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02-10-2016, 10:03 AM
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Ex-Priest John Feit Arrested in 1960 Murder of Irene Garza
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-priest-john-feit-arrested-1960-murder-irene-garza-n515551
A former priest has been arrested over the 1960 murder of Texas beauty queen and schoolteacher Irene Garza, officials and campaigners said Tuesday.
John Feit, 83, was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona on a murder charge out of Hildago County, Texas — where the one-time Miss South Texas was found dead in a canal, authorities said.
Feit was jailed pending extradition to Texas, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona said in a statement.
His arrest came after a Texas grand jury indicted him on the murder charge, NBC affiliate KPNX in Phoenix reported (http://www.12news.com/news/local/valley/priest-arrested-for-murder-that-happened-60-years-ago/38634370).
It wasn't immediately clear what new information, if any, led to the charge.
Twenty-five-year-old Garza was last seen at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen on April 16, 1960.
Her body was found April 21 in a canal, according to the Texas Rangers website (http://dps.texas.gov/texasrangers/UnsolvedHomicides/Details.aspx?&id=151).
She vanished after going to see Feit, a visiting priest, for confession.
Irene Garza
http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_06/1411461/160210-irene-garza-jpo-658a_462ca022890f06d9c4efc729f8937f26.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg
John Feit
http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_06/1411296/160210-john-feit-jpo-1249a_ec4ce022ea82ef3fef6160f9266101a8.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg
Ex-Priest John Feit Arrested in 1960 Murder of Irene Garza
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-priest-john-feit-arrested-1960-murder-irene-garza-n515551
A former priest has been arrested over the 1960 murder of Texas beauty queen and schoolteacher Irene Garza, officials and campaigners said Tuesday.
John Feit, 83, was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona on a murder charge out of Hildago County, Texas — where the one-time Miss South Texas was found dead in a canal, authorities said.
Feit was jailed pending extradition to Texas, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona said in a statement.
His arrest came after a Texas grand jury indicted him on the murder charge, NBC affiliate KPNX in Phoenix reported (http://www.12news.com/news/local/valley/priest-arrested-for-murder-that-happened-60-years-ago/38634370).
It wasn't immediately clear what new information, if any, led to the charge.
Twenty-five-year-old Garza was last seen at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen on April 16, 1960.
Her body was found April 21 in a canal, according to the Texas Rangers website (http://dps.texas.gov/texasrangers/UnsolvedHomicides/Details.aspx?&id=151).
She vanished after going to see Feit, a visiting priest, for confession.
Irene Garza
http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_06/1411461/160210-irene-garza-jpo-658a_462ca022890f06d9c4efc729f8937f26.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg
John Feit
http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_06/1411296/160210-john-feit-jpo-1249a_ec4ce022ea82ef3fef6160f9266101a8.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg