Yaser Abdel Said, 50, was wanted on a warrant for capital murder after
police say he shot the girls and left them to die in his taxi,
which was found parked in front a hotel in Las Colinas, a suburb north
of Dallas. Police said Mr. Said should be considered armed and
dangerous.
Friends of Amina Yaser Said, 18, and Sarah Yaser Said, 17, described
the girls to the Dallas Morning News as “extremely smart “like
geniuses,” saying the slain sisters had been enrolled in advanced
placement classes and were active in soccer and tennis at suburban
Lewisville High School.
While police refused to discuss a possible motive for the crimes,
family and friends told reporters that the girls’ Westernized lifestyle
caused conflict with their Muslim father, who immigrated from Egypt in
the 1980s.
“He was really strict about guy relationships and talking to guys, as
well as the things she wears,” Kathleen Wong, a friend of the girls,
told KTVT-TV, the Dallas CBS affiliate.
Two boys who said they had been dating the sisters told KXAS-TV in
Dallas that Mr. Said was upset that his daughters were involved with
non-Muslims.