The woman who has served nearly three decades in prison for killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, has been denied parole by a Texas board.

The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995. In a statement explaining the denial,

Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of murdering Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez in 1995, was denied parole Thursday. In a statement to People magazine, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole said the “nature of the offense” which had “elements of brutality,