Nov. 1, 2025
"SELENA: THE SHOOTING OF THE QUEEN OF TEJANO - PART 1" - Dia De Los Muertos - A day to celebrate the dead
Reid Carter begins a Dia de los Muertos weekend special on Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, murdered at 23 by her fan club president. March 31, 1995, Corpus Christi—Selena confronted Yolanda Saldívar about $60,000 in embezzled funds at the Days Inn. Yolanda shot her in the back. Selena ran to the lobby bleeding, named her killer—"Yolanda Saldívar, room 158"—and died an hour later. Nine-and-a-half-hour standoff followed. Thirty years later, March 2025, Yolanda was DENIED parole—board ruled she still poses a threat. Next review 2030. The Queen of Tejano's legacy endures on Dia de los Muertos altars across two nations.
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Callaroga Shark Media, Good morning, I'm Reed Carter. Saturday, November first,
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twenty twenty five Dia de los Mortos. Today and tomorrow
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are the Day of the Dead. Two days to celebrate
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and remember those who've passed, to honor their lives, not
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just mourn their deaths. And across the United States and Mexico,
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you'll see one face appear on altars every year, Marigold's
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purple jumpsuits. The Queen of Tejano, Selena Quintanilla Perez March
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thirty first, nineteen ninety five, twenty three years old, shot
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in the back by Yolanda Saldivar, the woman she trusted
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with everything. Let me paint you the picture. Corpus Christi,
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Texas Days in Room one point fifty eight, eleven forty
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eight am, Selena arrived to meet Yolanda one final time.
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She'd been fired weeks earlier as president of Selena's fan club.
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Fired from managing Selena's boutiques, caught himbezzling sixty thousand dollars
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missing maybe more. Selena wanted the financial documents, proof of
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what Yolanda stole, needed them to press charges if necessary.
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Yolanda kept promising to produce them, kept stalling. This was
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the last chance, they argued. Selena demanded the documents. Yolanda
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couldn't produce them because they didn't exist, because she'd stolen
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the money and there was no explaining it away. Selena
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turned to leave. Yolanda pulled out a point three to
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eight caliber revolver fired once. The bullet hit Selena in
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the back, severed an artery. Selena ran made it to
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the lobby, bleeding, collapsing, told the front desk manager, locked
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the door, she'll shoot me again. Staff called nine to
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one one. Selena named her killer before losing consciousness. Yolanda
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Saldivar Room one five to eight. Paramedics arrived rushed her
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to Mamori Orial Medical Center. Doctors tried everything, but the
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damage was too severe internal bleeding. The artery was gone
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one five pm. Selena Quintanilla Perez pronounced dead. Twenty three
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years old, thirteen days before her twenty fourth birthday, married,
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six months, career skyrocketing English language crossover album, nearly finished
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fashion line in development. Everything ahead of her gone because
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Yolanda Saldivar stole money and couldn't face the consequences outside
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the days in Yolanda sat in a pickup truck, gun
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to her own head, threatening suicide. Police surrounded her. Negotiators
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tried to talk her down. She held them off for
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nine and a half hours, crying, screaming, saying it was
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an accident, saying she loved Selena, saying she wanted to die.
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Finally surrendered at nine thirty pm. Arrested for murder thirty
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years past October nineteen ninety five. Convicted of first degree murder,
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life in prison, eligible for parole after thirty years. March
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twenty twenty five, that thirty years was up. Yolanda Saldivar,
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now sixty four years old, went before the Texas Board
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of Pardons and Paroles. The Quintinia family prepared submitted statements
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opposing release. Chris Perez, Selina's widower, joined them. Thousands of
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fans wrote letters, the Latino community mobilized keep her in prison.
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March twenty seventh, twenty twenty five, the Parole Board announced
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their decision denied Yolanda Saldivar will not be released. The
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board's statement was clear, the record indicates that the instant
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offense has elements of brutality, violence, assault of behavior. Or
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conscious selection of victim's vulnerability, indicating a conscious disregard for
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the lives, safety, or property of others such that the
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offender poses a continuing threat to public safety. Next parole
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review March two thousand, thirty five more years, maybe longer.
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The Quintinilla family and Chris Perez released a joint statement today.
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We are grateful that the Texas Board of Pardons and
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Paroles has chosen to deny parole for Yolanda Saldivar. While
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nothing can bring Selena back, this decision reaffirms that justice
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continues to stand for the beautiful life that was taken
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from us and from millions of fans around the world
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far too soon, and every Dia de los Mortos, Selena's
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face appears on altars, honored, celebrated, remembered. I'm read Carter.
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This is celebrity trials today. The rise of Selena, the
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betrayal by Yolanda Saldivar, the shooting that devastated a community.
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March thirty first, nineteen ninety five, the day the music died,
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and March twenty twenty five, the day the Parole Board
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said no Part one of two Selena Quintinila Perez was
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born April sixteenth, nineteen seventy one, at Freeport Community Hospital
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in Lake Jackson, Texas. Father Abraham Quintinila Junior, was a
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former musician. Mother Marcella Ophalia Samora, older siblings ab and Suzette.
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The family wasn't wealthy. Abraham worked at Dow Chemical to
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support them, but music was in his blood. He'd performed
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with a band called Los Dinos in the nineteen fifties
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and sixties. When he discovered his youngest daughter could sing,
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everything changed. Selena was six years old. Abraham heard her
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singing along to the radio. Perfect pitch, natural rhythm, raw talent.
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He taught her Spanish. She grew up speaking mostly English
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so she could sing Tehano music, taught her stage presence.
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Built a family band, Selena ILOs Dinos. Selena sang a
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Bee played bass and wrote songs. Suzette played drums. Abraham managed.
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They performed at the family restaurant, Papagaios and Lake Jackson weddings,
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Kincinners County fairs, anywhere that would book them. The restaurant failed,
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recession hit, the Quintinillas lost everything, moved to Corpus CHRISTI,
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lived in one room. Selena, then eleven, understood the family
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dependent on her voice. She kept performing, kept improving, never complained.
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By age fifteen, Selena was winning to Hano Music Awards
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Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year in
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a genre dominated by men. She was breaking barriers, not
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just because she was talented, though she was extraordinarily talented,
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but because she connected with audiences. She was authentic, joyful, real.
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Selena met Chris Perez, guitarist hired to play in Los Dinos.
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He was twenty, she was sixteen. Abraham didn't approve, thought
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Selena was too young, too focused on career, but they
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fell in love anyway. April second, nineteen ninety two, Selena
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and Chris eloped. Abraham was furious. Eventually forgave them. Chris
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became part of the family, part of the band, part
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of everything. That same year, Selena released Entre am Mundo.
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The album went gold. Her cover of Como la Floor
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became iconic. Twenty thousand people attended her performance at the
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Houston Astrodome. She was crossing over from to Hano into
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mainstream Latino music, soon mainstream American music. Selena won a
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Grammy Best Mexican American album for Selena Live. She was
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twenty two first Tihano artist to win a Grammy. Wore
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a stunning purple outfit, gave a gracious speech, thanked her family.
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Her fans said she was living her dream. That Grammy
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changed everything. Record labels tie. She signed with EMI Latin
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started recording Amor Prohibido, an album that would sell over
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five million copies become one of the best selling Latin
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albums in history. But Selena wasn't just a singer. She
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was a designer. Created her own stage costumes Boustier's bell bottoms,
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crop tops, bold, confident, sexy, but never vulgar. She knew
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exactly what image she wanted to project. She opened two boutiques,
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Selena Etc. One in Corpus Christi, one in San Antonio,
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sold clothing and accessories. She designed everything, managed inventory, hired staff.
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This was her fashion line, her dream. Beyond music. She
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was recording her first English language album, Dreaming of You,
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the crossover pop radio, MTV international stardom. The album was
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nearly finished by early nineteen ninety five, set to release
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that summer. Everything was coming together music, fashion, marriage, future,
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and she needed someone to manage the business side. Someone
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she could trust, someone devoted to her success. Enter Yolanda Saldivar. Yolanda,
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a thirty one year old registered nurse from San Antonio,
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approached Abraham Quintinilla at a concert. Said she wanted to
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start a Selena fan club, organize fans, sell merchandise, coordinate
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events for free. She just loved Selena that much. Abraham
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was skeptical, but Yolanda was persistent. Professional, had nursing credentials,
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seemed trustworthy. He agreed to let her try. Yolanda threw
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herself into the role. Built the fan club from nothing.
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By nineteen ninety three, it had thousands of members. She
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answered fan mail, personally organized meet and greets, sold t
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shirts and posters, collected membership fees. Selena appreciated the help.
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Yolanda made her life easier, handled details Selena didn't have
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time for. They became close. Selena started calling her my
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best friend. Trusted her completely. Abraham asked Yolanda to manage
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the boutiques Selena et Cetera needed someone reliable, someone who
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understood business. Yolanda had managed the fan club successfully, seemed
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like a natural fit. Yolanda moved to Corpus Christi ran
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both boutiques, handled payroll, managed inventory, made deposits, had access
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to everything, complete trust, but crack started showing. Boutique employees complained,
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said Yolanda was difficult, controlling, made arbitrary decisions, fired people
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without cause, treated staff poorly, created hostile work environment. Selena
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tried to mediate, told Yolanda to ease up, be kinder,
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work with people not against them. Yolanda would apologize, promised
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to do better, then continue the same behavior. Fans started
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complaining too paid membership fees but never received merchandise, sent
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money for the T shirts that never arrived. Called the
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fan club and Yolanda didn't respond. Something was wrong. January
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nineteen ninety five, Selena's cousin and boutique employees alerted Abraham.
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Money was missing, deposits didn't match receipts. Bank statements showed
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irregularities forged checks, cash withdrawals that couldn't be explained. Abraham investigated,
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hired an accountant, reviewed financial records from the fan club
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and both boutiques. The numbers didn't add up. Sixty thousand
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dollars missing, embezzled stolen by Yolanda Saldivar March ninth, nineteen
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ninety five. Abraham confronted Yolanda, showed her the evidence, fired her,
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told her she was done, no longer president of the
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fan club, no longer managing the boutiques over. Yolanda cried,
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said there must be a mistake. She didn't steal. She
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could explain, just needed time. She had documents, bank statements proof.
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Abraham didn't believe her. The evidence was clear, but he
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gave her a chance. Produce the documents, prove the money
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went where it was supposed to go, then maybe this
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could be resolved. Yolanda promised, said she'd bring everything soon.
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Days passed, weeks passed, no documents. Yolanda kept stalling, making excuses,
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claiming she needed more time. The documents were at the bank,
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at her house, in storage, always somewhere else. Selena grew frustrated,
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wanted closure, wanted to know exactly what happened. Decided to
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meet Yolanda one final time. Demanded the documents. If Yolanda
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couldn't produce them, Selena would go to police. March thirty first,
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nineteen ninety five, Yolanda called Selena, said she'd been raped
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in Monterey, Mexico. Needed Selena to come to the hospital.
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Selena rushed to Doctor's Regional Hospital in Corpus Christi, but
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when she arrived, hospital had no record of Yolanda being treated.
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Yolanda claimed she'd left, was too upset, needed to talk.
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Could they go to the days in her motel room.
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She had the documents there would show Selena everything. Selena agreed,
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brought Chris Perez, but when they arrived, Yolanda wouldn't give
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Chris the documents, said she'd only talk to Selena alone private,
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just the two of them. Chris didn't want Selena to
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go in alone, didn't trust Yolanda. Felt something was off,
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but Selena insisted, said she'd be fine. Yolanda was her friend.
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This needed to end. Eleven forty eight am, Selena walked
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into Room one fifty eight of the Days In. Chris
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waited outside in the truck. That was the last time
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he saw his wife alive. We'll be right back with
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what happened inside Room one fifty eight, the argument, the gun,
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the bullet in Selena's back, and the nine and a
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half hour stand off that ended with Yolanda Saldivar under
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arrest for murder. Room one fifty eight days in Corpus Christi, Texas,
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eleven forty eight am, March thirty first, nineteen ninety five.
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Selena and Yolanda alone, whatever trust remained was about to shatter.
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We know what happened from multiple sources, Yolanda's own statements,
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though they changed constantly, physical evidence, witness testimony, police reports,
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autopsy results. They argued. Selena demanded the financial documents, prove
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where the sixty thousand dollars went, Explain the forged checks,
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the missing deposits, the fan club money that disappeared. Yolanda
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couldn't because the documents didn't exist. The money was gone, stolen, spent.
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No amount of stalling would change that. Selena said she
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was calling the police, going to report the embezzlement. Yolanda
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would face criminal charges, fraud, theft, prison, her nursing license revoked,
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her life destroyed. Selena turned toward the door, ready to leave,
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Done with this conversation, done with Yolanda's lies. Yolanda pulled
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out a gun, Taurus Model eighty five point three eight
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Special Revolver five shot. She'd purchased it weeks earlier, told
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friends she needed protection, felt threatened, but threatened by what
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the Quintinillas, discovering her theft, the consequences closing in. She
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fired once. The bullet hit Selena in the right shoulder,
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blade entered her back, traveled through her chest cavity, severed
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the subclavian artery. Selena screamed, ran for the door, bleeding terrified,
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made it out of Room one fifty eight, down the
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exterior walkway toward the lobby, seventy five yards, running while
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bleeding internally every step, pumping more blood out of the
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severed artery. Yolanda chased her part way, then stopped, went
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back to the room. What was she thinking? Planning her
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next move, deciding whether to finish the job. Selena reached
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the lobby, collapsed near the front desk. Shana Vela, assistant manager,
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saw her fall, saw the blood. Help me, Selena gasped,
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I've been shot. Locked the door, she'll shoot me again.
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Vela called nine one one. There's a girl who's been shot.
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She's bleeding. We need an ambulance now. The nine one
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one operator asked who shot her? Vella asked Selena Yolanda Saldivar,
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Room one five eight, clear, coherent, dying, but she named
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her killer. Made sure police would know. If she didn't survive,
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Yolanda wouldn't get away with it. Paramedics arrived within minutes.
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Selena was unconscious, massive blood loss. They stayed her as
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much as possible, loaded her into the ambulance, rushed to
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Memorial Medical Center. Meanwhile, back at the day's in, Yolanda
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sat in her pickup truck in the parking lot, red chevy,
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gun pressed to her right temple, screaming, threatening to kill herself.
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Corpus Christi police arrived, surrounded the vehicle. Officer Richard Frederickson approached,
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tried to negotiate. Yolanda screamed, I shot myself. I shot myself.
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I'm going to kill myself. But she didn't shoot herself.
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Selena was shot, not Yolanda. The story didn't make sense.
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Fredericson radioed for backup crisis negotiators. This was a hostage situation,
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except the hostage was Yolanda herself. For nine and a
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half hours, police negotiated, multiple officers rotated, tried different approaches, calm, reassurance,
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stern commands, emotional appeals. Nothing worked. Yolanda kept changing her story.
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