A former Catholic priest has been found guilty in the death of a South Texas beauty queen nearly 60 years ago.

A Hidalgo County jury on Thursday found 85-year-old John Feit guilty of murder with malice aforethought in the 1960 slaying of 25-year-old Irene Garza, San Antonio Express-News reported .

The jury delivered the verdict after five days of testimony and more than six hours of deliberations.

During the trial, jurors learned Garzas partially clothed body was found floating in an irrigation canal in McAllen on April 21, 1960.

At first it looked like a sack floating, W. Arnold, the man who made the discovery, told The Associated Press on April 22, 1960 . Then I saw it was the body of a girl.

Garza had been missing for six days. She was last seen alive the day before Easter 1960, when she went to Sacred Heart Catholic Church for what would be her final confession.