ARIZONA
Houston Chronicle
PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the arrest in Arizona of a former priest in the 1960 cold-case killing of a Texas schoolteacher (all times local):
3:15 p.m.
The former priest arrested in the 1960 death of a Texas schoolteacher worked as a volunteer and administrator for many years at a Phoenix charity.
St. Vincent de Paul executive director Steve Zabilski said John Feit (fyt) was an employee at the Catholic charity up until about a decade ago. He later worked as a volunteer.
Zabliski said Feit worked with and trained volunteers in the charity’s many food pantries around the Phoenix area.
He said the charity knew about Feit being under suspicion in the death of Irene Garza, but continued to work there because he was never charged and denied involvement. Zabliski called Feit a kind, caring and compassionate employee, and said he was stunned about the news.
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12:50 p.m.
A former priest accused in the 1960 killing of a Texas schoolteacher says he’ll fight extradition to the state following his arrest in Arizona.
John Bernard Feit (fyt) appeared in court on Wednesday in Phoenix, a day after he was arrested at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, on a murder warrant from Texas’ Hidalgo County in the death of Irene Garza.
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