TEXAS
Daily Mail
December 2, 2017
By Matthew Wright
Former priest, 85, ‘who beat, raped and strangled a Texas beauty queen to death in 1960’ appears in court with a walker as jury is shown her tattered outfit, shoe and purse that were found in a ditch
The petticoat, blouse, shoe, belt and purse belonging to Irene Garza were shown in an Edinburgh, Texas court for the case of 85-year-old John Feit
Feit is accused of beating and strangling the 25-year-old teacher and former beauty queen in 1960
Juan Gonzales and Alfredo Barrera testified on Thursday that they had both come across the purse after Garza had been killed
Authorities questioned the then-27-year-old priest who had scratches on his hand and failed a lie detector test but he was later listed as not being a suspect
The case went cold twice before a new jury indicted Feit in February 2016
The tattered outfit and purse of a Texas beauty queen killed in 1960 were shown in court on Friday in the trial of the former Catholic priest accused of killing her.
A crime scene technician looked over the personal effects of Irene Garza, 25, to help the state in their prosecution of 85-year-old John Feit.
Garza, a schoolteacher and Miss All South Texas Sweetheart 1958, disappeared on Easter weekend in April 1960 and was found dead in a canal five days later.
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