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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Woman who killed music icon Selena denied parole in Texas
The woman who murdered singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez was denied early release from prison in Texas on Thursday. Yolanda Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison for the 1995 murder of the Tejano singer who became a music icon in the US. When Saldívar was sentenced, she was given the possibility of parole after serving 30 years in prison. On Thursday, a three-person Texas parole board denied her request to be released early. Saldívar, who founded Selena's fan club, will be eligible again for early parole in March 2030. A jury convicted Saldívar of first-degree murder in 1995. She was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years - which arrived this year. Saldívar, the board said in a statement, continues to pose a threat to public safety. The nature of her crime showed "a conscious disregard for the lives, safety, or property of others". Saldívar was the founder and manager of the Tejano singer's fan club and managed the Selena's clothing boutiques, Selena Etc. On 31 March, 1995, Saldívar killed 23-year-old Selena at a hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas. The shooting came after Saldívar was confronted by Selena's family for allegedly embezzling from the singer's fan club and clothing line. Saldívar reportedly went to the hotel after she was fired by the singer's family over the allegations. She went to Selena's motel room to reportedly pick up business records she needed to file taxes, according to the Associated Press. When Selena ran from the room, Saldívar shot the singer in the back. Selena rose to fame and won a Grammy in the early 1990s when Tejano music was booming. She was nicknamed "the Queen of Tejano" and her album Dreaming of You topped charts after it was released months after her death. As the BBC previously reported, those unfamiliar with Tejano (Mexican-American) music may never have heard of Selena, who was just hitting the US mainstream when she was murdered. But for many Latina women, she is an inspiration - the first Tejano singer to debut at the top of the Billboard chart when her posthumous crossover album, Dreaming of You, was released in 1996. Her story was famously brought to life in the 1997 film Selena, which gave singer Jennifer Lopez her break-out acting role. A tragic Latin icon who still inspires
BBC News
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Yolanda Saldívar denied parole 30 years after Selena murder conviction
The woman who murdered singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez was denied early release from prison in Texas on Thursday. Yolanda Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison for the 1995 murder of the Tejano singer who became a music icon in the US. When Saldívar was sentenced, she was given the possibility of parole after serving 30 years in prison. On Thursday, a three-person Texas parole board denied her request to be released early. Saldívar, who founded Selena's fan club, will be eligible again for early parole in March 2030. A jury convicted Saldívar of first-degree murder in 1995. She was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years - which arrived this the board said in a statement, continues to pose a threat to public safety. The nature of her crime showed "a conscious disregard for the lives, safety, or property of others".Saldívar was the founder and manager of the Tejano singer's fan club and managed the Selena's clothing boutiques, Selena Etc. On 31 March, 1995, Saldívar killed 23-year-old Selena at a hotel in Corpus Christi, shooting came after Saldívar was confronted by Selena's family for allegedly embezzling from the singer's fan club and clothing line. Saldívar reportedly went to the hotel after she was fired by the singer's family over the allegations. She went to Selena's motel room to reportedly pick up business records she needed to file taxes, according to the Associated Press. When Selena ran from the room, Saldívar shot the singer in the back. Selena rose to fame and won a Grammy in the early 1990s when Tejano music was booming. She was nicknamed "the Queen of Tejano" and her album Dreaming of You topped charts after it was released months after her death. As the BBC previously reported, those unfamiliar with Tejano (Mexican-American) music may never have heard of Selena, who was just hitting the US mainstream when she was for many Latina women, she is an inspiration - the first Tejano singer to debut at the top of the Billboard chart when her posthumous crossover album, Dreaming of You, was released in story was famously brought to life in the 1997 film Selena, which gave singer Jennifer Lopez her break-out acting role.
The Guardian
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Woman convicted of killing ‘Queen of Tejano' Selena in 1995 denied parole
The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state's parole board announced on Thursday. Yolanda Saldívar will continue serving a life sentence at a prison in Gatesville, Texas, after a three-member panel of the Texas board of pardons and paroles voted not to release her. In a statement explaining the denial, the board said the panel found that Saldívar continues to pose a threat to public safety and that the nature of the crime indicated 'a conscious disregard for the lives, safety or property of others'. Her case will be eligible to be reviewed again for parole in 2030. The singer known to her fans as simply Selena was one of the first Mexican Americans to make it into the mainstream music scene and was on the verge of crossing over into the English-language pop market when she was killed. Saldívar founded Selena's fanclub and had been the manager of the singer's clothing boutiques, Selena Etc, until she was fired in early March 1995 after money was discovered missing. Selena, a Corpus Christi native, was 23 years old when she was shot in the back with a .38-caliber revolver at a Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi on 31 March 1995. She was able to run to the motel lobby where she collapsed, and she was pronounced dead at a hospital an hour later. Motel employees testified that Selena named 'Yolanda' in 'room 158' as her attacker. 'I didn't mean to do it. I didn't mean to kill anybody,' a sobbing Saldívar said during a nine-hour standoff with police. She told police she had bought the .38-caliber revolver to kill herself. More than 50,000 people lined up to view Selena's body the day before she was laid to rest in Seaside Memorial Park on 3 April 1995, just 13 days before her 24th birthday. Saldívar's trial was moved to Houston because of the publicity surrounding the case. Saldívar testified that she had intended to kill herself during the confrontation with Selena, but that the gun misfired. On 23 October 1995, a jury in Houston convicted Saldívar of first-degree murder. She was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. While in prison, Saldívar – a former nurse – obtained her paralegal and associate degree in criminal justice and has filed several civil rights complaints alleging mistreatment by the state's prison system, according to court records. She also helped other inmates file petitions. In court documents filed in 2016, Saldívar said she was being held in protective custody – meaning she was segregated from other inmates – because prison officials were concerned for her safety due to the 'high profile' nature of her case. She filed several appeals of her conviction but all were rejected. Selena – 'the Queen of Tejano' – rose to stardom and won a Grammy during a Tejano music boom in the early 1990s. Her hits include Bidi Bidi Bom Bom, Como la Flor, Amor Prohibido, No Me Queda Mas and Tu Solo Tu. Dreaming of You, her English-language crossover album released a few months after her death, topped the Billboard 200, and featured hits I Could Fall in Love and Dreaming of You. Jennifer Lopez played the singer in Selena, a 1997 biopic. The Grammys awarded Selena a posthumous lifetime achievement award in 2021.
