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[10] [11] Said was featured on America's Most Wanted as well as on a Fox News special about honor killings in the United States. [12] Said was captured at age 63 on August 26, 2020, after being on the run for more than a dozen years. [13] Said was convicted in 2022 of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Two parents allegedly tried to choke their 17-year-old daughter outside her high school in an attempted “honor killing” for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man, according to police.
Amina Said, 18, and her 17-year-old sister, Sarah, were found fatally shot Jan. 1, 2008, in Irving, Texas. Their father, Yaser Said, is accused of killing them.
A 65-year-old father was found guilty on Tuesday of capital murder in the 2008 shooting deaths of his two daughters in his taxi near an Irving hotel in what some family members called “honor ...
"Pakistani kills his daughter for 'family honour' ". Daily Times (Pakistan). Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. - The article mistakes the location for Jonesboro, Texas "Accused 'Honor Killing' Dad Has Day in Court". Fox News. 2008-08-08. - Updated on the last occasion on January 13, 2015.
Yaser Abdel Said (Arabic: ياسر سعيد; born January 27, 1957) is an Egyptian-American convicted murderer. For 12 years, Said evaded arrest for the January 1, 2008, fatal shootings of his two daughters, whose bodies were found in his abandoned taxi cab in Irving, Texas.
(The Center Square) – Two Lacey parents accused in the attempted “honor killing” of their 17-year-old daughter last month outside Timberline High School appeared in court on Wednesday. Ihsan ...
An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing [1] is a traditional form of murder in which a person is killed by or at the behest of members of their family or their partner, due to culturally sanctioned beliefs that such homicides are necessary as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the ...