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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Trial of father accused of killing his two daughters opens with details of teens’ failed escape

Irving Police Department

A father accused of murdering his two teenage daughters before evading arrest for 12 years was “obsessed with possession and control”, prosecutors said in the opening arguments of his capital murder trial in Texas.

Yaser Said, 65, allegedly shot Amina Said, 18, and 17-year-old Sarah Said and left their bodies in his taxi outside of a hotel in Irving on New Year’s Day 2008 in a so-called “honour killing”.

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