received a text message from Sarah asking Amina to call her mom. The evening the sisters were shot, their father wanted to take just the two of them to a restaurant, she said. Before she died, Sarah was able to call 911 and told the operator, "Help, my dad shot me! Defense attorney Joseph Patton said in opening statements that the evidence would not support a conviction, that police were too quick to focus on Said, who was born in Egypt, and suggested that anti-Muslim sentiment played into that focus. FBI had been in touch w/apt management bc Saids son lived there. "I was scared," Owens responded. She took all three children and left him for months, before returning and telling the girls to recant their story. She said she urged Amina to return home on the day of the murders even though the teen said she feared for her life. The trial is expected to continue throughout the week. She told jurors about a conversation she had with a frantic Amina the day of the murders. After leaving for Garland, Texas, Owens said that she ultimately had to file another report with local police after Said and his brother repeatedly called her and threatened harm if she didnt obey them and return. Yaser was on the run for so long, and its hard to wrap my brain around it. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. She said she and her two daughters returned to her husband because he was abusive and she was scared of getting hurt if they didn't. I left the car for them," he said. She testified Said was controlling and abusive throughout most of their relationship. The killings took place just days after Ms Owens had taken her kids and left Mr Said. "And I was told that nobody had seen the cab driver.". "If the FBI did their work, they would know, but they were looking for Yaser Said and they did not do what they have to do," he said. The 65-year-old cab driver from Lewisville is accused of murdering his two teenage daughters in 2008. The death penalty is not an option in Yaser Said's case. Amina called and her mother asked her to come home, again Amina refused. 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. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Patricia knew there was no way her daughters would return to Texas so she lied to Amina and Sarah telling them she wanted to put flowers on their grandmother grave and they would spent New Years Day at their Aunt Connies, the mothers sister. Dr. Brasheer Ahmed, with the Muslim Community Center in North Richland Hills, told NBC 5 in 2020, following Said's arrest, that murder was against Islamic principal. Ferez-vous la mme chose. Sarah's boyfriend testified about why she kept their relationship a secret. An emotional Ms Owens said that Sarah and Amina told her back in 1998 that their father had sexually assaulted them. I could see a young lady who had her eyes fixed open and there was stuff coming out of her nose, said Watson. The evening the sisters were shot, their father wanted to take just the two of them to a restaurant, she said. 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. Later, Said added he heard about an accident and learned that his girls had been murdered. WARNING: THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO MAY BE DISTURBING. Their own father. His defense said no one will testify they saw Said at the crime scene, adding police should have investigated the girls' mother or Amina's boyfriend. Yaser Said sat emotionless, holding a finger to his ear to listen to the disturbing audio. 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