In March 1995, Yolanda Saldívar called her former boss and friend Selena Quintanilla over to the Days Inn hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she was staying. Saldívar’s relationship with the popular Tejano singer was fractured and she was doing everything she could to keep Quintanilla in her life. An argument erupted between the two which resulted in Saldívar shooting Selena.
According to The New York Times , Saldívar “kept police at bay for nearly 10 hours as she sat in a red pickup truck in the motel parking lot with a gun pointed at her temple.” She repeatedly said it was an accident; she did not mean to kill her friend. Seven months later Saldívar would be found guilty of first-degree murder and received a life sentence. So, how did Yolanda meet Selena? Here’s what we know.
How did Yolanda meet Selena? She started the singer’s first fan club.
Saldívar reached out to Selena’s father Abraham Quintanilla and begged him to let her start a fan club. “She was really persistent,” he told A&E . “I thought it was a good idea. Even though I didn’t know this person, she sounded sincere. So I gave her my blessing.” Soon Saldívar was quitting her job as a nurse in order to run the fan club full-time as its president.