Woman who killed the singer Selena in 1995 denied probation

The woman condemned for killing the musical legend of Texan Selena Quintanilla-Pérez Probation has been denied and will continue to fulfill life imprisonment to fatally shoot the young singer on a Texas motel in 1995, the State’s probation board announced Thursday.

Yolanda Saldívar64, he was on probation for the first time since the murder of the singer, known by fans as simply Selena.

One of the first Mexico American artists to enter the conventional music scene, Selena shattered barriers to women in Latin music. He was 23 years old and was on the verge of crossing the superstractor pop in English when she was killed.

The family of the singer and Chris Pérez, their widower, expressed their gratitude to the Board of Forgiveness and Paroles de Texas.

“While nothing can bring Selena back, this decision reaffirms that Justice continues to defend the beautiful life that was taken and millions of fans around the world too soon,” they said in a statement published in social networks.

By explaining the decision to deny probation, the Board said in a statement that the panel discovered that Saldívar continues to represent a threat to public security. He also said that the nature of the crime indicated “a conscious contempt for the lives, security or property of others.”

Saldívar, who meets his sentence in a prison in Gatesville, will be eligible to be reviewed again for probation in 2030.

Saldívar founded the Selena Fans Club and was the manager of the singer’s clothing boutiques, Selena, etc., until he was fired in early March 1995 after the missing money was discovered.

Selena, a Corpus Christi NativeHe was filmed on the back with a .38 caliber revolver in A Days Inn Motel in Corpus Christi on March 31, 1995. He was able to run to the motel lobby, where he collapsed, and was declared dead in an hospital an hour later.

Motel employees testified that Selena called “Yolanda” in “Sala 158” as his attacker.

“I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to kill anyone,” said a sobbing out during a nine -hour confrontation with the police. She told the officers that she had bought the .38 caliber revolver to commit suicide.

More than 50,000 people lined up to see Selena’s body the day before he rested in Seaside Memorial Park on April 3, 1995, only 13 days before his 24th birthday.

Saldívar’s trial was transferred to Houston due to the advertising that surrounds the case. Saldívar testified that he intended to commit suicide during the confrontation with Selena, but the weapon failed.

On October 23, 1995, a jury condemned Saldívar for first -degree murder. She was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of probation after 30 years.

While she was in prison, Saldívar, a former nurse, obtained her legal assistant and associated title in criminal justice. She has filed several civil rights complaints that allege abuse from the State’s prison system, according to judicial records, and also helped other inmates to present requests.

In 2016 judicial documents, Saldívar said he was detained in protective custody, which means that he was segregated from other inmates, because prison officials were concerned about their safety due to the nature of “high profile” of his case. She presented several appeals of her conviction, but all were rejected.

Known as “The Queen of Tejano”, Selena went up to stardom and won a Grammy during a musical boom in Tejano in the early 1990s. Her successes include Good drum well well, Like the flower, Forbidden love, I don’t have more and You alone.

He opened the gates for a new generation of contemporary artists of Latin ancestry who would enjoy great popularity among the conventional American public. He often sang in Spanish and spoke in English, reflecting an intercultural identity that resonated with the listeners.

Dreaming of youHis English album in English released a few months after his death, beat Billboard 200 and presented the successes I could fall in love and Dreaming of you.

Jennifer López touched the singer in the Biography of 1997 Selena.

The Grammys awarded Selena an Achievement Award for posthumous life in 2021.