we didn't know much about yaser. none of the family did, because tissie only knew him for a couple weeks before they got married. so you really don't know anyone in a two-weeks time. >> yaser and his three brothers had come to america in 1983. they'd been raised in egypt. but they left egypt for a new life. he worked at a convenience store, and that's where he met patricia owens. he was 30, and she was 15. ♪ we had went out to eat, and we come home, and yaser told my mom, i want to marry your daughter. and my mom was, like, you've only known her for a couple week, and he said, yeah, i know. i want to marry her. >> he convinced my mom and dad that his family had money. so i think there was a sense of my mom and dad feeling like, well, you know, she'll be taken care of. >> she was very naive and very trusting and did not really understand how radically her life was going to change. >> he convinced this family that if you give me your 15-year-old daughter she'll be in a better place. and this guy preyed upon that naiv