TEXAS/ARIZONA
The Monitor
PHOENIX — John Feit, the former priest accused of killing a McAllen teacher 55 years ago, has waived his right to an extradition hearing. That means Texas has 30 days to pick him up from Arizona to face a murder charge.
“We’re one step closer to dispensing justice,” District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez said after the hearing.
Rodriguez added Feit will be picked up “sooner than later.”
Feit, 83, the man long suspected by many of killing Irene Garza more than five decades ago, remains in custody of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, where he has sat for more than two weeks as he awaits for the extradition process to run its course.
Feit was arrested Feb. 9 at his apartment in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he had lived in the Phoenix area since the early ‘80s, when he had started a new life after leaving the priesthood.
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