Man Convicted of Fatally Shooting His 2 Daughters in Texas

Man Convicted of Fatally Shooting His 2 Daughters in Texas
Yaser Said, 65, accused of killing his two teen daughters on New Year's Day 2008, takes the stand to testify during his capital murder trial at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Aug. 8, 2022. Liesbeth Power/The Dallas Morning News via AP
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DALLAS—A suburban Dallas man who evaded arrest for more than 12 years after the fatal shootings of his two teenage daughters in 2008 was convicted Tuesday in the killings that prosecutors said were driven by his obsessive desire for control.

Yaser Said, 65, was found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said. Prosecutors did not pursue the death penalty, so with the conviction, the judge sentenced Yaser Said to life in prison without parole.