Twenty-nine years ago we reported on the murder of Texas' Selena Quintanilla Perez by Yolanda Saldivar at a Corpus Christi motel.
Editor's note: This article appeared on the front page of the San Antonio Express-News on April 1, 1995, one day after Selena's death. Some photos have been added that did not appear with the original story. Selena Quintanilla Perez, the sexy, self-made Tejano superstar known to millions of adoring fans simply as Selena, was shot and killed Friday afternoon in a motel in her seaside hometown. The Grammy-winning star died at 1:05 p.m.
When she'd be outside, and we would pass by she would speak,' said Yvonne Pena, who lives about two blocks away.'She was really funny. She was a jokester,' Pena said. As Friday afternoon wore on news of Selena's shooting and death spread like electricity among her fans and followers. The office of EMI Latin, Selena's record label, was besieged by telephone calls. By 2 p.m.
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