He said he was being followed that night in his taxi and he ran to safety, abandoning the girls. They were each one of ours. 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. A theory that the shootings were so-called honor killings spread quickly and was further fueled after the 2014 documentary, The Price of Honor, and when the FBI called the murders honor killings on their website. 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.. I think that "Tissie's" hand steadied that trigger far more fatefully. 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 . But now Carrie Huskinson, a retired private investigator who has been investigating the murders of Amina and Sarah on her own for four years, has written to the FBI to file a formal complaint against Patricia Said. The sheriff's office received a call just after 4 p.m. that afternoon reporting a deceased child at one of the area's local emergency rooms. But some non-Arabs and non-Muslims in America also engage in these behaviors but not necessarily in all of these behaviors simultaneously: Some own guns and participate in a macho gun culture. You kill somebody, there is no honor to it. Patricia Owens, the mother of 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said, takes the stand on the third day of trial of her ex-husband Yaser Said at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, Yaser Said, 65, looks behind him during his first day on trial at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Can we refuse to allow people from such cultures to become residents or citizens here? ", Sometimes, a mother might physically murder her own daughter on her own, by herself, directly, not indirectly. A boyfriend was not permissible under his rules. They all said no although they did view her as "very passive." 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. But long before 2008, Owens testified, she and her daughters were abused by Said. Is Islam Said being groomed by his paternal male relatives in New York? All four were adamant: "Tissie" loves him, he never battered her, they never saw any bruises on her. Theres no such thing as an honor killing. 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. Amina wrote Said would without any drama or doubt, kill us., Prosecutor Lauren Black argued Sarah said who the killer was in her 911 call where she said, My dad shot me.. Texas-born Patricia ("Tissie") Said, the mother of the two girls, should long ago have been charged as an accomplice in their honor killing. I didnt believe it. Not long after that, the daughters withdrew their claims of abuse. Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond. It never went to court after the alleged victim said she could not face "the pressures or stress of a trial . She knew he would beat the girls. The other man and his mother were in the courthouse last week, but they were not asked to testify. Yaser Abdel Said, a Lewisville cab driver wanted in connection with brutal slayings of his two teenage daughters, is in custody in North Texas after 12 years on the run. What if the women of such cultures, transplanted to American shores, are relying upon American law to prevail and to save their lives? While we may not always be successful in preventing or prosecuting such behaviors, we know that they constitute crimes. One such time was when the abuse allegations were revealed in 1998. Palestina tried very hard to please her parents. "This man a brutally murdered and shot to death his two daughters in his taxi cab. Raised in Columbus, she's a graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism. Find your friends on Facebook. And I know for a fact that she knows that he raped them. Mexican man charged with smuggling 13 . The 43-year-old Patricia said the allegations had never come up in . 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. Patricia Ripley was allegedly seen on . She filed a police report but took the kids back to Said a few months later and the girls recanted. Irving Police Department not only refuses to bring charges against Patricia Owens, Islam Said or any of the bothers of Yaser Said but they didn't even care to officially interrogate them. She initially refused to answer any questions but when investigators charged her with murder, she agreed to reveal what she knew. Mr Said told Ms Owens to stay home while he went for a drive with the teens to talk. Owens made a report with the Hill County Sheriffs Office where they lived. It's a lie, in fact we and the British supported the Arabs. The mother and daughters returned to Texas to finish their schooling on the promise that Said would leave the family home. agreed at one point. She took him to the hospital for treatment and tests showed high levels of ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in antifreeze, in his blood. It is wrong for the government to generalize an entire culture, criminalize an entire culture, to fit their narrative, and to fit their objective, Mr Patton said in court on Tuesday, according to The Daily Beast. Patricia Stallings Patricia Stallings' infant child Ryan began to get sick on July 7, 1989 in Jefferson County, Missouri. NBC 5's Ken Kalthoff contributed to this report. The girls subsequently told relatives that their recantation was false. 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. "Obviously, a disappointing week . killing on American soil. As CrimeOnline previously reported, FBI agents arrested Yaser Abdel Said, 63, without incident in Justin, Texas, on Wednesday, according to an FBI statement. If using this material on another site, please provide a link back to my site. It was at about that time that Sarah called 911 two times, saying that she was dying after being shot by her father. Patricia Kabore said a recent act of kindness had an immeasurable impact on her and her daughter, Rema Kabore. They left all their phones behind so they couldn't be traced and finally left on December 25th after Yaser had left to go to work that night. The siblings of Ricks' granddaughter, who also lived at their grandmother's home, have been placed in the custody of Nash County social services. But "Tissie" lives in Dallas, Texas. Once, long ago, "Tissie" had also admitted that Yasser had been sexually abusing Sarah and Amina when they were seven and eight years old. Their chastity has to be guarded, their modesty ensured. According to my informants, "Islam bosses his mother around. 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. 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. This is murder. Owens told jurors she was 15 when she married Said in February 1987. Theres almost 24 hours where we dont know where that cab went, Schingle said. Victims of Muslim Honor and Political Correctness. People named Patricia Owens. 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 . I even put advertisements down in the paper in Puerto Rico looking for her.. Yaser had plans for the girls to marry in an arranged marriage. A 72-year-old woman was arrested in North Carolina this week for allegedly beating her 8-year-old granddaughter to death, authorities said. Their families often give them up. Liesbeth Powers/The Dallas Morning News via AP. She is the longest-incarcerated woman in the California penal system. This should be taken as a proof that the information is not clear and search deeply into these murders. Owens took the stand in a Dallas County courtroom Thursday, the third day of Saids capital murder trial. Amina called and her mother asked her to come home, again Amina refused. Police have said the AuSable Forks woman and her ex-boyfriend, Brandon Bushey, 25, of New Jersey, were responsible for the . 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. Patricia not getting anywhere with Amina took her by the arm telling her to hurry up they were running out of time. Both men are being charged with harboring a known fugitive. Owens turned over a box of ammunition from their house, Johnson said. Then she has the odasity to trick the girls into going back home to Texas. Patricia has pleaded not guilty. Maggie previously worked at the Chicago Tribune and The Columbus Dispatch. But they are unclear about whether Yasser and his family are religious or not. He said she had some mental health issues and talked about wanting to go to Puerto Rico where it was warm. She returned to The Morning News in 2021 as a reporter covering primarily Dallas County criminal courts. (l am). Ms Owens said he left messages claiming to have changed and that he would vacate the house they wanted him to. But Said never did, the owner testified. "The fact that he murdered his two daughters, the fact that hes been in the run for 12 years and the fact that tonight his flight from justice ended and justice for Amina and Sarah begins, thats what is most important to us.". Amira was quoted as saying that "I had to protect my children. She later dropped the charges filed in Garland, but Ms Owens added that she sought a protective order against Mr Said for her daughters in October 1998. Updated at 7:10 p.m. with additional information throughout. Amina and Sarah were honor students who dreamed of becoming doctors. 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It was total shock, said Gloria Smith, Patricia Koptas sister. What can explain such a perversion of maternal instinct and of the life force itself? Amina, Sarah, Owens and the girls boyfriends got an apartment in Tulsa but returned to North Texas two days before their murders. Or pre-educate them? Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Then her voice grew louder and stronger. And, according to her Owens relatives, "Tissie" laughed it off, "giggled," minimized it all. Defense attorneys have argued police ignored the girls boyfriends as suspects and wrongly narrowed in on Said. Krista Torralva first joined The Dallas Morning News as an intern on the business desk in 2013. Im dying, Sarah said in the recording. Amina and Sarah accused their father of sexual abuse in 1998. First published on February 8, 2023 / 12:20 PM. 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. She gave birth to Amina, Sarah, and their brother Islam in the first three years of their marriage. However, like many girls in the Muslim world, (and sadly, among the poor everywhere), "Tissie" dropped out of high school ; she may only have completed the 8th grade. I saw her tears," he said. In 1998, while living near Waco, Texas, Owens filed a report with the Hill County Sheriffs Office accusing Said of sexually abusing the two girls. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? 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. That evening Patricia drove to Amina boyfriends parents to talk to her daughter. Conspiracy Against Civil Rights, for her involvement in an . But for honor killing, it was her husband Yaser, brother-in-law Yassein Abdulfatah Said, and their own son Islam was charged. 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. Sign Up. Law enforcement finally captured the girl's father Yaser Said last year. Dr. Brasheer Ahmed with the Muslim Community Center in North Richland Hills provided grief counseling to the girls' mother Patricia after the murders. Sarah and Amina Said deserve JUSTICE. February 8, 2023 / 12:20 PM 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. I come home one night and shes just gone, and nobody knows where shes at, said Bob Kopta, who struggled to talk about the journey to search for his missing wife Patricia Kopta. Patricia Said now lives under her maiden name Patricia Owens. Their desire to live as Americans, and not as Arab Muslims in Egypt is precisely what doomed them. We failed them. Hennig testified Irving police rejected that characterization of the slayings. Surely, I am not saying that this mother in Texas murdered her own daughters physically, with her own hands, am I? I must clarify that this conduct is against any Islamic principals," he said. Owens pressed a tissue to her eyes and her shoulders shook as Sarahs cries rang through the courtroom. My father shot me. Who did what for Israel in 1948? Watch the full trial here or on the WFAA YouTube page. Patricia said she relishes the time she went for an audition for the popular drama series "Tunga", as that was her stepping stone in the arts sector. 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. When prosecutors asked Owens if she knew what would happen when they returned, she replied, Part of me did. Six years later, with Said still on the run, he was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List on Dec. 4, 2014. Said has maintained his innocence. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. The FBI said Said, now 63, is currently in federal custody and will soon be transferred to Dallas County. This seems a likely possibility in "Tissie's" case which, however, does not mean that she is morally or even legally innocent in the matter of her daughters' abuse and death. While there she refused to discuss her private life or where she came from, he said. He will serve an automatic life sentence if hes found guilty. Maybe mitigating circumstances exist that would diminish the charges that will eventually be brought against her. And she never left him because he battered their daughters. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. They reported to us that she came into their care in 1999 where she was found in need in the streets of Puerto Rico, where she had been wandering around. 241 U.S.C. 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. "Just imagine coping with this kind of thing, the murder of two, young, beautiful children. 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. Patricia Lacina assumed the office of Charge d'Affaires at the US Embassy last year. At one point, state District Judge Chika Anyiam told Lollar to instruct Said to sit quietly so the family can say their piece., You have their blood on your hands, Owens said.
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