Yolanda Saldívar, the woman who murdered famous Mexican American singer Selena, was denied parole by a Texas board Thursday. Saldívar, who shot Selena in the back in a motel in Corpus Christi in 1995,

The Mexican American singer known as the “Queen of Tejano" was fatally shot in 1995 at a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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, the state’s parole board announced Thursday.