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Jordanian man found guilty of capital murder in Houston ‘honor killings’

Investigators say the killings were driven by the man's anger over his daughter's decision to marry a Christian man.
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Ali Mahwood-Awad Isran

HOUSTON - A Jordanian man has been found guilty of capital murder in a pair of "honor killings."

On Thursday, a jury found Ali Mahwood-Awad Isran guilty of killing his daughter's husband and her best friend.

Investigators say the killings were driven by Isran's anger over his daughter Nesreen's decision to marry a Christian man.

According to detectives, Nesreen's best friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, was killed in November 2012 and her husband, Coty Beavers, was killed 11 months later.

Isran's wife, son, and a second daughter are also charged in the case. His daughter, Nadia, is accused of stalking her sister Nesreen and planting a GPS tracker in her car.

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