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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. 1995 murder in Corpus Christi, Texas, US Murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez Graffiti left by fans at the motel room door where Selena met with Saldívar before being shot by her Location Days Inn, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. Coordinates 27°48′05.6″N 97°27′15.2″W / 27. ...
Selena tried to flee, but Saldívar shot her once in the back, severing an artery. Critically wounded, Selena ran towards the lobby for help with Saldívar in pursuit calling her a "bitch". [11] Selena collapsed on the floor as the clerk called 911. She later died in a hospital from blood loss at 1:05 pm. [12]
Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, at Freeport Community Hospital in Freeport, Texas. [12] [13] She was the youngest child of Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla (née Samora), who was Mexican-American with some Cherokee ancestry, [14] and Abraham Quintanilla Jr., a Mexican American former musician. [15]
Selena was shot by Saldívar in March 1995 at a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas. While paramedics tried to revive her, Selena died of hypovolemic shock at Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital. She was ...
Selena Quintanilla's widower reflects on singer's murder 26 years later: 'It was traumatic' On March 31, 1995, Saldívar, then 34, fatally shot Selena at a Days Inn Hotel in Corpus Christi after ...
“They made me out to be a monster, and I just want to say, I did not kill Selena. It was an accident, and my conscience is clear,” she said in a 1995 interview with ABC’s “20/20.”
Saldívar, an in-home nurse for terminal cancer patients, was a fan of country music. [3] [4] However, she did enjoy Shelly Lares, a Tejano music artist, and disliked Selena for dominating award categories Saldívar's favorite musician was nominated in. [5] [6] In 1992, her niece persuaded her to go to a Selena concert in her hometown of San Antonio, Texas. [3]
Yolanda Saldívar, the woman who was convicted of Selena Quintanilla Pérez's murder, has filed for parole.. Thirty years after the death of the Mexican American singer, Saldívar, 63, filed a ...