BREAKING – After spending nearly 20 years in prison for the murder of beloved Tejano superstar, Selena Quintanilla Perez, Yolanda Saldivar was found dead in her cell by deputies during a routine walk throuugh of the Mountain View unit in Gatesville, Texas. Attempts to resuscitate Saldivar proved futile as she appeared to have been dead for several hours before discovery.
Cause of death will be announced pending autopsy and toxicology reports.
It had been rumored that Saldivar had been suffering from kidney ailments in recent years, and was reported to have had been petitioning for an early release.
Saldivar shot and killed Selena on March 1st 1995. Selena’s father, Abraham Quintanilla discovered that Saldivar had been embezzling large sums of money from the singer’s fan club and boutiques. She was subsequently fired. Three weeks later Selena agreed to meet Saldivar at the Days Inn in Corpus Christi so she could retrieve some important business documents which Saldivar had been refusing to hand over.
