#irene garza

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Irene Garza was a 25 year old beauty queen and a second grade school teacher at Thigpen Elementary in McAllen. On April 16, 1960, Irene's last known whereabouts were at Sacred Heart Catholic Church rectory in McAllen. That evening, Irene was reported missing by her parents when she did not come home after church. Irene's vehicle was located near the church and her deceased body was recovered five days later in a canal on 2nd Street (Colonel Rowe Street) in McAllen.

Jonathan Feit, a priest, was identified as a suspect early in the investigation. In February 2016 he was arrested and charged with the murder. On December 7, 2017, Feit was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

[elisabethloxx]

Five days after she disappeared on April 16, 1960 police found Irene Garza's body face down in this McAllen canal. An autopsy report states that her body showed evidence of "recent trauma, sexual intercourse" and "trauma to the head." According to the report, "evidence of strangulation could not be found, but suffocation could have been carried out by placing a cloth over the mouth and nose." "The subject was dead when placed into the canal," the report said.

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Irene Garza's high-heeled shoe was later found near an empty road, and her patent leather purse in the middle of a field in April 1960.

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Photographs of murdered beauty queen and schoolteacher Irene Garza from her McAllen High School Yearbook, 1951.

Garza was the first Latina twirler and drum majorette at McAllen High School. Her classmates voted her Band Queen in 1951.

[msturbokitty]

A retired Catholic priest convicted of murdering a former beauty queen who came to him for confession was sentenced to life in prison by a jury in south Texas

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Allegations persist that local church and elected officials cut a deal to cover up the murder of 25-year-old Irene Garza.

You can run on for a long time, but sooner or later God’ll cut you down.

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Updates in the Irene Garza case!

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