Woman convicted of killing ‘Queen of Tejano’ Selena in 1995 denied parole

Yolanda Saldivar will continue to serve a life sentence for fatally shooting the Mexican American music legend

The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state's parole board announced on Thursday.

Yolanda Saldivar will continue serving a life sentence at a prison in Gatesville, Texas, after a three-member panel of the Texas board of pardons and paroles voted not to release her. In a statement explaining the denial, the board said the panel found that Saldivar continues to pose a threat to public safety and that the nature of the crime indicated a conscious disregard for the lives, safety or property of others".