Father Allegedly Murders Two Daughters On New Year's Eve

Fifty-year-old Yaser Abdel Said, an Egyptian-born cab driver, cannot be found. It is suspected he has returned to Egypt, where he visits once a year. Police have issued a warrant for his arrest, after the bodies of his two daughters, shot multiple times, were discovered in his taxi cab.

Because Yaser Said has traditional Egyptian values, it has been speculated that the murders were "honor killings" - the result of his belief that his daughters brought shame on the family. His wife, Patricia, and his son, Islam, disagree. Nineteen-year-old Islam stated, "Why is it every time an Arab father kills a daughter, it's an honor killing? It didn't have anything to do with that."

A 17-year-old senior at Euless Trinity High School, who was a friend of 18-year-old Amina, the older of Said’s two daughters, told reporters, "I remember her telling me that her dad told her he would take her back to Egypt and have her killed. He said it's OK to do that over there if you dishonor your family."

A relative of Patricia Said, the girl’s mother, quoted here from a police interview, said, “Patricia had told her that since they are Muslim that the daughter was only allowed to date other Muslims. Yaser had found out she went on a date with a non-Muslim and became very angry and threatened her with bodily harm. This concerned Patricia because Yaser has been violent in the past and Patricia was afraid that Yaser would severely hurt their daughter.