Murder of Selena
On the morning of March 31, 1995, the American singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was fatally shot and wounded at the Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas. Although paramedics tried to revive Selena, she was pronounced dead of hypovolemic shock at Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital at age 23. The killer, Yolanda Saldívar, was an American nurse and the president of Selena's fan club who was exposed as having embezzled thousands of dollars from the singer's earnings.
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| Coordinates | 27°48′08″N 97°27′12″W
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| Motive | Money embezzlement and Selena's management demanding missing fan club's financial records
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| Target | Selena (possible others)
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| Deaths | 1 (Selena)
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| Verdict | Life imprisonment with possibility of parole after 30 years
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