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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 October 2024. 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. ...
“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.”
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]
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 convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla in March 1995, is speaking out in a new documentary nearly 30 years after the Queen of Tejano Music's death. In a two-part ...
Selena's posthumous honor receiving the Medal of the Arts shows the Queen of Tejano's enduring legacy as a musical and cultural Latina icon 30 years after her death.
Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, at Freeport Community Hospital in Freeport, Texas. [10] [11] She was the youngest child of Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla (née Samora), who was Mexican-American with some Cherokee ancestry, [12] and Abraham Quintanilla Jr., a Mexican American former musician. [13]
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