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this is a case about betrayal murder and a cover-up in April 16 1960 Irene goddess I went to Sacred Heart Church in
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McAllen seeking to save her soul instead she was suffocated and you're gonna find
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out that the man who did this is John feit there may be people who don't understand
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why an old man is being prosecuted he looks like everyone's grandfather but make no mistake this is an evil man he
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was a predator he was a wolf and priests clothing looking to attack she was not only beautiful physically she had a
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beautiful soul I think she just loved her faith I don't think she thought of it in terms of oh look how religious I
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am it was like this was my life down here it's a primarily Catholic community and in Easter's the high holiday Irene
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on Holy Saturday with the church packed with everybody trying to cleanse their soul in this confessional about seven
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o'clock walked in she would never again be seen leaving that church they'd later find her body in her
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irrigation canal thrown like a piece of trash Irene was found five days after she disappeared then what did the killer
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done to her she was sexually assaulted physically assaulted then she died of suffocation back then the church was
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very powerful it was unheard of to be accusing a priest you know you just didn't do that my father that was a
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deputy sheriff at that time he approached his superior and asked him why it's nothing being done and he was
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told to just step away from the case just step away let us take care of it did the Catholic Church in those days
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have the power to prevent a suspect in a murder case from being arrested yes the
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case died it was a cold case [Music] is this the man that you knew was John fight yes he was perhaps the key witness
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in the case he assaulted her bound her and Jacob as she left he could hear her say I shan't breathe
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I shan't breathe we got a word for that in Texas what's that but there isn't any forensic
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evidence that affirmative the late John fight to this crime in any way you will see her clothing is there any evidence
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of DNA the evidence will show you know you will see her purse is there any evidence of fingerprints yeah this will
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show you know you will see her shoes there wasn't enough evidence then there won't be enough evidence now I don't
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expect that there'd be another case like this ever come around in my lifetime the
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institution who was in the business of seeking salvation was complicit in covering up this murder it was a case
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worth losing it was worth taking a risk it's a story that needed to be told [Music]