Yolanda Saldívar (born September 19, 1960) is an American woman who was convicted of assassinating Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez on March 31, 1995, at the Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi, Texas. She will be eligible for parole on March 30, 2025.
Yolanda Saldívar was the youngest of seven children born to Frank and Juanita Saldívar in San Antonio, Texas. Her father was a head waiter at Jacala, a Mexican restaurant in the West End. She attended three different elementary schools in the Edgewood Independent School District. Saldívar first attended Kennedy High School, then transferred to Holmes High School, followed by Jay High School, before graduating in 1979 from McCollum High School. While at McCollum, Saldívar belonged to the Junior ROTC. Few classmates recall Saldívar, who was a classmate of Ram Herrera, who graduated in 1978, and Emilio Navaira, who graduated in 1980.