Egyptian-American Yaser Abdel Said, one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, has been arrested in the United States, 12 years after he killed his two teenage daughters. According to a press release from the FBI, Said “was taken into custody without incident today in Justin, Texas, by the FBI’s Dallas Field Office”. “The FBI-led Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force has worked tirelessly to find Yaser Abdel Said. These experienced investigators never gave up on their quest to find him and pledged to never forget the young victims in this case,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno in the press release. Earlier in August, a social media campaign was launched to mobilise the Egyptian public in the search for Said, who is accused of killing his two daughters 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah. At the time, it was believed Said may have fled from the United States to Egypt sometime between the murder on New Year’s Day in 2008 and now. Information received by the FBI and other authorities had indicated he may have managed to flee the United States for Egypt in recent years. Speaking to…
Egyptian-American Who Killed His Daughters Arrested After 12 Years: FBI
August 27, 2020
