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Mcallen and remains so today. she lived here with her sister and parents. on the saturday before easter, she hopped in her car for a short, five-minute ride to her church. irene went to confession every saturday. >> she was highly religious. it was very, very important to her. >> on that april day in 1960, irene met with father john feit, a 27-year-old visiting priest. he had come to the sacred heart church from a nearby town to help out on the busy easter weekend. >> kind of a nice guy but he w...

While in a coma. noemi, when you stand here at this site, tell me what goes through your mind. >> a great sadness. it just breaks my heart. >> all of mcallen was shaken. nothing like this had ever happened here. >> it was just so horrible to know that this beautiful, beautiful, nice person was found dead, murdered. >> since irenes car was still at the church, thats where investigators focused, and on the last man believed to see her alive, father john feit, the visiting priest. in a sworn statem...

On the saturday before easter, she hopped in her car for a short, five-minute ride to her church. irene went to confession every saturday. >> she was highly religious. it was very, very important to her. >> on that april day in 1960, irene met with father john feit, a 27-year-old visiting priest. he had come to the sacred heart church from a nearby town to help out on the busy easter weekend. >> kind of a nice guy but he was a rigid fellow. >> dale tacheny, a former monk, says he spent six month...

>> all of mcallen was shaken, nothing like this had ever happened here. >> it was just so horrible to know that this beautiful, beautiful, nice person was found dead murdered. >> since irenes car was still at the church, thats where investigators focused and the last man believed to see her alive, father john feit, the visiting priest. in a sworn statement feit said he took a phone call from irene wanting to speak to one of the priests about an important matter, but instead of taking irenes conf...

Feit had her go next door to the rectory. and after the visit, irene went missing. >> so, immediately, my dad and others were wondering, you know, what had happened and what did this guy know. >> traumatized, irenes family retreated into their home, surrounded by their closest relatives. >> i remember being in the house and the lady sitting on the bed just crying her heart out. >> as painful as the memories are, cousin noemi wanted us see the family home today to better understand what happened ...

Raised in a religious catholic home. he was an altar boy for seven or eight years. the priests thought so much of him, he gave him his first job in the rectory. thats the george zimmerman his family wants the world to know. in terms of his somes injuries, his father described hem for the court, by phone. >> his face was swollen quite a bit. he had a protective cut over his nose. his lip was swollen and cut, and there were two vertical gashes on the back of his head. >> reporter: robert zimmerman...

His first job in the rectory. thats the george zimmerman his family wants the world to know. in terms of his sons injuries, george zimmermans father describes them for the court. >> his face was swollen quite a bit. he had a protective cover over his nose. his lip was swollen and cut, and there were two vertical gashes on the back of his head. >> robert zimmerman senior spoke to wofl in shadow for his safety early on and painted a picture that supported his sons claim of self-defense. >> trayvon...

His father likes to point out that he grew up in a close family with one brother and one sister raised in a religious catholic home. the priest thought so much of him he gave him his first job in the rectory. thats the george zimmerman his family wants the world to know. in terms of his sons injuries, the family described it by phone. >> the face was swollen. he had a protective cover over his nose. his lip was swollen and cut and there were two vertical gashes on the back of his head. >> he spo...

Feit had her go next door to the rectory, and after the visit irene went missing. >> so immediately my dad and others were wondering, you know, what had happened and what did this guy know? >> traumatized, irenes family retreated into their home, surrounded by their closest relatives. >> i remember being in the house and the lady sitting on the bed just crying her heart out. >> as painful as the memories are, cousin noemi wanted us see the family home that day, to better understand what happened...

Two candelabra from irenes church and the slide viewer. >> that slide viewer was found next to her body. >> sonny miller is the former supervisor of mcallens crime scene investigations. the slide viewer that was found, whose slide viewer was that? >> investigators found it belonged to father feit. >> father feit has always denied to police he killed irene garza. he acknowledged taking irenes confession at rectory and told investigators she left. but family members suspected him immediately. >> c...