Texas-born Patricia ("Tissie") Said, the mother of the two girls, should long ago have been charged as an accomplice in their honor killing. 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. 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. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. America did nothing The universal belief, never challenged by the media, is that the United States was wholly or largely responsible for fully supporting Israel on the ground from the very beginning of its independence in May, 1948. The authorities and the prosecutor of Texas needs to press charges on Patricia Said. "Tissie" told them that Yasser was contrite, that he only wanted to have tea with his daughters and to talk things through. Shes spoken about why Yaser might have wanted to kill his daughters. I didnt believe it. Yaser found out that both girls were dating in the fall of 2007 and like many times before he pulled a gun on Amina and Sarah and threatened to kill them for not following his rules. Amina gives in and goes home with her mother and within a couple hours Amina and Sarah were shot to death by their father. DeSarno said while they are now focusing on the prosecution of Said, but they also hope to learn who else provided him aid and comfort over the last 12 years so that they, too, can face charges. 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. 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. Shes asking for help and she names her killer, her father, Yaser Said, Ms Black said. It's a lie, in fact we and the British supported the Arabs. Saids brother, Yassein Said, got 12 years for the same charge. Patricia made call after call to Amina begging her to come home throughout the day saying her father had forgiven her and they were all going to go out to eat but Amina again refused. All rights reserved, Family of Victims Speaks Out About 1 of FBI Top 10 Most Wanted, The Story of Sisters' Killings Debuts In Theater, All I can say is theres going to be justice, 3 Children Killed, 2 Wounded in Ellis County Home; 1 in Custody: Sheriff, Actor Tom Sizemore, of Saving Private Ryan,' Dies at 61, Texas House Plans to Pass Largest Property Tax Decrease Ever,' Speaker Phelan Says. 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Patricia Said, Yaser's wife and the mother of the two girls told NBC 5 in 2009 that at first, she was mad at God for letting her daughters be killed, but that the anger was later redirected toward her husband whose whereabouts were unknown. "We have had information throughout this investigation that hes been in multiple places," DeSarno said. This should be taken as a proof that the information is not clear and search deeply into these murders. On the stand Monday, he denied killing his daughters and said he loved them. We failed them. Indeed, Islam's need for her perhaps her need for Islam is the reason "Tissie" gave for having to return to Yasser, leaving her girls behind somewhere in Oklahoma. Said was the last witness to testify. According to my informants, "Islam bosses his mother around. Said was on the FBIs Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list before his capture in August 2020 at a Denton County family home. At the same time, there has been little discussion of the larger number of Jews that were forced out of Middle Eastern and North African countries where they had lived for thousand of years. Or criminal. And, according to her Owens relatives, "Tissie" laughed it off, "giggled," minimized it all. Patricia exited while reporters were still asking questions, and the effort to "clear his name" ultimately did not include many (any) specifics. Its a murder, Hennig said. The FBI said Said, now 63, is currently in federal custody and will soon be transferred to Dallas County. Once, long ago, "Tissie" had also admitted that Yasser had been sexually abusing Sarah and Amina when they were seven and eight years old. 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mother and ex-wife Patricia Owens testified in Dallas County Court in the 64-year-old's capital murder trial on Thursday that he sexually assaulted the girls two years before the killing and then. In her opening statement on Tuesday, prosecutor Lauren Black said that he controlled what they did, who they talked to, who they could be friends with, if they and who they could date. At that time, "Tissie" also admitted to one of my interviewees that Yasser had threatened to kill the girls. 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. or. Renard Spivey, a sheriff's deputy in Texas who appeared on a popular TV show, has been charged with murder after his wife was found shot twice in their bedroom closet, according to the . The least theydeserve is the persons responsible to be punished by the law. Of course, if she kept herself apart, her relatives might not know such details. Jerry Lambe Jan 31st, 2023, 8:56 am. I just thought he would, like, punish them, like take their phone away and stuff like that, Owens said. "She said. In August, 1996, a grand jury indicted Patricia and Dietrich each on one charge of aggravated. Yaser Abdel Said, 65, of Lewisville, was found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of Amina Said, 18, and 17-year-old Sarah Said. Patricia moved in with Said's brother after he fled upon killing Amina and Sarah. She knew he would beat the girls. 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. Violent yes. All rights reserved. Watch the full trial here or on the WFAA YouTube page. Jewish Refugees of 1948 The Palestinian refugee issue has festered for 70 years and remains a major stumbling block in reaching an Israeli-Palestinian accord. Unlike many American girls who cleave to their families of origin, "Tissie's" primary alliance is not with her own family but with her son, her husband, and with her husband's family. 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 signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas, Photos: Yaser Said found guilty of capital murder in 2008 slayings of daughters, Sarah and Amina, Yaser Said found guilty of capital murder in 2008 slayings of daughters, Sarah and Amina. Victims of Muslim Honor and Political Correctness. 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. 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. Now Phyllis Chesler reports Patricia's last remaining child Islam has been taken from her. Their father Yaser Abdel Said is wanted by the FBI for their murders. I even put advertisements down in the paper in Puerto Rico looking for her.. 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. 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. Texas-born Patricia ("Tissie) Said, formerly of the Owens family, is the mother who lured her two teenage daughters, Sarah and Amina, to their deaths at the hands of their own father this past New Years Day in Dallas. Their families often give them up. The charge is a Class E felony that carries a possible penalty of up to four years in prison. But, such parents do not usually kill their daughters. 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. One such time was when the abuse allegations were revealed in 1998. He said nothing would happen to him, Ms Owens said, with Mr Said present in the courtroom. Even then, Amina refused to go back to the house, fearful of the repercussions. What if the women of such cultures, transplanted to American shores, are relying upon American law to prevail and to save their lives? Juana said that when she was 13, her father tried to molest her, too, and she did speak up. Owens brought Amina home that evening. Not only did you abuse our daughters, you brainwashed our son, Owens said. On New Years Day, Said started chewing the inside of his cheek, which Owens said he did when he was angry. As CrimeOnline previously reported, FBI agents arrested Yaser Abdel Said, 63, without incident in Justin, Texas, on Wednesday, according to an FBI statement. Patricia Owens face grew red and her lips pursed as she pointed to the man accused of killing her two daughters. Who did what for Israel in 1948? Yaser had plans for the girls to marry in an arranged marriage. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7045530-Yaser-Abdel-Said.html, Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. She commented, That was the day I lost my whole family and my life as I knew it was gone forever. While there she refused to discuss her private life or where she came from, he said. Said has maintained his innocence. Its a missing persons case thats sat unsolved inside Ross Township police for over 30 years. But Owens said she and the girls wished to go home so they could finish the school year. Patricia Ripley was allegedly seen on . Huskinson wants Patricia Said charged under Title 18, sec. 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. She filed a police report but took the kids back to Said a few months later and the girls recanted. The couple's guns were previously seized by. Krista graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a major in journalism and a minor in criminal justice. Patricia Said's two daughters Amina and Sarah were allegedly murdered by her Muslim husband their father. Maggie previously worked at the Chicago Tribune and The Columbus Dispatch. An emotional Ms Owens said that Sarah and Amina told her back in 1998 that their father had sexually assaulted them. In 2016, Oklahoma police arrested the mother, Patricia Spann, now 44, and her 26-year-old daughter, Misty Velvet Dawn Spann, charging both of them with incest. / CBS News. Owens told jurors she was 15 when she married Said in February 1987. I am very happy now. Either way, she failed to protect her daughters. . IRVING, Texas A Texas father was sentenced last week to serve life in prison for murdering his two teen daughters in 2008 in what prosecutors described as "honor killings.". A Florida mother, who allegedly lied to police that her son with autism was abducted by two black men, was charged with the child's murder, police said. Instead, prosecutors say, Said shot the girls multiple times in the cab he drove and left them for dead outside a hotel in suburban Irving. Todays arrest of their father, Yaser Said brings us closer to ensuring justice is served on their behalf," Spivey said in a prepared statement. The girls and the friends agreed to allow Patricia to go along. Patricia Owens held up glossy pictures of her smiling teenage daughters and read softly from a statement directed at their murderer. Otherwise, they will bring shame to their entire family. . That's where he's been ever since he dropped out of school when he was 14. During a conversation Patricia stated if she took her daughters back to Texas Yaser would definitely kill them. Armed homeowners Mark T. and Patricia N. McCloskey standing in front their house along Portland Place as they confront protesters marching on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End of St.. It's. Prosecutors urged jurors to rely on Sarahs 911 call. America did nothing. Her husband, Mark . Krista graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a major in journalism and a minor in criminal justice. Amina, 18, was shot twice and Sarah, 17, was shot nine times. It is that of Patricia Said, the mother. . His defence attorneys have claimed that he was blamed for the killings because hes Muslim. Our western culture has at least criminalized wife- and daughter-battering, incest, stalking, and femicide. 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. A 21-year-old woman alleged that the two of them broke into her room and sexually assaulted her. I called "Tissie." 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 . Prosecutor Brandi Mitchell called Saids testimony absurd during closing arguments. Saids abusive tendencies were evident early on when he sliced her leg open with a knife for refusing to have sex with him. Patricia McCloskey was also initially charged with the two felonies, but pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine. 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. She added that Mr Said said that he wanted to murder her after the charges were filed. The next day the girls brother Islam Said, said to the media that Amina and Sarah got what they deserved because they knew the rules. But she didn't turn him in her mother, the girl's maternal grandmother, did that. The day after the shooting a capital murder warrant was issued for his arrest and Said had been on the run ever since. Owens and the girls fled Said again in December 2007. August 27, 2020 / 1:30 PM / CBS DFW DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The mother of two sisters found shot to death in their father's taxicab in 2008 says justice will be served now that FBI agents have. Is Islam Said being groomed by his paternal male relatives in New York? If using this material on another site, please provide a link back to my site. Im dying, Im dying, Im dying, Sarah wailed. Patricia Said, Yaser . While we may not always be successful in preventing or prosecuting such behaviors, we know that they constitute crimes. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A veteran deputy of the Harris County Sheriff's Office has been arrested and charged with murder after his wife was killed in a weekend shooting in southeast Houston.. The girls were brilliant young ladies dreaming of nothing more than to live their lives as Americans and become doctors. Nash County Sheriff's Office. Palestina Isa's three sisters kept pestering their father to "do something about the nigger-loving whore. 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. 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. 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. If this approach became known public policy, some people might simply lie. It never went to court after the alleged victim said she could not face "the pressures or stress of a trial . Part of me didnt.. In the terrible case of honor killings, where Yaser Abdel Said shot his daughters Amina and Sarah, one role has remained murky throughout. Owens said Said threatened to kill her and her family if she didnt return. Sarah Said tells you who her killer is, Black said. 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. "Tissie" also worked as a store clerk, as did her daughters. Amina and Sarah accused their father of sexual abuse in 1998. Owens and her sister, Connie Moggio, addressed Said in a crowded courtroom Tuesday afternoon. The trial will continue Tuesday. People named Patricia Owens. Reports suggest that shes in Arlington, Texas, having resided in several places before including Bedford and Lewisville. Said, sitting across the room next to his lawyers and an interpreter, cocked his head to watch her. DeSarno said they know Said was in multiple places, though he didn't elaborate on whether those locations were outside of Texas. Ms Owens testified that she had been aware that her daughters had boyfriends, but that the three of them had kept it quiet for fear of reprisals. The mothers actions in the days leading up to the murders are extremely suspicious. 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. None of my interviewees are clear about whether Islam Said suffers from a learning disability, a psychiatric condition, or has simply been raised to be an aggressive predator against women with a deep hatred of America. The 43-year-old Patricia said the allegations had never come up in . The film furthers speculation the girls' father objected to his daughters living an "American lifestyle.". Initially we were looking at the two boyfriends, and then we focused on the defendant, he testified. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Randall Johnson, an Irving police detective, testified he sensed from talking with the mother and son that night that Islam was controlling the situation more than Patricia. Johnson, who has since retired, described Owens as reserved. A Pennsylvania woman who has been missing for more than 30 years is found alive in an adult care home in Puerto Rico. Perhaps she was not alone, perhaps her every word was being monitored, both internally and externally. Their chastity has to be guarded, their modesty ensured. ", Sometimes, a mother might physically murder her own daughter on her own, by herself, directly, not indirectly. You can keep those evil eyes on me as long as you want but you will never break me down again..