TEXAS
The Monitor
LORENZO ZAZUETA-CASTRO | STAFF WRITER
EDINBURG — A judge set a tentative trial date for a former priest accused of killing a McAllen woman more than 50 years ago.
After a brief hearing Monday morning both sides in the capital murder case of John Bernard Feit agreed to a late April trial date.
92nd state District Court Judge Luis Singleterry set a pretrial date for April 20, and a subsequent trial date of April 24 after Hidalgo County Assistant District Attorney Michael Garza asked the court to set a date as most evidence has been turned over to the defense.
The 83-year-old man is accused of killing Irene Garza, a McAllen schoolteacher and beauty queen back in the 60s when he worked as a priest in the Valley.
The 25-year-old woman was last seen April 16, 1960 going to confession at the Sacred Heart church in McAllen; authorities found her lifeless body 5 days later in a canal.
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