OAN Staff Avril Elfie
6:23 PM – Monday, December 30, 2024
The 64-year-old Texas woman who shot and killed superstar Selena in 1995 is seeking parole after spending 30 years in prison.
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prisoners who spoke new york post The reporter said Yolanda Saldívar, 64, has filed paperwork to be released next year and that “there is a bounty on her head.”
Representatives from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) said Saldívar had no legal records prior to the shooting that would prevent the parole board from hearing her case in March and deciding whether to release her. He had no other criminal history, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) representative said. .
On March 31, 1995, Saldívar shot and killed Selena Quintanilla Perez, a 23-year-old Latin star known as the “Queen of Tejano,” during a fight in a hotel room in Corpus Christi, Texas. Selena accused Saldívar, the founder of her fan club, of embezzling more than $60,000, and the singer intended to fire her.
TDCJ reported that Selena's family will likely receive formal notification of Saldívar's parole hearing in January.
However, Saldívar later insisted that he did not intentionally kill the singer and that her death was an “accident.”
“I was convicted by public opinion before the trial even started,” Saldívar said in a prison interview for the Peacock documentary “Selena and Yolanda: Their Secret,” released last year.
Saldívar also claimed at the time that he had no intention of shooting the singer, and that he had actually intended to commit suicide. However, the jury did not believe her story, so they found her guilty and sentenced her to life in prison with the possibility of release after 30 years.
Saldívar's relatives said: postSaldívar feels he has fulfilled his duty to society and is now a “political prisoner.”
“Keeping her in jail won't help,” her cousin said. “It's time for her to leave.”
Meanwhile, inmates at the prison where Saldívar is being held said: post She says she is constantly targeted and forced into protective custody. Typically, inmates who are continually attacked or threatened by other inmates are transferred to safer areas within the prison to avoid possible violence or death.
Marisol López, who worked with Yolanda Saldívar from 2017 to 2022, said, “Everyone knows Yolanda Saldívar. There's a piece of her neck that makes everyone want a piece of her. There's a bounty on the line. She's so hated that the guards keep her away from the others. If she's out. [in general population]someone will try to take her down. ”
Saldívar claimed that upon his release, he planned to live with relatives and find work.
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