Killer of Popular Singer Convicted - October 1995

The killer of Selena, the popular Mexican-American singer who had been shot to death in Corpus Christi, TX, in March, was convicted of murder in Houston, October 23. Selena Quintanilla Perez, who performed a music style called Tejano, had been thought to be at the point of stardom. On the day of her death she met at a motel with Yolanda Saldivar, founder of her fan club, who had been dismissed after alledgedly embezzling $30,000 from a boutique owned by Selena's family. Saldivar shot Selena fatally, and later contended that her gun had gone off by accident. The Houston jury, October 26, sentenced Saldivar to life in prison.