Yolanda Saldívar gunned down the singer after it was discovered she'd been embezzling money from her boutiques.

The woman convicted of killing Grammy Award winning Selena Quintanilla has filed for parole nearly three decades after the murder. Yolanda Saldívar, who was the 23-year-old's business associate and president of her fan club, killed Quintanilla on March 31, 1995, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Saldívar was president of the singer’s fan club and the manager of two of her clothing boutiques. She shot and killed Quintanilla Pérez at a Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Mar. 31, 1995. The “Como La Flor” singer was 23.

The woman serving a life sentence for the 1995 shooting death of music star Selena will have her case reviewed by the parole board in March.

Yolanda Saldivar, the woman convicted of murdering beloved Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in 1995, will soon have her case reviewed for parole. The parole panel in Texas is set to consider Saldivar’s eligibility for release in late March 2025, marking 30 years since the tragic shooting that shook the Latin music world.

Yolanda Saldívar, 64, is currently serving a life sentence for the March 1995 murder. According to Texas Department of Criminal Justice records, Saldívar will be eligible for parole on March 30, and she is currently in the parole review process.

Thirty years after Tejano icon Selena Quintanilla-Perez was murdered in her native Texas, her killer, 64 year-old Yolanda Saldívar, is under review for parole. Saldívar is currenly serving a life sentence at the Patrick L.