PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office made an arrest in the murder of Irene Garza. She’s the second grade school teacher who was murdered in 1960.

No one was ever arrested for the crime until Tuesday.

The former priest John Feit is officially being charged with the murder of Garza.

Feit, 83, was taken into custody by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Apprehension and Surveillance Team. He was arrested outside of his apartment in Scottsdale.

He’s enjoyed life in the community in the Phoenix-area since the early 1970s. He’s married, has children and grandchildren and is a regular volunteer at his church.

Now, Feit will face charges for a crime he is accused of committing almost 56 years ago.

Feit spent time in the Rio Grande Valley in 1960 and was allegedly the last person to see Garza alive. She was 25 years old at the time.

The second grade teacher was going to confession at Sacred Heart Church the night before Easter Sunday, April 1960.

Feit heard her confession, but what happened after that was unknown. Garza never came back home.

Feit was always considered a person of interest in the case, but he was never arrested. He was questioned by police about where he was the night Garza went missing. There were no witnesses to any crime, and Feit told police he didn’t do it.

What he allegedly told another former priest was a very different story.

We will continue following this story.

Note: Original post said "66-year-old" it should be "56-year-old murder case."