EDINBURG (TX)
KRGV/CNN
December 2, 2017
EDINBURG, TX (KRGV/CNN) – An 84-year-old former priest is on trial in Texas for a 1960 murder.
John Feit is accused of killing Irene Garza in McAllen in April of that year. He was a 27-year-old priest at the time, and she was a 25-year-old second-grade teacher.
Their paths crossed on Easter weekend at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Prosecutors said Feit lured her into the rectory and killed her.
He entered the courtroom Thursday using a walker for the first day of the trial.
“Irene Garza went into a church trusting that her soul would be saved, but it was suffocated,” said Michael Garza, Hidalgo County Assistant District Attorney.
Investigators found Irene Garza’s body five days after she disappeared, in a canal. Investigators said she died from suffocation.
For years, Feit has denied killing Irene Garza, whose story has appeared in several TV special investigations, including one that aired on CNN.
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