Three decades after Selena Quintanila-PereMurder, convicted killer, Yolanda SaldivarConditional release has been refused.
The Texas Board for Pardition and Release from the announced by statement obtained from US Weekly On Thursday, March 27, Saldivar’s case was examined by a “conditional release panel of three” days before the date of its susceptibility date, which was on Sunday, March 30.
After careful consideration – which included a review of “court documents, reports of crime, support/protest information, criminal history, institutional correction and information/statements provided by the offender”, the institution – the group made its decision.
“The decision of the conditional release panels was to refuse conditional release of Yolanda Saldivar and determined its next review of the conditional release for March 2030,” the council said, explaining that the group’s decision was due to the “nature of the crime.”
It has been 25 years since Selena Quintanila was shot dead and killed at the age of 23 by the president of her fan club and former boutique manager, Yolanda Saldivar, in March 1995. Quintanila was born on April 161 in Abraham Quintanila -Mr. Her father was a frontman of A (…)
The statement continued: “The record shows that the instant crime has elements of brutality, violence, attacking behavior, or conscious selection of the victim’s vulnerability, showing consciously neglecting the life, safety or property of others, so the offender poses a continuing threat to public safety.”
This marks the first time Saldivar, 64 -year -old, has been for conditional release From her life sentence began in 1995.
Selena rose to Glory in the early 1990s With hits like Bidi Bidi Bom Bom and Como La Flor, wearing Tejano Music in the mainstream. Saldivar was the founder and president of the singer’s fan club and manager of Selena’s clothing boutiques, but she was fired in 1995 after the money disappeared.
Yolanda Saldivar
TDCJ / MEGAIn March 1995, Selena and Saldivar participated in a confrontation in the Saldivar’s motel room in the Corps Christie, Texas. Selena was shot in the back, ran from the motel room and collapsed into the lobby. Although she had been taken to a nearby hospital, she was later Promptly dead at the age of 23S Saldivar, who claims to have intended to commit suicide rather than Selena, was arrested after nine -hour opposition to police.
During the Saldivar process, prosecutors say she shot Selena after being suspected of assigning $ 30,000 while Saldivar’s lawyers claimed that the pistol accidentally disappeared. Saldivar was convicted of first -degree murder in October 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment, with the possibility of suspended release after 30 years behind bars. She was imprisoned in Patrick L. O’Dale in Gatesville, Texas.
As Saldivar’s first hearing approaching, she and her family publicly advocated for her freedom.
“It’s enough enough,” said Saldivar an anonymous relative The New York Post In March 2024. “She She feels she is a political prisoner At that moment. She is ready to get out of prison because she believes she had more than she served in her time. “
In the years after her conviction, Saldivar continued to insist that the shooting was accidental and claimed that Selena’s glory had influenced her sentence.
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“I was condemned by public opinion before my trial began,” she said in the 2024 documentary. Selena and Yoland: The secrets between themS
Despite SaldÃvar’s efforts to be released, the former District Prosecutor of Nueces County Carlos ValdesWho pursued the case warned not to release her.
“Lord knows what will happen if it is released,” said Valdez, per KuS “Based on what I have seen so far, I think it would be a serious mistake to provide her conditionally. I believe, I really believe that the most secure (place) for Yoland will probably be where it is.”
