IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Irving man who helped his father evade capture for more than 12 years in connection to the brutal “honor killings” of his teen sisters has pleaded guilty.
32-year-old Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest, one count of concealing a person from arrest and one count of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
On New Year’s Day 2008, Yaser Said allegedly shot his daughters Amina and Sarah inside his taxi cab and abandoned their bodies in the trunk of the car.
After more than a decade on the lamb, he was captured by the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force in August 2020 and is in state custody.
Prosecutors accused Islam Said, along with his uncle Yassein Said, of hiding Yaser inside an apartment in Bedford, where a maintenance worker spotted the then FBI’s Most Wanted fugitive on August 14, 2017.
After the worker reported the sighting to the FBI, investigators said Islam refused to cooperate with an agent dispatched to interview him and allegedly called his uncle to say, “we have a problem.”
Prosecutors said Islam also hit his father inside a home in Justin that belonged to his cousin before the arrests were made.
The Department of Justice said Islam Said’s arrest and guilty plea helps bring some closure to the Amina and Sarah’s loved ones.
“Islam Said prioritized the whims of his father, an alleged killer, over justice for his own sisters. Thanks to the dogged work of the FBI and its law enforcement partners, however, Mr. Said’s efforts were ultimately in vain,” said U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah. “We are grateful to the many agents and officers who worked to apprehend Mr. Said, along with his father and uncle. Sara and Amina deserve justice.”
Islam Said is facing up to 30 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced in April.
His uncle Yassein Said is set for trial February 1, 2021.
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