The convicted killer of slain singer Selena — onetime fan club president and employee Yolanda Saldivar — will soon be up for parole after serving nearly 30 years of a life sentence in prison.
People magazine reports that Saldivar spoke about her prospects from behind bars in a series of four interviews for the Oxygen True Crime series “Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them.”
Saldivar — who is up for parole as of March 30, 2025 — bought a gun on March 26, 1995, after Selena confronted her about having fleeced the singer’s clothing boutiques while working there.
Five days later, Saldivar shot Selena at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas. The rising star, just 23 years old, died at the scene.
Police engaged in a stand-off with Saldivar, who was holed up in her truck in the motel parking lot, threatening suicide. She surrendered and was convicted of first-degree murder, in spite of her argument that the killing was just an accident, and that she had intended to kill herself, not her idol.