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  Yolanda Saldivar
Yolanda Saldivar (born 1961) was convicted in 1995 for the murder of Selena Quintanilla in 1994.
Saldivar was a registered nurse who met with Selena after a concert in 1993.
Saldivar's trial for the murder of Selena Quintanilla was followed closely by the Hispanic community in the United States and was nicknamed The O.J. trial of Hispanics.
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 CNN - Yolanda Saldivar found guilty of Selena's murder - Oct. 23, 1995
Hagan argued the prosecution failed to refute Saldivar's claim it was an accident.
Saldivar has admitted shooting Selena but said that the shooting was not intentional.
During the trial, the defense contended that Saldivar was distraught and suicidal when she shot the Grammy-winning singer by accident March 31 in a motel room in Corpus Christi.
www.cnn.com /US/9510/selena/10-23/pm   (346 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yolanda Saldivar   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yolanda Saldívar (born September 19, 1960) was convicted in 1995 for the murder of famed Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, which occurred on March 31, 1995.
The dramatic image of Saldivar in the truck with her gun pointed to her head was broadcast live on television all throughout the United States.
Yolanda Saldívar (born September 19, 1960) was convicted in 1995 for the murder of famed Tejano singer Selena, which occurred on March 31, 1995.
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 Yolanda Saldivar   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yolanda Saldivar (born 1961) was convicted in 1995 for the murder of famed Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, which occurred in 1995.
Saldivar was a registered nurse from San Antonio who met with Selena after a concert in 1993.
The accepted course of events is that Quintanilla told Saldivar that she was being fired and Saldivar responded by grabbing a gun and shooting Quintanilla as she was exiting the room.
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 Yolanda Saldivar - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Yolanda Saldivar (born 1961) was convicted in 1995 for the murder of famed Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, which occurred in 1995.
Saldivar was a registered nurse from San Antonio who met with Selena after a concert in 1993.
The accepted course of events is that Quintanilla told Saldivar that she was being fired and Saldivar responded by grabbing a gun and shooting Quintanilla as she was exiting the room.
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 Yolanda Saldivar Encyclopedia Information @ Karr.net (Karr Network)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yolanda Saldívar (born September 19, 1960) was convicted in 1995 for the murder of Tejano music singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez that occurred on March 31, 1995.
Yolanda spends 23 of her 24 hours in her 9x6 prison cell alone, without contact from visitors.
Yolanda Saldivar is not related to the serial killer Efren Saldivar.
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 Selena Forever
In the spring of that year she was working on her first English-language album, when she went to a motel room in Corpus Christi, TX, to fire 34-year-old Yolanda Saldivar, the woman who managed Selena's boutique in San Antonio, and the founder of the Selena fan club.
Saldivar and Selena argued and as the singer left, she was shot in the back.
Saldivar was convicted for the murder of Selena on October 23rd, 1995.
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 Fan Clubs President Found Guilty for Selena Murder
Saldivar does not face the death penalty because the crime contained none of the aggravating circumstances necessary under Texas law, such as a multiple slaying or a murder committed during a rape or robbery.
Saldivar held police at bay outside the motel for 9 1/2 hours, holding a gun to her head and wailing that she wanted to kill herself.
Saldivar's claim that the slaying was an accident, motel employees testified that a calm Ms.
thepost.baker.ohiou.edu /archives/archives/102495/fan.html   (799 words)

  
 Selena Biography
Yolanda became a very close friend of Selena's, but later on, one of her worst enemies Ven Conmigo was released in 1990.
Saldivar, suspected by Selena and her family of embezzling funds, was on the verge of being fired, and she knew it.
Saldivar was quickly cornered in the motel parking lot and for nearly 10 hours kept SWAT teams at bay as she sat in a pickup truck with a gun to her head, threatening suicide.
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 Amazon.com: "Yolanda Saldivar": Key Phrase page
Justice for Selena: The State vs. Yolanda Saldivar by Carlos Valdez
12 JUSTICE FOR SELENA: The State Versus Yolanda Saldivar "The singer Selena" that the deputy was referring to was Selena Quintanilla Perez the reigning queen of Tejano music.
Key Phrases: Yolanda Saldivar, Corpus Christi, Paul Rivera, San Antonio, Joe Vara, Abraham Quintanilla, Doug Tinker, Ranger Garza, Fred Hagans, Ray Rivera, Detective Rivera, Nueces County, Mark Skurka, Harris County, Rosario Garza, Shawna Vela, Chris Perez, Craig Hill, Los Angeles, Arnold Garcia, Elissa Sterling, Norma Martinez, South Texas, Trinidad Espinosa, Selena Quintanilla Perez
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 Biography of Selena bio, history, career, evolution, music, Selena Vive
Yolanda became a very close friend of Selena's, but later on, one of her worst enemies.
Although she was fired, Yolanda continued to work because there were papers missing.
There Yolanda told her she had been raped in Monterey, Mexico and needed to go to the hospital.
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 Texas Monthly December 1995: The Sweet Song of Justice
Saldivar was Selena’s best friend, and she was trusted by the entire Quintanilla family; with, among other evidence, the audio tapes of her negotiations with the police, the defense would prove the shooting was an accident.
Saldivar had said that she had been raped earlier that week in Mexico, but after a medical examination proved inconclusive, Selena realized Saldivar was lying, according to two nurses at the hospital.
Yolanda’s mother, Juanita, was the only Saldivar to attend the entire trial, usually accompanied by one of her six other children and various nieces and nephews.
www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/1995-12-01/feature.php   (4052 words)

  
 A Brief Biography
Yolanda gained access to Selena's personal life and ended up being close friends with her.
On the 31 st of March 1995, Yolanda asked to meet in private with Selena to give her proof that she was not stealing funds.
Selena, not wanting any more trouble, told Yolanda that she would no longer be president of the fan club and walked away.
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 WashingtonPost.com: Selena's Killer Gets Life Term
Defense attorneys argued that Saldivar, who went from Selena fan club founder to manager of her boutiques, had paid a heavy enough penalty with her murder conviction and should get probation.
The life sentence means Saldivar, 35, will have to serve at least 30 years in prison before she is eligible for parole.
Saldivar did not face the death penalty because the crime contained none of the aggravating circumstances required under Texas law, such as a multiple murder or a murder committed during a robbery.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/selenatrial.htm   (358 words)

  
 Selena page in Fuller Up, Dead Musicians Directory
But Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla, said the woman was Yolanda Saldivar, who had been president of Selena's fan club before she was hired at one of the singer's boutiques.
Yolanda Saldivar, the president of Selena's fan club, was convicted of the crime and is serving a life sentence.
Saldivar, 34, had recently been relieved of her duties as fan club president and manager of Selena's boutique, accused of defrauding Selena out of thousands of dollars.
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 Untitled Document
Yolanda seemed to care so much for Selena and Selena's buisness that she worked long hours with Selena in the boutique.
Yolanda considered herself important because she was included with her buisness and her family.
Some of Selena's contacts suspicted sometimg going on with Yolanda, but when they confronted with Selena, she would not belived that Yolanda would be a person like that until the proof was discovered.
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 Biography10
Four years earlier, Yolanda Saldivar, a self-professed "biggest Selena fan" had come into Selena's life after persistently requesting to start a fan club in her honor.
Although her father had at first been reluctant to allow Yolanda to do so, he eventually gave approval when she had agreed to make it not-for-profit and donate leftover proceeds to charity.
Eventually Yolanda's relationship with the Quintanillas became deeper when Selena named her operations manager to handle sales, customer-relations, and the finances at her Corpus Christi boutique.
www.homestead.com /SelenaRemembered/Biography10.html   (340 words)

  
 VPC - Where'd They Get Their Guns? - Corpus Christi, Texas
Saldivar, founder of the Selena Fan Club and personal assistant to the 23-year-old Grammy winner, had been fired the day before the shooting.
Apparently, Selena went to confront Saldivar about financial irregularities in the singer's two specialty boutique shops, which Saldivar helped manage.
A witness said there was an argument, and Saldivar shot and killed Selena.
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 Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Defense lawyers seek a new trial in Selena killing
Past appeals of Saldivar's conviction have failed, and defense attorney Bill Berchel-mann, said he knows the writ of habeas corpus he mailed to courts Friday might irritate some of Selena's many fans.
Saldivar, the singer's former fan club president, was convicted of murder and is serving a life sentence at a state women's prison in Gatesville.
Police violated Saldivar's rights during an interrogation by continuing to ask her questions after she asked for an attorney, Berchelmann said.
www.caller2.com /2000/september/28/today/local_ne/5289.html   (528 words)

  
 Selena   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yolanda became a very close friend of SelenaÕs, but later on, one of her worst enemies.
Although she was fired, Yolanda continued to work because there were boutique papers missing.
There Yolanda told her she had been raped in Monterrey, Mexico and needed to go to the hospital.
www.wc.pdx.edu /selena/Index.htm   (866 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Justice for Selena: The State Vs Yolanda Saldivar: Livres en anglais: Carlos Valdez   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yolanda Saldivar was the president of Selena’s fan club and a dedicated employee.
On March 31, 1995 Saldivar shot Selena at a Corpus Christi motel causing her death from the single gunshot.
This is a first-hand account of the trial of Yolanda Saldivar for the murder of Selena.
www.amazon.fr /Justice-Selena-State-Yolanda-Saldivar/dp/1412065259   (415 words)

  
 Fans remember Selena   (Site not responding. Last check: )
First, she planned to take Saldivar — who had claimed she was raped in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, two days earlier — to the hospital for an exam.
Saldivar had begun her association with Selena as an exemplary employee, founding the fan club in 1991 and building it to more than 5,000 members in a matter of months.
When Saldivar's bond was originally set at $100,000, the word was that several street gangs were taking up collections to bail her out and kill her.
www.statesman.com /news/content/metro/stories/03/31selena.html   (1301 words)

  
 Selena: Corpus Christi Caller-Times
The missing pistol that was used to kill Selena has been found in the Harris County home of the former court reporter, investigators said.
The gun that Yolanda Saldivar used to kill Selena was entered into evidence in a Houston courtroom, but hasn't been seen since the trial.
Saldivar was convicted Oct. 23 of murder by a Harris County jury
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 Selena: A star whose light dimmed too soon - Mas - Mas - Culture. Pride. Community.
Saldivar lived near San Antonio, working as a registered nurse, and caring for three children abandoned by her brother.
In 1994, Selena promoted Saldivar to a paid position as head of Selena Etc. Inc., a company devoted to overseeing two Selena boutiques/salons — one in Corpus Christi and one in San Antonio — and to market a line of Selena fashions to be sold in the boutiques as well as in other retail venues.
Saldivar protested, claiming that she had documentation to prove her innocence and offered to show Selena the alleged papers.
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 Caller-Times Interactive: Selena Tribute   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Saldivar, president and founder of Selena's fan club, managed the singer's clothing boutique in San Antonio and was involved in Selena Etc., 4926 Everhart Road, the boutique in Corpus Christi.
Saldivar's defense team maintained during the three-week trial in Houston that the shooting was an accident.
Meanwhile, Saldivar remains in a 9-foot-by-6-foot prison cell in Gatesville, where she is prohibited from having physical contact with other inmates.
www.corpuschristi.bbb.org /selena/sel124.htm   (1050 words)

  
 The Minnesota Daily - World/Nation - Tuesday October 24, 1995
Prosecutors contended Saldivar deliberately shot Selena when the singer went to retrieve records to support her family's suspicion that Saldivar had embezzled $30,000 as manager of Selena's boutiques.
Jurors only had to decide if Saldivar, who rose from founder of the Selena fan club to manager of her boutiques, should be convicted of murder.
After the shooting, Saldivar held police at bay outside the motel for nine hours, holding a gun to her head and wailing she wanted to kill herself.
www.mndaily.com /daily/1995/10/24/world_nation/wn24aa.ap   (1053 words)

  
 Judas' motivation
She was murdered by Yolanda Saldivar, the founder of the Selena fan club, and the financial manager of Selena's mushrooming fashion empire.
Yolanda was widely considered to be one of Selena's inner circle, who felt left out and ignored when Selena hit the big time.
Yolanda produced a gun and fatally shot Selena, while simultaneously screaming that she loved Selena, and was her first and biggest fan.
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 Shade's Tribute to Selena Page
Yolanda had been accused of stealing money from the fan club for her own spendings.
Yolanda then locked herself in her truck pleading that she didn't deserve to live, while holding a gun to her own head.
Yolanda is currently in prison but a final judgement and sentence on this tragic case has not been reached.
www.angelfire.com /tx/sid14/selena.html   (304 words)

  
 Saldivar extraña a Selena :: Farándula :: esmas.com
DALLAS, Estados Unidos, mar 4, 2004.- Yolanda Saldívar, la mujer que mató a la cantante Selena Quintanilla, decidió romper su silencio tras casi nueve años en prisión, para asegurar a una estación de la televisión local que extraña a la "reina del Tex-Mex".
En la entrevista, Yolanda se negó a especificar cómo ocurrieron los hechos y adelantó que contará su versión detallada del homicidio en un libro que ha escrito, lo que alimenta la especulación de que planea lucrar con el homicidio en caso de ser puesta en libertad.
El padre de Selena, Abraham Quintanilla, dijo a la WFAA que Saldívar mató a su hija y ahora está tratando de matar su espíritu.
www.esmas.com /espectaculos/farandula/347792.html   (383 words)

  
 The Daily University Star ONLINE News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Saldivar, 35, who came into Selena's life in early 1994 as a fan club organizer and later became the singer's closest aide, reacted impassively to the verdict.
In closing arguments earlier Monday, jurors had been asked to decide if Saldivar had coldly gunned down Selena, as prosecutors claimed, or if they believed the defense's contention that her gun had accidentally discharged as she met with the pop singer last March 31 at the Days Inn Motel in Corpus Christi.
Throughout the two-week trial, they argued that police had deliberately omitted from Saldivar's signed confession her insistence that she never intended to harm Selena but had planned to commit suicide instead.
star.txstate.edu /95/10/24/news2.html   (515 words)

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