Irene Garza (November 15, 1934 – April 1960) was an American schoolteacher and beauty queen whose death was the subject of investigation for several decades. She was last seen alive on April 16, 1960, when she went to confession at a church in McAllen, Texas.

Dec 8, 2017 · Garza, a second-grade teacher and former homecoming queen who was named Miss All-South Texas Sweetheart in 1958, was a devout Catholic who was found dead in an irrigation canal in 1960 — five...

Dec 8, 2017 · EDINBURG, Texas -- An ex-priest was convicted of murdering a 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen on Thursday, more than 57 years after Irene Garza went to Sacred Heart Catholic...

Apr 17, 2016 · Five decades after the murder of the beautiful school teacher, her long suspected killer -- a former priest -- is in custody. A new witness stepped forward, but despite this new evidence, there...

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.

Nov 30, 2017 · On April 16, 1960 a 25-year-old schoolteacher and former beauty queen named Irene Garza attended confession at Sacred Heart Church in McAllen. Five days later, she was found dead in a nearby canal. An investigation revealed …

Jun 1, 2013 · On April 16, 1960 -- the day before Easter -- schoolteacher and former beauty queen Irene Garza, age 25, went to confession at her family's church in McAllen, Texas. She never came home. On...

Jun 1, 2013 · All evidence pointed police to one conclusion: A priest had killed a beautiful 25-year-old schoolteacher. Searchers had found the lifeless body of former Miss South Texas, Irene Garza, face down...

Jan 23, 2023 · A young school teacher and beauty queen, Garza disappeared after she met with Feit for confession at the Sacred Heart Church in McAllen. A few of Garza's belongings were found, and her body later turned up in an irrigation ditch.

Mar 26, 2022 · When the young teacher and beauty queen Irene Garza went missing in McAllen, TX, the case went cold for decades. Let's examine how it was solved.