30 years after music icon Selena’s murder, Yolanda Saldívar was denied parole

Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the last three decades, Saldívar has served her life sentence in Texas.

Now 64, Saldívar was finally eligible to petition for parole. On Thursday, according to Texas Department of Criminal Justice online records, the panel denied Saldívar parole, citing the violent nature of her offense. Her case is set for her next parole review in March 2030.

“After a thorough consideration of all available information, which included any confidential interviews conducted, it was the parole panel’s determination to deny parole to Yolanda Saldivar and set her next parole review for March 2030.

The reason provided by the panel for denial was the Nature of the Offense: The record indicates that the instant offense has elements of brutality, violence, assaultive behavior or conscious selection of victim’s vulnerability indicating a conscious disregard for the lives, safety, or property of others, such that the offender poses a continuing threat to public safety,” documents stated.