S01E15: THE MURDERS OF SARAH AND AMINA SAID

*Trigger Warning: This episode contains explicit language and topics/discussions involving alleged sexual abuse which may be disturbing. Listener discretion is advised*

No one could have imagined the true tyranny that was happening inside the Said household in Bedford, Texas.  It was a horror that sisters Sarah and Amina would experience for years which included alleged abuse and control by their father Yaser, who was determined to marry the girls off to rich strangers back in his home country. When the girls decided to run away from home with their mother in December 2007, a series of events would unravel leading to the devastating murders of the young girls at the hands of the man who should have been their protector. This is the story of a culture clash within one family's household, the man responsible for the murders who became a fugitive for over a decade- even being listed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list- and the pursuit of justice for the sisters whose tragic deaths made international headlines.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:

'The Price of Honor' Documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EUfxrtFGzA&t=25s

'Crime Watch Daily' Episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsPb5fWY_Q4&t=1156s

CBS Interview with Patricia Owens (2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbq-J2ZOF0w

United States Department of Justice Press Release:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/yaser-said-family-members-charged-concealing-10-most-wanted-suspect-arrest

United States Department of Justice Press Release (Islam Said Sentencing):
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/islam-said-sentenced-10-years-concealing-10-most-wanted-suspect-arrest

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