Selena’s Killer Yolanda Saldívar Denied Parole
Selena Quintanilla’s slayer volition stay down bars.
Following the decision to contradict Yolanda Saldívar—who was convicted of sidesplitting the Queen of Tejano Music—an aboriginal release, Selena’s household expressed their alleviation implicit the decision.
“Today, we are grateful that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has chosen to contradict parole for Yolanda Saldívar,” they wrote March 28 connected Instagram. “While thing tin bring Selena back, this determination reaffirms that justness continues to basal for the beauteous beingness that was taken from america and from millions of fans astir the satellite acold excessively soon.”
The post, shared to the Selena relationship tally by the family, went connected to detail however her legacy is “one of love, music, and inspiration” and remembered the joyousness and generosity with which she lived.
“As her household and loved ones,” the caption continued, “we stay committed to preserving her representation and ensuring that her communicative is honored with the dignity and respect it deserves.”
And pursuing a last connection of gratitude to Selena’s fans who person remained devoted since her 1995 death, her household concluded, “We volition proceed to observe Selena’s beingness - not the calamity that took her from america — and we inquire that each who cherish her bash the same.”
Yolanda filed for parole successful January up of her aboriginal merchandise eligibility day of March 30. The 64-year-old has been serving a beingness condemnation since she fatally changeable Selena, who was lone 23 astatine the time, astatine a Days Inn successful Corpus Christi, Texas.
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The “Amor Prohibido” vocalist aboriginal died astatine a hospital.
Days earlier the murder, Yolanda had been fired by Selena and her husband Chris Perez from her relation arsenic manager of Selena’s boutiques and president of her instrumentality nine implicit allegations Yolanda had been embezzling wealth from them.
Yolanda antecedently appealed her blameworthy verdict successful 1998 and has maintained she “did not intend” to termination Selena erstwhile she changeable her.
Following the determination to contradict Yolanda her aboriginal release, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole said successful a connection to People, “After a thorough information of each disposable information, which included immoderate confidential interviews conducted, it was the parole panels determination to contradict parole to Yolanda Saldivar and acceptable her adjacent parole reappraisal for March 2030."
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