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'''Yolanda Saldívar''' (born September |
'''Yolanda Saldívar''' (born 19 September 1960) is an American woman who was convicted of [[Murder of Selena|the murder]] of [[Tejano music|Tejano]] singer, [[Selena|Selena Quintanilla-Pérez]] on 31 March 1995, at the [[Days Inn]] motel in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]].<ref name="trial begins">{{cite news|last=Candiotti|first=Susan|title=Trial of Selena's accused murderer begins Monday|url=http://edition.cnn.com/US/9510/selena/index.html|agency=[[CNN]]|date=9 October 1995}}</ref> She will be eligible for parole on 30 March 2025. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Yolanda Saldívar was the youngest of seven children born to Frank and Juanita Saldívar in [[San Antonio, Texas]]. Her father was a head waiter at Jacala, a Mexican restaurant in the West End. She attended three different elementary schools in the [[Edgewood Independent School District (Bexar County, Texas)|Edgewood Independent School District]]. Saldívar first attended [[John F. Kennedy High School (San Antonio)|Kennedy High School]], then transferred to [[Oliver Wendell Holmes High School|Holmes High School]], followed by [[John Jay High School (San Antonio)|Jay High School]], before graduating in 1979 from [[McCollum High School]]. While at McCollum, Saldívar belonged to the Junior ROTC. Few classmates recall Saldívar, who was a classmate of [[Ram Herrera]], who graduated in 1978, and [[Emilio Navaira]], who graduated in 1980. |
Yolanda Saldívar was the youngest of seven children born to Frank and Juanita Saldívar in [[San Antonio, Texas]]. Her father was a head waiter at Jacala, a Mexican restaurant in the West End. She attended three different elementary schools in the [[Edgewood Independent School District (Bexar County, Texas)|Edgewood Independent School District]]. Saldívar first attended [[John F. Kennedy High School (San Antonio)|Kennedy High School]], then transferred to [[Oliver Wendell Holmes High School|Holmes High School]], followed by [[John Jay High School (San Antonio)|Jay High School]], before graduating in 1979 from [[McCollum High School]]. While at McCollum, Saldívar belonged to the [[Junior ROTC]] unit there. Few classmates recall Saldívar, who was a classmate of [[Ram Herrera]], who graduated in 1978, and [[Emilio Navaira]], who graduated in 1980. |
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Saldívar was accepted at the [[University of Texas]] in 1985, then transferred to [[Palo Alto College]]. She studied to be a [[registered nurse]], and on |
Saldívar was accepted at the [[University of Texas]] in 1985, then transferred to [[Palo Alto College]]. She studied to be a [[registered nurse]], and on 10 December 1990, received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from [[Texas A&M International University]]. At this time, she became obsessed with losing weight. She also began work as a graduate nurse at Medical Center Hospital. |
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In March 1991, she received her license as a registered nurse from the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners.<ref name="BON">{{cite web|title=Texas Board of Nursing|url=http://www.bon.state.tx.us/forms/rninq.asp|website=www.bon.state.tx.us|accessdate= |
In March 1991, she received her license as a registered nurse from the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners.<ref name="BON">{{cite web|title=Texas Board of Nursing|url=http://www.bon.state.tx.us/forms/rninq.asp|website=www.bon.state.tx.us|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref> She earned $60,000 a year. Saldívar, who never married, had to work part-time after adopting three children, one of them her niece. |
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Saldívar's employer, Dr. Faustino Gomez, a [[dermatologist]], sued her for $9,200 that he said she stole from him starting in 1983. The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court. Within two months, Saldívar was back in court again when the [[List of Texas state agencies|Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation]] obtained a Travis County court judgement in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] against her for failing to repay a student loan of $7,361. |
Saldívar's employer, Dr. Faustino Gomez, a [[dermatologist]], sued her for $9,200 that he said she stole from him starting in 1983. The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court. Within two months, Saldívar was back in court again when the [[List of Texas state agencies|Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation]] obtained a Travis County court judgement in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] against her for failing to repay a student loan of $7,361. By that time, Saldívar had switched jobs and was working as a nurse at St.{{nbsp}}Luke's Lutheran Hospital. |
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==Selena fan club== |
==Selena fan club== |
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In the next four years, Saldívar worked at two other hospitals. Having become a fan of [[Tejano music]], she began attending artists' concerts. After a [[Shelly Lares]] concert in San Antonio, she approached the singer about starting a fan club. Her request was declined by Lares' father, Fred, who would approve of no one but family members working with the singer. Saldívar was convinced by her friends to give Selena a try, although she originally disliked the singer because she dominated the [[Tejano Music Awards]]. |
In the next four years, Saldívar worked at two other hospitals. Having become a fan of [[Tejano music]], she began attending artists' concerts. After a [[Shelly Lares]] concert in San Antonio, she approached the singer about starting a fan club. Her request was declined by Lares' father, Fred, who would approve of no one but family members working with the singer. Saldívar was convinced by her friends to give Selena a try, although she originally disliked the singer because she dominated the [[Tejano Music Awards]]. |
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After attending one of her concerts, she began repeatedly calling Selena's father, [[Abraham Quintanilla, Jr.]], about starting a fan club in San Antonio.{{ |
After attending one of her concerts, she began repeatedly calling Selena's father, [[Abraham Quintanilla, Jr.]], about starting a fan club in San Antonio.<ref name=patoski>{{cite book|last1=Patoski|first1=Joe Nick|title=Selena : como la flor|date=1997|publisher=Berkley Boulevard Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0425171240|pages=132-134}}</ref> Quintanilla eventually gave in to Saldívar's requests and she immediately became the club's president. Saldívar was promoted as manager of Selena's clothing boutiques, [[Selena Etc.]].<ref name=NewYorkTimes>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/01/obituaries/grammy-winning-singer-selena-killed-in-shooting-at-texas-motel.html|title=Grammy Winning Singer Selena Killed in Shooting at Texas Motel|page=1|author=Sam Howe Verhovek|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 April 1995|accessdate=25 August 2010}}</ref> By 1993 the fan club had reached 1,500 members in less than four years, and eventually grew to over 5,000. It became one of the largest fan clubs in the San Antonio area.<ref name=patoski /> |
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==Murder of Selena== |
==Murder of Selena== |
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{{main article|Murder of Selena}} |
{{main article|Murder of Selena}} |
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In the spring of 1995 |
In the spring of 1995 Selena's family discovered that Saldívar was [[embezzlement|embezzling]] money from the fan club and the boutiques, so they fired her.<ref name=NewYorkTimes /> Three weeks later, Selena agreed to meet Saldívar at a [[Days Inn]] motel in [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]<ref name="DaysInn">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070405104003/http://chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/transcripts/95/10/13/param.html "Testimony of Richard Fredrickson"]. ''Houston Chronicle'', 13 October 1995. Retrieved 1 February 2008.</ref> on the morning of March{{nbsp}}31, 1995, to retrieve financial records Saldívar had been refusing to turn over. Saldívar once again delayed the handover by claiming she had been raped in Mexico.<ref name=girlCulture>{{cite book|editor-last1=Mitchell|editor-first1=Claudia A.|editor-last2=Reid-Walsh|editor-first2=Jacqueline|title=Girl culture an encyclopedia|date=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=0-313-08444-0}}</ref> Selena drove Saldívar to a local hospital, where doctors found no evidence of rape.<ref name="Rape">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070406191637/http://chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/transcripts/95/10/12/anthony.html "October 12, 1995 testimony of Carla Anthony"]. ''Houston Chronicle'', 12 October 1995. Retrieved 21 May 2008.</ref> They returned to the motel, where Selena again demanded the financial papers.<ref name=NewYorkTimes /> Saldívar then took a .38 [[Taurus Model 85]] revolver from her purse and pointed it at the singer. Selena tried to flee, but Saldívar shot her once in the back, severing an artery. Critically wounded, Selena ran towards the lobby for help. She collapsed on the floor as the clerk called 911, with Saldívar chasing her, calling her a "bitch".<ref name="Bitch">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070715183634/http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/transcripts/95/10/12/martinez.html "October 12, 1995, the testimony of Norma Martinez"]. ''Houston Chronicle'', 12 October 1995. Retrieved 1 February 2008.</ref> Selena died in a hospital from loss of blood at 1:05{{nbsp}}pm, two weeks from her 24th birthday.<ref name="Death">Villafranca, Armando and Reinert, Patty. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070621144534/http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/95/04/01/killed.html "Singer Selena shot to death"]. ''Houston Chronicle'', 1 April 1995. Retrieved 1 February 2008.</ref> |
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==Trial and imprisonment== |
==Trial and imprisonment== |
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{{main article|Trial of Yolanda Saldívar}} |
{{main article|Trial of Yolanda Saldívar}} |
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[[File:Entrance to TDCJ Mountain View Unit.jpg|thumb|[[Mountain View Unit]], where Saldívar is being held]] |
[[File:Entrance to TDCJ Mountain View Unit.jpg|thumb|[[Mountain View Unit]], where Saldívar is being held]] |
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Saldívar's trial for the murder of Selena was followed closely by the Latino community in the United States. The trial was not televised, but cameras were permitted on the courthouse premises. The venue was moved to Houston, Texas, after Saldívar's lawyers successfully argued that she could not receive a fair trial in Selena's home town. Before the start of the trial, [[CNN]] reported that prosecutors were expected to introduce a controversial police confession signed by Saldívar in which she said she shot Selena "during an argument over accusations from the singer's father that Saldívar stole money from Selena's accounts |
Saldívar's trial for the murder of Selena was followed closely by the Latino community in the United States. The trial was not televised, but cameras were permitted on the courthouse premises. The venue was moved to Houston, Texas, after Saldívar's lawyers successfully argued that she could not receive a fair trial in Selena's home town. Before the start of the trial, [[CNN]] reported that prosecutors were expected to introduce a controversial police confession signed by Saldívar in which she said she shot Selena "during an argument over accusations from the singer's father that Saldívar stole money from Selena's accounts". The defense was expected to introduce testimony from [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]] Robert Garza that "he overheard Saldívar claim the shooting was accidental, and that she objected when police failed to include it in her statement".<ref name="trial begins" /> |
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The defense attorney argued the shooting was accidental, but the prosecution pointed out that Saldívar, a trained nurse, did not call [[9-1-1|911]] or try to help Selena after she was shot.<ref name="Foundguilty">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/US/9510/selena/10-23/pm/index.html |
The defense attorney argued the shooting was accidental, but the prosecution pointed out that Saldívar, a trained nurse, did not call [[9-1-1|911]] or try to help Selena after she was shot.<ref name="Foundguilty">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/US/9510/selena/10-23/pm/index.html|title=Yolanda Saldivar found guilty of Selena's murder|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=23 October 1995|accessdate=17 August 2015|df=mdy}}</ref> Saldívar claimed that the gun "[accidentally] went off". The gun, a .38{{nbsp}}caliber [[Taurus Model 85]] revolver, required 11{{nbsp}}pounds of pressure on the trigger to fire, which can occur only when the trigger is intentionally pulled. The judge did not give the jury the option of lesser charges of [[manslaughter]] or [[negligent homicide]], and told the jurors they must convict or acquit Saldívar on the sole charge of [[Murder|first-degree murder]]. |
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Jurors deliberated for less than three hours on October |
Jurors deliberated for less than three hours on October{{nbsp}}23, 1995, before finding Saldívar guilty of first-degree murder.<ref name="Foundguilty"/> Three days later, on October{{nbsp}}26, she was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in thirty years; this was the maximum prison term allowed in Texas at the time.<ref name="sentencing-CNN">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/US/9510/selena/10-26/index.html|title=Selena's killer receives life sentence|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=26 October 1995|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref> On November 22, 1995,<!--23 November 1995 was a Thursday--> she arrived at the Gatesville Unit (now [[Christina Crain Unit]]) in [[Gatesville, Texas]], to be processed.<ref>Bennett, David. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE785145D688E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Somber Saldivar delivered to prison – Convicted murderer of Tejano star Selena keeps head down during processing]." ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]''. 23 November 1995. Retrieved 26 September 2010.</ref> |
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Saldívar is serving a life sentence at the [[Mountain View Unit]] in Gatesville, operated by the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. She will become eligible for parole on March |
Saldívar is serving a life sentence at the [[Mountain View Unit]] in Gatesville, operated by the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. She will become eligible for parole on March{{nbsp}}30, 2025.<ref>"[http://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=05422564 Offender Information Detail Saldivar, Yolanda]" ( {{webarchive|url=http://www.webcitation.org/6e1tfks9M?url=http://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=05422564|date=25 December 2015 }}). [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on 25 December 2015.</ref><ref>Perez, Nicole. "[http://www.ksat.com/news/no-yolanda-saldivar-did-not-die-in-prison NO, Yolanda Saldivar did not die in prison]." ''[[KSAT-TV]]''. 17 August 2015. Retrieved on 25 December 2015. "Saldivar is serving a life sentence at the state's Mountain View Facility in Gatesville for the 1995 murder of Selena."</ref> She may have a two-hour visit with family or friends each week.<ref>"[http://tdcj.state.tx.us/documents/cid/Offender_Rules_and_Regulations_for_Visitation_English.pdf Offender Rules And Regulations For Visitation]." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> |
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==After the conviction== |
==After the conviction== |
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The revolver used to kill Selena disappeared after the trial and was later found in the home of a court reporter. Despite objections from some historical groups, it was dismantled and the pieces thrown into [[Corpus Christi Bay]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/08/us/national-briefing-southwest-texas-gun-that-killed-singer-is-to-be-destroyed.html|title=Gun That Killed Singer Is To Be Destroyed|date=8 June 2002|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> |
The revolver used to kill Selena disappeared after the trial and was later found in the home of a court reporter. Despite objections from some historical groups, it was dismantled and the pieces thrown into [[Corpus Christi Bay]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/08/us/national-briefing-southwest-texas-gun-that-killed-singer-is-to-be-destroyed.html|title=Gun That Killed Singer Is To Be Destroyed|date=8 June 2002|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> |
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Saldívar has asked the [[Texas Court of Criminal Appeals]] to accept a petition that challenges her conviction. She claims the petition was filed in 2000 with the 214th District Court, but was never sent to the higher court. Her request was received on March |
Saldívar has asked the [[Texas Court of Criminal Appeals]] to accept a petition that challenges her conviction. She claims the petition was filed in 2000 with the 214th District Court, but was never sent to the higher court. Her request was received on March{{nbsp}}31, 2008, the thirteenth anniversary of Selena's death.<ref>Mary Ann Cavazos (1 April 2008). [http://www.caller.com/news/2008/apr/01/yolanda/ Selena's Killer Asks Court to Review Writ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726012700/http://www.caller.com/news/2008/apr/01/yolanda/|date=26 July 2008}}. Retrieved 6 April 2008.</ref> |
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==In popular culture== |
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Saldívar was portrayed in the movie ''[[Selena (film)|Selena]]'' |
Saldívar was portrayed by [[Lupe Ontiveros]] in the movie ''[[Selena (film)|Selena]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actress Lupe Ontiveros dies of cancer at 69|date=27 July 2012|publisher=[[CBS News]]|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/actress-lupe-ontiveros-dies-of-cancer-at-69/|accessdate=27 February 2016}}</ref> |
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