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Dismissing the defense claim that the shooting had been an accident, a Houston jury convicted Yolanda Saldivar of having murdered Tejano singing star Selena. The sentence: life in prison with no possibility of parole for 30 years. The March shooting, which took place in a Corpus Christi motel, is said to have occurred during a financial dispute between Selena and Saldivar, the former president of the singer's fan club...
...Yolanda Saldivar was sentenced Thursday to life in prison by the same jury that convicted her on Monday. The jury deliberated a total of 9 1/2 hours over two days before agreeing on the life sentence. Saldivar must spend at least 30 years in jail and pay a fine of $10,000. She did not face the death penalty because her crime did not contain the aggravating circumstances required for such punishment under Texas law. Saldivar shot Selena after the singer went to a Corpus Christi motel to fire her for embezzling...
...glare of courtroom television coverage. In Los Angeles prosecutors began their retrial of Lyle and Erik Menendez on charges of having murdered their parents; the prior prosecution of the brothers, who claim they were driven to kill by years of sexual abuse, ended in hung juries. In Houston, Yolanda Saldivar went on trial for the murder of Tejano singing star Selena. The former president of Selena's fan club, Saldivar claims the shooting was an accident...
...Friday, two weeks shy of her 24th birthday, the singer, now known simply as Selena, was shot to death in a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas. The accused assailant was a former employee, Yolanda Saldivar, 32, who once headed Selena's fan club and later ran a boutique owned by the singer. Saldivar was arrested after a nine-hour standoff with police in the parking lot of the Days Inn. The only explanation offered for the killing came from Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla, who suggested that Selena's meeting with Saldivar at the Days Inn was about financial irregularities...
...Yolanda Peralta Sandoval Mexico City...