News of Selena’s death shocked the world on March 31, 1995. Here’s a look back at what happened and how fans around the world began to grieve.
This year marks 31 years since Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the "Queen of Tejano Music", was murdered. Her shooting and sudden death stunned the world on March 31, 1995. Quintanilla-Pérez was murdered in Texas by the president of her fan club following a confrontation at the Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi.
She was shot in the back with a .38-caliber revolver in the motel room, ran outside and collapsed in the lobby. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead about an hour later.Motel employees testified Selena named "Yolanda" in "room 158" as her attacker.A subsequent 9-hour standoff between Yolanda Saldívar and police followed the shooting, during which she held a gun to her head. She told police she had bought the gun to kill herself.Her superstardom arrived in the early 1990s, with her unique blend of Tejano, pop, cumbia and other musical styles manifesting in huge hits like "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom," "Como la Flor," "Amor Prohibido," "No Me Queda Mas" and "Tu Solo Tu."Her posthumous English-language crossover album released a few months after her death, "Dreaming of You," topped the Billboard 200, featuring hits like "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You." RELATED: 'Selena: From Texas to the World' exhibit opens at Grammy MuseumSaldívar, a former nurse, was the founder and president of Selena’s fan club. She was also a manager of Selena’s clothing boutiques, Selena Etc., but was fired in early 1995 after money was discovered missing.On October 23, 1995, a jury convicted Saldívar of first-degree murder. She was sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after 30 years.RELATED: Selena's killer, Yolanda Saldivar, denied paroleSaldívar has filed appeals on multiple occasions, and her first eligibility for parole was last year, in March 2025, and was denied. Her case will be eligible for parole review again in March 2030.
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