EDINBURG (TX)
KRGV
December 7, 2017
[Note: See also a PDF of the original Pawlicki letter and See also South Texas DA Refuses to Pursue Ex-Priest, by Brooks Egerton, Dallas Morning News, November 21, 2004.]
EDINBURG – A jury just reached their decision for a former priest on trial for the 1960 murder of Irene Garza.
The jury reached a guilty verdict minutes ago.
Eighty-four-year-old John Feit was the prime suspect in Garza’s death.
The school teacher’s body was found in a canal in Apr. 1960. She was last seen at confession at Sacred Heart Church in McAllen.
Feit was arrested last February in his Arizona home in connection with the death.
Now jurors will decide how long the former priest will spend behind bars.
Sentencing is scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m.
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