The object found near Garza’s body after the irrigation ditch was drained was a green slide viewer, as CBS News goes on to explain. Law enforcement published pictures of the slide viewer in local media, and though he denied he killed Garza, Feit admitted it was his. As CBS News also reports, the priest also denied he saw Garza’s final confession but then changed his story.
Also around that same time, police were investigating a reported assault of another young woman named Maria America Guerra, this time in Edinburg, Texas, a short distance away from McAllen. Guerra’s attack took place inside a church and according to her own account her attacker wore priest’s clothing. Feit was picked from a lineup by Guerra. He was later convicted on a lesser charge of aggravated assault and fined $500 for the attack. Feit pleaded no contest when he had initially been charged with assault with intent to rape.
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Also notable, in police photographs of Feit from that time, scratches on the back of his hands are visible. Garza would have been dead at the point those photos were taken. When questioned, Feit said those abrasions happened as he tried to climb in the second story window after he locked himself outside his residence.
