Yolanda Saldívar, the lady sentenced to life in jail for killing Selena Quintanilla, will proceed to pay for her crime after being denied parole.
Saldívar was discovered responsible of killing Quintanilla and was eligible for parole after 30 years however the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied that request.
“After a radical consideration of all obtainable data, which included any confidential interviews carried out, it was the parole panel’s willpower to disclaim parole to Yolanda Saldivar and set her subsequent parole overview for March 2030,” the Board mentioned in a assertion.
The Texas Board defined that the explanation they denied the parole was as a result of Nature of the Offense, including, “The file signifies that the moment offense has parts of brutality, violence, assaultive habits or aware choice of sufferer’s vulnerability indicating a aware disregard for the lives, security, or property of others, such that the offender poses a unbroken risk to public security.”
Saldívar was the founder and president of Quintanilla’s fan membership, and on March 31, 1995, she was confronted by the singer following allegations of embezzlement. Saldívar maintains that the taking pictures was an accident and that she had deliberate on utilizing the gun for herself.
Saldívar gave an interview for the Oxygen True Crime docuseries Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets and techniques Between Them in 2024 the place she mentioned, “I used to be convicted by public opinion even earlier than my trial began.”
In the identical docuseries, Saldívar disputes the claims of embezzlement and alleges the confrontation was about Quintanilla making an attempt to maintain Saldívar working for her regardless of her making an attempt to maneuver on.
“Selena, when she got here into the [hotel] room, she saved making an attempt to place guilt in me for not persevering with along with her, and the way the whole lot was going to crumble,” she mentioned. “My feelings have been working so excessive, and I used to be hurting.”
