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PHOENIX – Authorities said Wednesday they used new evidence to help revive a more than half-century-old murder case in which an 83-year-old former priest is accused of killing a Texas teacher and ex-beauty queen, but they declined to give details.
John Feit , who had been jailed in Phoenix since his arrest last month, was turned over to Texas authorities earlier Wednesday and was headed back to South Texas, Hidalgo County District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez said. He will be held in the county jail.
“Today we can say that after a long wait of approximately 56 years, is the beginning of bringing justice to … the victim and the community,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez and other officials at a news conference declined to comment on what evidence was presented to grand jurors to indict Feit, only saying “we do have new facts and evidence.” Rene Guerra, the former longtime Hidalgo County district attorney who had previously investigated the murder but never brought charges, has said there was no DNA evidence.
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