‘Honor’ terrorist sought in north Texas
Islamist Muslim “honor” terrorist sought in north Texas, son said he believes the double-murder suspect is dead.
Irving Police Department confirmed to PRB News Friday, Feb. 15, double-murder suspect Yaser Said, 51, is still at large, possibly hiding out in north Texas.
A spokesperson with the office added relatives of two sisters killed on New Year's Day have been distributing fliers bearing the suspect’s picture.
The double-murder according to Texas law is speculatively an Islamist Muslim honor killing following Qur’anic Shari’a laws on enforcing family and community devotion.
Said skipped town, and it was presume weeks ago, the country, after the shooting deaths of his daughters, Lewisville High School students Sarah, 17, and Amina, 18.
Great-aunt Joyce Boucher, emotional on the streets of Irving, Texas, on Valentines Day, Thursday, Feb. 14, said family women want Yaser Said found.
"We wanted to get his picture back on TV,” she said. “We're going to keep his picture out there, and if that means standing on the street corners to do it, then that's what I'm going to do."
Said son, Islam, 19, is noted in published reports as telling reporters his father, an Egyptian-born cab driver, is dead.
Other relatives suspect Said is alive and hiding in northern Texas.
IPD indicated there are no solid leads on Said's whereabouts. In past comments to PRB News, Irving Police spokesman David Tull said the probability seemed great for Said to have fled the country.
Investigators maintain a search out, with capital murder warrants sworn against him. “He could have gotten out of the state, even out of the country,” Tull said in an interview with PRB News.
Tull added. “He left behind the vehicle he was responsible for.”
He left everything behind, including outraged women of the family.
Published reports note Boucher is very upset: more than a month has gone by and there is no new leads, no witnesses, no prospects for a trial - justice.
The family women wore pink T-shirts bearing Yaser Said's face and handed out fliers and posters with his photograph, much like the style of wanted posters.
Another great-aunt, Star Rogers, joined Boucher in efforts near the Irving Police Department to boost the public awareness of their desire to find Said.
"Our main thing is we want to keep his face out there somehow," Boucher said.
Irving police are following old leads - no new ones - with detectives working under the assumption that Said is alive, according to published reports.
According to Boucher, Said could be hiding in the Bedford area where his brothers live. Police there said they remain on alert for Said.
Lewisville High School friends are keeping Sara and Amina alive in memory through pink T-shirts and buttons that bear their photos.
Friends are also raising money for the girls' mother, Patricia Said, and brother, Islam, who live in hiding.
Yaser Said is believed to have fatally shot Amina and Sarah in his taxicab because they were dating non-Muslim boys, police said.
The slayings have divided an already troubled family. Past reports of violence and abuse exist in court records of nearby jurisdictions, showing a molestation allegation in Hill County, 1998.
Follow-up investigations by child protective services declared the allegations founded.
Great-aunt Jill Owens was last among extended family members to see the girls alive.
Six days before their murder, the girls, mother and the girls' boyfriends fled to Owens' Kansas home because of Yaser Said’s stated threat to kill all four teens, Owens said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Irving police at 972-721-2518.
A Facebook group called "rest in peace, sarah & amina" at www.facebook.com has dedicated a page to memorialize the girls.