TEXAS
Washington Times

By – Associated Press – Wednesday, February 10, 2016

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) – A former priest has been arrested in Arizona in the 1960 slaying of a 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher.

Eighty-three-year-old John Feit was arrested Tuesday by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department and awaits extradition to Texas. Feit faces a murder charge in the death of Irene Garza.

Authorities say Garza visited Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen, where Feit was a priest, on April 16, 1960. Garza had planned to go to confession that evening but never returned, and her body was found days later in an irrigation canal.

According to an autopsy, Garza died from a head injury. Feit was a suspect in the killing but was never charged in the case.