The woman, who was condemned for killing the Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, was refused to probation and will continue to condemn a lifelong prison sentence
The 64 -year -old Yolanda Saldívar was on probation for the first time since killing the singer, who is known to the fans as simply Selena.
Selena is one of the first Mexican -American artists who entered the mainstream music scene and smashed barriers for women in Latin music. She was 23 years old and briefly crossed the English-language pop superstar when she was killed.
The family of the singer and Chris Pérez, her widower, thanked the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles.
“While nothing Selena can bring back, this decision confirms that justice continues to stand for the beautiful life that was taken far too early for us and millions of fans around the world,” they said in a explanation that was published on social media.
When explaining the decision to refuse probation, the board said in a statement that the committee had noticed that Saldívar continues to be a threat to public security. It also means that the type of crime “conscious disregard for life, security or property of others”.
Saldívar, who served her prison in a Gatesville prison, can be checked for probation again in 2030.
Saldívar founded Selena’s fan club and was the manager of the singer’s clothing boutiques, Selena etc. until she was released in early March 1995 after the money was missing.
Selena, a native Corpus of Christ, was shot in Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi on March 31, 1995. An hour later she was able to declare dead in a hospital in a hospital.
Motel’s employees said that Selena in “Room 158” was called “Yolanda” as her attacker.
“I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to kill anyone,” said a sobbing Saldívar during a nine -hour break to the police. She told the officials that she bought the revolver .38 caliber to kill herself.
More than 50,000 people occurred to Selena’s body the day before it was laid in the Seaside Memorial Park on April 3, 1995, just 13 days before her 24th birthday.
Saldívar’s process was moved to Houston because of the advertising. Saldívar said that she had intended to kill herself with Selena during the confrontation, but the weapon failed.
On October 23, 1995, a Saldívar jury condemned the first degree murder. After 30 years, she was sentenced to a life sentence with the possibility of probation.
During his time in prison, Saldívar, a former nurse, received her paralegal and associate degree in criminal judiciary. According to court files, she submitted several civil rights complaints in which the state’s prison system was abused, and she also helped to submit petitions to other inmates.
In court documents from 2016, Saldívar said that she was protected in protection – which means that she was separated from other inmates – because prison officers were concerned about their security due to the “high profile” of their case. She submitted several appeals for her conviction, but everyone was rejected.
As “The Queen of Tejano”, Selena known a Grammy during a Tejano music boom in the early nineties. Your hits including Good bidi good goodPresent Like the flowerPresent Forbidden love, I no longer have And You alone.
It opened the locks for a new generation of contemporary artists Latin descent, which would enjoy great popularity with the American mainstream audience. She often sang in Spanish and spoke in English and reflected an intercultural identity that arrived at the audience.
Dream of youHer English-language crossover album, which was published a few months after her death, exceeded the Billboard 200 and showed the hits I could fall in love And Dream of you.
Jennifer Lopez played the singer in Biopic 1997 Selena.
The Grammys awarded Selena a posthumous price for lifetime in 2021.
