Trial begins for a North Texas man accused of murdering his two daughters in 2008. Investigators called the girls' deaths 'honor killings'.
Opening statements begin Tuesday in the trail of a man accused of murdering of his two daughters.
This is a high-profile capital murder trial over a decade in the making. Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday morning.It's been nearly 15 years since two sisters were found shot to death inside a taxicab in Irving. Said is charged in the deaths of his daughters on New Year’s Day 2008. The case made national headlines after investigators in Irving said the girls' deaths were "honor killings," targeted by their father because they were not, in his view, following the tenets of their Islamic faith.Milner says all of the previous publicity could make it challenging to pick an impartial jury.
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