WATCH LIVE: Yaser Said is accused of killing his two teenaged daughters in 2008
Yaser Said took the stand in his own defense, saying "I did not kill my daughters" through a translator.The trial for Yaser Said, who is accused of murdering his two teenage daughters in 2008, continued into its second week on Monday.
Yaser Said took the stand in his own defense on Monday afternoon. He testified that his daughters were alive in his cab the last time he saw them. Said, who was arrested after being on the run for 12 years following the deaths of his daughters, Sarah and Amina, claimed he was angry with his daughters but denied killing them. Their bodies were found in his cab.During Monday’s trial proceedings, Said was at times visibly agitated when being questioned by the prosecution. Said said he loved his daughters and took them for a ride on that fateful day because he had serious concerns about their dating life. But he claims they never made it to dinner because someone was following them in another car. He showed no emotion when talking about hearing that his daughters had been murdered.Yaser Said takes stand in his own defense, denies killing daughters Through an interpreter Yaser Said says he "for sure did not" kill his daughters Sarah and Amina. He is facing capital murder charges in their 2008 deaths. Speaking through a translator, the Egyptian-born taxi driver recounted what he said happened on January 1, 2008, the night he took his two daughters for a ride in a cab where they were later found murdered.On direct examination, Said testified he thought Sarah and Amina had sent someone to assassinate him, and he was scared. "I stopped at Riverside Drive. I opened the door and ran across to a wooden area," he testified. "And I thought if it’s my daughters’ friend, let them solve the problem together if they have issues." Said claimed when he left the daughters in the cab, they were alive. He testified he had no further plan and had hoped a friend might drive by and pick him up."So you left your daughters to get slaughtered in the car?" the prosecution asked.Said testified he had a cell phone with him in the cab at the time he claimed he was being followed and a 9-millimeter handgun he claims he kept there for protection. But he said he didn't think to use either before he ran off, instead leaving both items in the cab with the teens."Because I believed behind this coverage, there was a secret agenda," said responded. "And all of the media was steered in a certain direction against me and that I would not get a fair trial." Said had no explanation as to how he ultimately ended up at a Denton County home where he was apprehended by the FBI in August 2020. Earlier in the day, Dallas FBI agent Randall White took the stand to discuss the 24-hour surveillance of the house in Justin in where Said was believed to be staying. While executing a search warrant in 2020, White says the FBI found a secret room built into the home with a cot inside.Inside the house, FBI agents found a fridge stocked with fresh food, a wig and Said's Egyptian passport. The state contends the room was built by members of the Said family to conceal the fugitive, who at that time was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List.On redirect, the defense asked Said one final question."Definitely no," he replied. "I did not kill my daughters."Tuesday morning, they will get their jury charge, listen to closing arguments and then begin deliberations. The judge told them to back an overnight bag, meaning they'll be sequestered until they reach a verdict.'Honor Killings' Trial: Investigators detail how they found Yaser Said The prosecution laid out the timeline leading up to Said's arrest. He'd been on the run since 2008 after the shooting death of his daughters outside an Irving hotel.
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