Saldívar is currenly serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, Texas — nearly five hours away from the scene of Selena’s death in Corpus Christi. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice records, Saldívar will be eligible for parole on March 30.
Saldívar was the president of Selena‘s fan club and the manager of her line of boutiques, Selena, Inc., when she shot her in the back on March 31, 1995. She was 23 at the time of her death. Selena was meeting with Saldívar in the latter’s hotel room to collect missing bank statements.
In the years that followed, Saldívar maintained the shooting was an accident and that she really meant to shoot herself. As part of an interview for “Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them,” a docu-series that premiered in 2024, Saldívar also refuted the allegations of embezzlement.
Selena is now among 89 Latino artists who have received the honor, according to a list compiled by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the Walk of Fame. (She joined the likes of Celia Cruz, Ritchie Valens and Jennifer Lopez, the singer-actress whose career took off after portraying Selena in a 1997 biopic.)
