Man wanted in 'honor killings' of daughters captured after 12 years on the run

A man on the FBI's Most Wanted List for slaying his two daughters in "honor killings" outside an Irving hotel in 2008 has been captured, the FBI and Irving Police Department announced Wednesday evening.

Yaser Abdel Said is accused of shooting and killing his two daughters, 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah. Investigators believe he was taking them to dinner when he shot them in the back of a taxi cab outside the Omni Hotel in Irving.

Said was taken into custody "without incident" by FBI SWAT in Justin, Texas, on Wednesday, according to an FBI release. Initially in federal custody, he will be transferred to Dallas County, the release said.

“This man brutally murdered, shot to death his two daughters in his taxi cab," Irving Police Chief Jeff Spivey said. "We have tirelessly followed every lead never losing hope that we would one day locate and arrest Yaser Said."

The FBI said they also arrested two relatives of Said in Euless for harboring a fugitive, his son, Islam Said, and his brother, Yasim Said, and they believe there are others who helped him evade capture.

The FBI classified the shootings as "honor killings."

In the recorded 911 call, one of the girls is heard saying her father shot her.

Police believe Yaser Said was angry they were dating boys who were non-Muslim and killed them.

It was a high-profile case and there are still many details some are discovering more than a decade later.

"He followed them everywhere and he recorded their every move,” said Ruth Trotter, a family friend, of home videos that show the father with his two teen daughters before their violent deaths.

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