Reporter in 1960, irene garza was raped and murdered in mcallen, texas. One thing i remember is just screams. There was a suspect. Who do you believe killed irene garza . Father john bernard feit. Father john feit. Back then, a catholic priest. No evidence in this case right now points us in any other direction. So why is he still a free man . By all accounts, irene garza was a remarkable young woman. She kind of broke the mold. Irenes younger cousin, noemi sigler. At that time, hispanics stayed on one side of town, anglos lived on another side, and she kind of transcended that. She was gentle and sweet and beautiful. Lynda de la vina is another cousin. She was really a role model, and to see how she had gone through college, was a teacher, was a beauty queen and yet was just a very sweet and simple person to us as children. But in 1960, the body of this inspiring woman was found face down in this canal. She was 25, the age for thinking about getting married and raising a family. She d
Effervescence. She had the most musical type voice. She had a way with children, and she smelled like flowers. Reporter in 1960, irene garza was raped and murdered in mcallen, texas. One thing i remember is just screams. There was a suspect. Who do you believe killed irene garza . Father john bernard feit. Father john feit. Back then, a catholic priest. No evidence in this case right now points us in any other direction. So why is he still a free man . By all accounts, irene garza was a remarkable young woman. She kind of broke the mold. Irenes younger cousin, naomi sigler. At that time, hispanics stayed on one side of town, anglos lived on another side, and she kind of transcended that. She was gentle and sweet and beautiful. Lynda de la vina is another cousin. She was really a role model, and to see how she had gone through college, was a teacher, was a beauty queen and yet was just a very sweet and simple person to us as children. But in 1960, the body of this inspiring woman was fo
feit said that he patted her on her breasts, she was in the back seat, and was saying to her, irene, everything will be okay, everything will be okay, irene. even though john feit knew she was dead? yeah, yeah. while it was not unusual at the time for the church to deal with criminal priests internally, tacheny says he asked feit about the secular authorities. but why was he sent to the monastery, in your opinion, and not to the police? i asked, why are you here and not in prison, and he said, simply the church protected me. the autopsy states that irene showed evidence of recent trauma, sexual intercourse, and trauma to the head. evidence of strangulation could
head and put her in the bathtub. this is what he told you? yes. and as he was leaving, she was saying, i can t breathe, i can t breathe. later on that day, he came back and she was dead in the bathtub. with father o brien and dale tacheny, the former monk, finally coming forward, the police were ready to make an arrest, but one man in mcallen, texas, had other ideas. the problem with the irene garza case is that you have no credible person that you could put on the stand beyond a reasonable doubt say, this man killed irene garza. how could the d.a. say that? and why?