Articles by Tom Steele

Children & Teens

Yaser Said, accused of killing his two daughters in 2008, was nearly caught in 2017, authorities say The FBI believes Said narrowly escaped after a maintenance worker reported seeing him at a Bedford apartment leased to the fugitive’s son, documents show.

August 28, 2020 and   

(Dallas Morning News) Three years ago, authorities nearly captured Yaser Abdel Said — who spent more than a decade evading law enforcement on suspicion of killing his two teenage daughters in Irving — when a maintenance worker spotted him in a North […]

Children & Teens

Man accused of killing 2 teen daughters in 2008 has been captured, Irving police and FBI announce Yaser Abdel Said, 63, had been on the bureau’s Ten Most Wanted list since 2014 before he was tracked down in the Denton County city of Justin; his son and brother were arrested in Euless on suspicion of harboring him.

August 26, 2020 , , and   

(Dallas Morning News) Yaser Abdel Said, a 63-year-old man who is suspected of killing his two teenage daughters in Irving more than a decade ago, has been captured, authorities announced Wednesday. Said had been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list […]