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Fox 2
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District attorney René Guerra held a press conference to clarify doubts surrounding the investigation into Irene Garza’s homicide.
After a special documentary aired over the weekend on a national network about the Irene Garza murder case, which Guerra deemed biased and political, the district attorney decided to call on the media to refute accusations that his office has not done enough to prosecute the case.
“The foreman of the grand jury together with the rest they decided they did not want to hear any further testimony after 14 weeks and 76 hours of testimony,” René Guerra, Hidalgo County district attorney explained.
Irene Garza was found dead at 25 in a canal in McAllen in April of 1960. Evidence collected back then was not sufficient to tie the prime suspect father john fait, who had received Garza for confession.
It was not until 2004 that new testimony emerged from 2 former priests that the case was brought to life again.
But a grand jury concluded to ‘no bill’ after not being convinced of the evidence.
However, Garza’s family believes the jury was not presented with all the evidence in a proper manner.
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