SAN ANTONIO – Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla Perez, was denied parole on Thursday, nearly 30 years after the singer’s death.
In a statement, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to deny parole “after a thorough consideration of all available information.”
Saldívar was denied parole because the offense “has elements of brutality, violence, assaultive behavior or conscious selection of victim’s vulnerability indicating a conscious disregard for the lives, safety, or property of others, such that the offender poses a continuing threat to public safety,” the statement read…