Yaser was convicted for the 2008 honor killing of his two teenage daughters, whom he shared with Owens. While addressing him in court, Owens reportedly said:
On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, ID’s Devil in Suburbia will narrate the brutal killings of the Said sisters by their notorious father Yaser Said, who evaded arrest for about 12 years with the assistance of his son and brother. The episode, titled Under His Eye, will air at 9 pm ET. The synopsis states:
Yaser was convicted for the murders of his two daughters, Amina and Sarah Said, more than 14 years after the incident took place. Before he was sentenced to life in prison, the girls’ family members took turns addressing the court during the capital murder trial.
Amina and Sarah Said’s mother, Patricia Owens, spoke about their abusive family history
Patricia - Yaser Said’s former wife and mother of Amina and Sarah Said - addressed the court, claiming that she hadn’t seen her husband since the day their daughters were shot to death. She revealed that Said took both their daughters out to dinner on January 1, 2008. The same night, the girls were shot multiple times in their father’s taxi and were left to die near an Irving hotel.
Owens reportedly stated that she, along with Amina and Sarah Said, had left Yaser and moved away to Oklahoma in order to escape the years of abuse that they had endured. At the time of the incident, they had returned to their Lewisville, Texas, home so that Amina could finish high school.
Owens asserted that she was aware that the girls had boyfriends and knew that Said would get really upset if he discovered the truth.
Patricia said:
She added that when Said finally learned about the girls’ boyfriends, he confronted one of them with a handgun, prompting the daughters and their mother to secretly escape from their Texas house on Christmas Day in 2007.
The girls’ boyfriends accompanied them to Tulsa, where they rented an apartment. They only returned to Texas on New Year’s Eve, the day before the killings.
At the trial, Owens also spoke about the abuse Amina and Sarah Said were subjected to, and revealed that her own marriage was far from perfect. She also said that she had left Yaser on multiple occasions throughout their marriage.
Amina and Sarah Said’s other family members also addressed Yaser Said
Throughout the 2022 capital murder trial, Yaser Said denied his involvement in the 2008 honor killing case of his daughters, Amina and Sarah Said. However, Gail Gattrell, the girls’ great aunt, accused the father of carrying out “honor killings” because he thought the daughters were bringing disgrace to their lineage.
Connie Moggio, Said’s sister-in-law, also addressed him in court, saying,
Devil in Suburbia airs on Investigation Discovery on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 9 pm ET.
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