Though it’s been 30 years since Selena Quintanilla-P\u00e9rez was shot and killed<\/a>, her family remembers it like it was yesterday.<\/p>\n In the new Netflix documentary, “Selena y Los Dinos: A Family Legacy,” the family of the late Mexican American singer murdered March 31, 1995, in Corpus Christi, Texas, detailed the aftermath of the fatal shooting and explained how they’ve managed to find the “beauty” in her death all these years later.<\/p>\n Yolanda Sald\u00edvar, a close friend who served as president of the late star’s fan club, killed Selena after her pal allegedly discovered she had embezzled a reported $30,000 from her clothing boutiques. To this day, Sald\u00edvar still denies ever stealing.<\/p>\n Selena Quintanilla’s Killer Files For Parole Nearly 30 Years After Fatally Shooting The Latin Star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Selena Quintanilla-P\u00e9rez’s family is opening up about the singer’s death in a new documentary.<\/p>\n Selena was transported to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital, where doctors attempted to revive her.<\/p>\n “I went up, and now my uncles are there and my aunt and everybody was crying,” an emotional Suzette Quintanilla, Selena’s older sister, said in the documentary. “I walked in, and my mother was with her head down, and she was crying.<\/p>\n Read On The Fox News App<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “I asked my dad, “Where’s Selena?'” her brother, A.B. Quintanilla, recalled while fighting back tears. “I said, \u2018Is she OK?\u2019 And he says, \u2018I don\u2019t think so, Mijo. I don’t think so.”<\/p>\n Selena’s husband, Chris P\u00e9rez, a former band member who married Selena<\/a> when she was 20 years old, detailed the life-defining moment he knew his wife had died.<\/p>\n “I came to the hospital. They take me to a room, and her family’s in there. When I looked, and I saw Marcy [Selena’s mother], you know, and I saw the condition she was in, I knew. Like that’s \u2026 that’s when it hit me.”<\/p>\n Selena’s family and husband detailed the heart-wrenching moments when they knew she had died in the hospital.<\/p>\n Selena was pronounced dead<\/a> of hypovolemic shock. She was 23.<\/p>\n “Death is a very painful thing, especially if it’s your child,” Selena’s father, Abraham Quintanilla, said. “You can never understand it unless it happens to you. I mean, you understand it’s going to hurt, but not the depth of the feeling. Sometimes it just hits me. But it is what it is. And we can’t change that.”<\/p>\n Selena’s Killer Speaks Out In Controversial Docuseries, Claims She Didn’t Intend To Murder Singer<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Selena started singing around the age of 6.<\/p>\n “She had a strong voice, a good ear,” Abraham told Fox News in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n “People perceived her as a down-to-earth person. Everything about her was sincere and honest,” Abraham said. “It was not just the talent. People loved her \u2014 they loved her singing, her natural talent.”<\/p>\n Selena was known as the “Queen of Tejano Music.”<\/p>\n Abraham created a band with Selena, with her brother A.B. on the bass and her sister Suzette on the drums and named the band Selena y Los Dinos.<\/p>\n “It was just a challenge, and it worked,” the 76-year-old said. “We had a little trouble to get them interested, but when they learned their first song, that\u2019s when it changed.”<\/p>\n Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Selena became the “Queen of Tejano Music,” changing the landscape for Mexican American music as one of the most influential female singers of the 20th century.<\/p>\n In February 2024, Sald\u00edvar sat down for a prison interview featured in an Oxygen docuseries, “Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them.”<\/p>\n Sald\u00edvar claimed she had no intention of killing Selena. Instead, she insisted she wanted to end her own life. However, in a series of unfortunate events, the gun allegedly went off and wounded the 23-year-old instead.<\/p>\n “It startled me,” Sald\u00edvar said. “I did not know my gun went off. I did not know that it hit her. It scared her, it scared me. There was never ever any intention to do her any harm.<\/p>\n Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “My decisions were my decisions, and the consequences were also mine,” she said. “I\u2019m regretful for all of that. If I could turn back time, if I could turn the clock, I think a lot of things wouldn\u2019t be as they [are]. And I want the people to know I miss Selena just like they do. So much. But I know I will see her again in heaven. I know I will. She didn\u2019t deserve to die.<\/p>\n “I am so sorry that she\u2019s gone,” said Sald\u00edvar. “I\u2019m so sorry that her family is hurting. And I\u2019m so sorry that my family is hurt. At no point did I mean to hurt anyone.”<\/p>\n In the Netflix documentary, Selena’s family made no mention of Sald\u00edvar and focused primarily on their loved one<\/a> and the legacy she left.<\/p>\n “I do miss her a lot,” said P\u00e9rez. “But today I’m very proud of what she represents and the small part that I might play in that story. I think that’s true for all of us.”<\/p>\n Selena’s family is proud of the legacy she left behind.<\/p>\n “My mother shared with me that there’s beauty within this ugliness that has happened,” Suzette said. “For a very long time, I did not grasp that at all. But I understand now what Selena means to people, what she represents as a culture, and it’s beautiful.”<\/p>\n “Selena, for the Latinos, brought hope to the Mexican-American community,” A.B. added. “For some little girl somewhere, or some little boy dreaming, that’s what the songs are for. They’re for you.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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