Selena: A Heartbreaking Loss, A Powerful Voice

Jackie Voice (0:04): Welcome to True Crime, Authors and Extraordinary People. The podcast where we bring two passions together. The show that gives new meaning to the old adage, truth is stranger than fiction, and reminding you that there is an extraordinary person in all of us. Here is your host, David McClamb.

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David McClam (1:15): Let's just say I had to do a lot of remodeling, a lot of equipment changes. There's been some personal things going on, and equipment was tore down for about two weeks or so, and we're back. I will do an episode to clue you guys in on all of that as I like to keep you abreast on my life and what's happening in case I can help somebody else. And to the people that came on the show that has not been released yet, I am working on that. I apologize for the delay, but I thought that the whole remodeling thing was gonna take me like a day, ended up being like two weeks, and I'm still not done.

David McClam (1:49): So that's why I've been away for so long. The upgrades I made does help the podcast, and we'll get into all of that on a later episode. But today, we're gonna dive into one of the most heartbreaking and unforgettable cases in music history. I wanted to get this out at the end of last year, but I didn't make it because it was the thirtieth anniversary for this person. So today, we're gonna talk about the story of Selena Cantanilla Perez, known throughout the whole entire world just simply by Selena.

David McClam (2:23): Now I'm gonna say this before we start because, of course, Selena was a Hispanic music star, but she is one of those stars kinda like Bruce Lee. She is claimed by both. Her country, which is probably Mexico, I believe, that's in America. Because she was indeed born here to Mexican parents. She couldn't even really speak the language, and we'll get into more of that as we get into her episode.

David McClam (2:49): But she's one of those superstars that was loved around the world globally, internationally, however you wanna look at it. I kinda look at her as the princess Diana of music, Tehana or otherwise. Right? Because princess Diana belonged to London, but she was claimed around the world, and I believe Selena had that same kind of aura about her. So let's jump into this.

David McClam (3:13): Yes, of course, I have notes and scripts that I've written or has been written because of the fact that there's a lot here, and we want to make sure we get everything right. So she's known as the queen of Tohono music. Selena was more than a singer. She was an icon, a trailblazer, and a beacon of hope for millions of fans who saw themselves in her. But her story is also one of betrayal, obsession, and tragedy.

David McClam (3:37): On 03/31/1995, at the age of just 23 years old, Sina was murdered by someone she trusted deeply, a fan turned employee who became consumed by greed and control. So on this episode, we're gonna take you through Selena's incredible rise, the portrayal that shattered her world, the events of that tragic day, and the trial that followed, and why her legacy continues to shine nearly three decades later. Paulina Quintanilla was born on 04/16/1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Now just to give you guys some context of age between Selena and I so when I say things like I follow her whole life, you guys kind of get the gist. Selena and I was the same age when she passed away.

David McClam (4:31): She passed away on 03/31/1995. So she was just one month shy of her 20 birthday. So she's a few months older than me, so she would have turned 24 in April. I would have still been 23. So when she died with the same age of 23, she would have turned 24 in April, I would have turned 24 in November that year.

David McClam (4:58): Me and Selena, practically is the same age. She's just a few months older than me. She was the youngest of three children in a hardworking Mexican American family. Her father, Abraham Cantanilla Junior, recognized her gift at an early age, her perfect pitch, her timing, her ability to connect with the crowd even as a child. Now he formed the family band Selena Y Los Dinos with Selena as the lead vocalist, her brother AB on bass, and her sister Suzette on drums.

David McClam (5:28): Now, I wanna kinda point something out about this, because if you guys ever seen the movie, and I've seen Suzette talk about this since the death of Selena. Now, of course, when Abraham was handing out parts, he picked Suzette to play drums. And the first thing Suzette said was, girls don't play drums. Now, understand that back in this time, and still to this day, and I'm speaking from experience being that I'm a professional drummer, drumming has always kind of been a male dominated instrument. Now, in 2026 and the last five and ten years, which I'm proud to say, there's a lot of female drummers that has come up.

David McClam (6:04): There's always been female drummers back in the seventies and eighties. I give you one like Sheila E, but maybe they wasn't talked about as much. Right? We knew Sheila E because she's connected to Prince and Sheila E came from a big huge family of conga players. Right?

David McClam (6:19): But in the regular scheme of things when it comes to drums, you really never see females behind a drum set in high school bands and the like. Now, when I was in high school back in the eighties and late nineties, yes, we did have a couple of female drummers. But Suzette really didn't want to play these drums. She didn't know how to play. I think if you really look at it, none of Selena's brothers and sisters knew how to play the instruments they were given.

David McClam (6:47): This just shows you how talented that family was, because they all learned how to play these instruments. And by the time it was said and done and over, and Tuzette was ready to step down, she was one hell of a drum player. So I just wanted to kind of point that out in case you guys don't know some of the history behind these things. Now, for their family, times were tough, and the family faced evictions, even bankruptcy, after their restaurant closed during the Texas oil bust. But music became both their passion and their survival.

David McClam (7:17): And see, by the age and by her teenage years, Selena's voice was already reshaping Tejano music, a male dominated genre rooted in Mexican American traditions. Glad you want you guys to get that. This family's breaking in. Tejano music at that time again was a male dominated genre. Now in 1987, she won female vocalist of the year at the Tejano music awards.

Unknown Speaker (7:42): And then two years later, she signed with Capital EMI Latin. From there, her career skyrocketed. Now, I don't know if I were just down, so I'm just gonna kinda give you guys context in here, because by this time, I believe, when she won her first Tejano Music Awards, he was already married to Chris Perez. And we will talk a little bit about him towards the end of this because he's very important to Selena's story. But they when she went to accept this reward now I want you to understand, like, every red blooded Mexican and American male wanted Selena.

David McClam (8:13): If you've never seen her, which I'm sure you guys have, Selena was an extremely beautiful young woman. And as she grew up, the beauty just got better and better. So all these dudes was vying for Selena. As a matter of fact, at one point in time, her whole bus broke down, and I think on the side of the bus it says Selena Enos Dios, and she was actually walking outside the bus. So these dudes just come flying by, and they stopped because they recognized it was Selena, and they got out and they helped them change the tire.

Unknown Speaker (8:43): Matter of fact, I don't know why they would do this, but they tried because I think the bus had fell into a ditch. So they tried to pull her bus out with their car, and it ripped off the bumper. Now, anybody else would have been kind of upset, right, oh my god, my bumper got ripped off, this is not the time. This dude was like, oh no, that's fine. That's fine.

David McClam (9:02): I love Selena's. Now, never called Selena, it was Selena's. And he was, oh, no. And then had her sign the bumper at the same time. So when she accepted her Tiana music award, she was then married to Chris Perez, and they booed Chris Perez out the building when she said, I want to thank my husband.

David McClam (9:21): And she stopped abruptly and said, now hold on, if I was married to one of y'all, you wouldn't be booing. So I just wanted to kind of tell you that story in case you've never seen the movie or you didn't hear this. There's been several things or several interviews that's been done where this has been talked about, so it it is true. Alright. So after she got her Tohono Music Award, two years later, she signed with capital e in my Latin, and from there, her career skyrocketed.

David McClam (9:48): So Selena brought something new to Tohono. She blended cumbia, pop, r and b, and dance in a way that made the music vibrant, modern, and accessible. She wasn't just performing. She was commanding the stage with charisma, style, and joy. And fans connected instantly with her authenticity.

David McClam (10:09): She was one of them and yet larger than life. Now by the early nineteen nineties, Selena was the face of Tohono music. Her albums Entre a Mi Mundo albums Mi Mundo and Omar Prohibido produced timeless hits like Como La Flor, Bidi Bidi Bom Bom, and No Mi Quida Mas. She sold out arenas, earned Grammy Awards, and became a fashion icon with her sparkling bustiers and bold looks. Now, I think we have to step back a little bit because there's some things in Selena's history you guys probably should know.

David McClam (10:46): Now, when it comes to Abraham, her father, he sat her down one day and said, you have to be better than the Mexicans and you have to be way better than the Americans. Because the fact that, for one, Selena didn't speak the language. She was born in Texas. She was born on American soil. She was raised speaking English.

David McClam (11:05): And let's just face it, even though she has Mexican parents who fluently speaks the language, sometimes when your children is born here because of the way the school system is and English is the first language, they just don't learn the language. And I know several people that my my kids went to school with that was like that. And then sometimes it's vice versa, right? They're the only one in the house that can speak English and Spanish, while the rest of the family does not. But in this case, when it came to Selena, she couldn't speak the language.

David McClam (11:33): And so Abraham pretty much said, you have to learn how to speak the language because he was afraid that she would get shunned by her own people for not being able to speak Spanish. And she learned it, and she was fluent in both Spanish and English. So when he told her that, it's kind of the same thing my mom used to always tell me, no matter what you do, because of the skin tone that you carry, you have to be better than anyone else that's out there to show that you can do what you need to do. And in these days and times sometimes, unfortunately, that's a little true. And so, when once he knew that she had that talent, he told her that.

Unknown Speaker (12:07): And now, you know, mentioned her bustiers, you know, Abraham was not real thrilled after she started getting older and the way that she was dressing with the bustiers, where the the midriffs were showing, and she really wasn't dressed really inappropriately. Her clothes was tight, like the the pants would be a little tight, but that's what it was back then. And the mom was like, come on Abraham, just let her go, she'll be fine. So I wanted to point that out too, because there's a lot of things that within this family that does aid to other things that you guys probably should know. But Selena had even bigger dreams.

David McClam (12:39): She wanted to cross over into the English language market, and with her upcoming album, Dreaming of You, she was poised to break barriers as one of the first Latina superstars to dominate mainstream American pop. Now, I know I'm a get shot for saying this, but I'm going to because I believe it's the truth. I told you that she would be the first Latina superstar to dominate, not just take over, not just come over here, dominate mainstream American pop. Now, there's two other names that are really big in that music scene. There is Jennifer Lopez, and then there was Gloria Estefan.

David McClam (13:17): I would dare say that if Selena wasn't taken from us that early, she would have been the top female to Honol Star. She would have taken out Gloria Estefan, and she would have taken out Jennifer Lopez. Now, I love Jennifer Lopez, and I love Gloria Estefan, and they are big names. But if Selena would have lived, she would have least been bigger than Jennifer Lopez. Matter of fact, Jennifer Lopez played her in the movie Selena.

David McClam (13:45): And I bet money if you ever went and sat down with Jennifer Lopez and said, hey, if Selena was still here, do you think that she would be bigger than you? I almost guarantee you that Jennifer Lopez would say she agrees. She was on this tear to dominate because she had fans all over the globe. Even though she started out with Spanish speaking albums and was predominantly playing for Mexican and Hispanic audiences, she was already known and well loved over here in America. I love Selena.

David McClam (14:18): I didn't understand a dang word she was saying. She could have been saying we gonna come in short and shoot y'all. I would have been like, yep, that song's the bomb because just the way she was, her charisma, and her music just in general was bomb. So she was said to be the first Latina to dominate mainstream American pop. That album would have blended Spanish and English tracks, capturing both her cultural roots and her universal appeal.

David McClam (14:46): So that is what that album is. If you have the album, which I do, I have, like, three copies. I have a digital copy, you have an original copy, and then I do have the thirtieth anniversary copy. At the end of that being that she is no longer here, her family does do the linear notes for you. But if you have that Dreaming of You album, it's all English, except for she did add in some Hispanic songs, some of her biggest one.

Unknown Speaker (15:14): Right? Like Como La Flora, Bidi Bidi Bom Bop, all that good stuff. I don't think the album was quite finished yet at that time, and I'll tell you why I say that here in a second. But I think that what they had, the family was able to get that released, and they were able to add the actual tracks to it. Now, I could be further wrong in that.

Unknown Speaker (15:30): It could have been done, but from everything I have read and kind of got ahold of, Selena, unfortunately, was murdered before she was able to completely finish it in the way that she wanted to. You have to also remember this when it comes to her life, because, you know, she was married to Chris. That was a big uproar. And when it comes to Chris Perez, who was her husband and Abraham, unfortunately, we lost Abraham a few months ago. But and I know Chris Perez went on his Twitter and he said some very good things about Abraham.

Unknown Speaker (16:02): The truth of the matter is, is that Chris and Abraham had issues all the way up until the time that Abraham passed away. And I don't understand how some things went the way that they did because of the fact that Chris and Selena was still very much happily married at the time of her death. Usually, here in America, when that all happens, anything that pertains to that person is then controlled by their spouse. So everything from the estate, all the way down to what you do with the royalties, all the way down to upcoming albums, but it just didn't seem to work out that way. There's a long history between Chris and Abraham courses.

Unknown Speaker (16:38): Chris was the the boy that Selena was never supposed to marry, and they hired him in the band. He was a recluse. Very good very talented guitar player, but he was just in that time of his life where he was just wilding. Right? So and I say all that to say that Selena was about to take a break.

David McClam (16:55): Her whole entire thing was she wanted to get the crossover album out, probably go ahead and promote that, do a tour or so, and then she was gonna step away so that her and Chris could start their family. But unfortunately, just at 23 years old, Selena was on that cusp of global superstardom. She was on that cusp of being more out there in the world, on the cusp of starting the family that she wanted. She was also a very savvy businesswoman. She had launched her own boutiques, which is Selena, etcetera, and was designing clothing lines.

David McClam (17:29): She had vision, ambition, and a heart for her community. Fans adored her not just because of her voice, but because she made them feel seen, valued, and proud of their heritage. But unfortunately, it was trust and kindness that opened the door to Selena's betrayal. If you look around you now, Selena's makeup line is still out. Sephora, I think, has picked up a large part of that, and if you haven't noticed, in the last couple of years, they've released new Selena colors or whatever it was, but the lines was wrapped around the place.

David McClam (18:05): At one point, worked at the mall in Glendale, and I'm like, what is going on at Sephora? And this was several years ago. And they're like, the Selena they came out with a new Selena color palette. Line everywhere. So even to this day, the young women, especially the young Latina women, are still out there trying to grab everything that is Selena.

David McClam (18:27): You still see Selena t shirts everywhere these days. So nobody has forgotten about Selena. But now we need to talk about Yolanda Sandoval. See, at first, Yolanda seemed like nothing more than a devoted fan. She founded Selena's official fan club in 1991, quickly growing its membership to thousands.

David McClam (18:49): Her dedication impressed the Continia family, and by 1994, Yolanda was not only running the fan club, but also managing Selena's boutiques. But see behind the scenes, however, there was cracks. They were forming, and people was noticing. Employees reported Yolanda's abusive behavior and suspected financial mismanagement. Fans complained about paying for merchandise they never received, and Abraham Cantania investigated and discovered more than $60,000 was missing.

David McClam (19:21): Yolanda had been embezzling money, forging checks, and exploiting her position. Selena's father warned her that Yolanda was dangerous, but Selena was reluctant to believe it, and she saw Yolanda as a friend and wanted to give her a chance to make things right. But what Selena really needed were the financial records Yolanda still controlled, and that dependency would prove fatal. Now, just to kind of tick up for Selena a little bit, because I could kind of hear some people saying, Well, she should've known where her money was going and all this kind of stuff. I I want to remind you that there's been several artists in the world that's got ripped off by people they trusted because you are an artist.

David McClam (20:05): Now, I've never been an artist on the scale of Selena and all these other people, but I'm telling you, just from the things I know of being on the road, when you are the artist and you're the person out there performing with the band, matter what your party is, drummer, keyboardist, guitarist, whatever the case is, your schedule is so jam packed. You just move from one to the next to the next. You're like a machine. Right? They say, here's your tour schedule.

Unknown Speaker (20:26): You're gonna be in LA tonight. You're gonna be in Sacramento tomorrow. You're gonna be in Riverside this week. K? So you're just following the tour pattern.

David McClam (20:36): You have hired people. The record label's keeping in in in track of your record sales. They're probably helping you with the production. You got people handling the finances and the money. You got people responsible for making sure that you and the band get paid.

Unknown Speaker (20:49): You got people that's making sure that you eat, you got people that's making sure that they take care of your writers. These are usually managers. What a writer is, is a celebrity has certain things that they want in their room. So, like, say, Selena said, I love green M M's. So she can put a writer, I want a bowl of nothing but green M M's, and when she gets to her dressing room, she'll have a bowl of nothing but green M and M's.

David McClam (21:12): And if you're laughing and saying, is there really somebody that will sit there and pick out all the green M and M's? I'm here to tell you, yeah, they have a person that will sit there and pick out every m that is green to put in this bowl. So it ain't her fault, because she put these people in charge and she trusts them to do what is right by her while she's out there taking care of her job, which is to entertain the masses. So she was so close to Yolanda that she was like, there's no way she could be ripping me off. I don't know what you guys are saying.

Unknown Speaker (21:45): Can you give me some proof of all of that? You know, I I I need I need to see this. And I know this because my wife and my best friend, LaDonna, is exactly this way. Right? You know, if if you have somebody that you trust explicitly, sometimes you don't trust you don't test that trust.

David McClam (22:01): You just say, no, there's no way they could do that, and sometimes that is the person that could be ripping you off blind, and you just never see it, or you never want to see it. So on the morning of 03/31/1995, Selena agreed to meet Yolanda at a Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi. See, she believed Yolanda would finally hand over the documents needed for her boutiques. Instead, the meeting turned heated. At 11:48AM, Yolanda pulled a revolver and shot Selina in the back as she tried to flee.

David McClam (22:32): Wounded and bleeding profusely, Selina managed to run nearly 400 feet to the motel lobby, leaving a trail of blood behind her. In her final moments of consciousness, she cried out for help, naming her killer Yolanda, Room 158. Despite the efforts of paramedics and surgeons, the damage was too severe. And at 01:05PM, Selena Continia was pronounced dead. Now there is no way Yolanda could have turned over these records, and I want you guys to understand that.

Unknown Speaker (23:08): Because if she did turn over the records, it was going to show that she, in fact, was embezzling this money that Abraham had already confronted her about. So from my belief, I don't think that they would have pressed charges on Yolanda. I think if Yolanda would have just handed over all the stuff, pretty much said, I'm sorry, they would have let her go, and we would have never seen her again, or at least Selena would never did business with her again. But she didn't look at it that way. She felt that she would get turned in, so she had no other choice but to kill Selena.

David McClam (23:46): So now, at this point, after Selena was pronounced dead, the world had lost a superstar, and her family had lost a daughter, a sister, and a wife. The murder of Selena shocked the world and devastated the Latino community. Yolanda Saldivar was arrested after a nine hour standoff in which she held a gun to her head inside her pickup truck. Her trial held later that year was described as the trial of the century for Latinos. Prosecutors presented overwhelming evidence of premeditation and betrayal.

David McClam (24:20): Yolanda's defense argued it was an accident, but the jury wasn't convinced. She was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after thirty years. So now that we were at the thirtieth year in 2025, and in March 2025, her case came up for parole review, and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied her release, citing the brutality of the crime and the ongoing threat she posed. Under will remain in prison until at least 2030. I'm going to tell you I was overjoyed when that happened.

David McClam (25:02): And the reason it was pretty much written that the judge thought that she was an ongoing threat is because they don't know if she's gonna go back and try to finish off anyone else in the Kintania family, which most likely would have been Abraham because he's the one that pretty much exposed the whole thing. But Abraham is no longer here as he passed away in 2025. So that means that she is gone for at least 2030. She keeps saying that it was an accident. Now I think that she's pretty much accepted the fact and admitted that she did kill Selena.

David McClam (25:38): There's nobody else that was there. But the responsibility the parole board wants you to take is to say, you did the crime, and how you feel about it now? Right? You're like, supposed to say, I I I did it. Yeah.

David McClam (25:52): I killed her. I feel remorse about it, I would never do it again, but she keeps saying it was an accident, that she never meant to harm Selena. If I can remember part of the story, something about the day she pulled the gun out and they ended up wrestling, and the gun got discharged, Nobody was believing any of that mess that Yolanda was saying. We know that because of the way that Selena was shot, that it was definitely intentional. So, Throw Selena's life was stolen, her legacy has only grown stronger with time.

David McClam (26:22): Now her crossover album, dreaming of you, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making history as the first primarily Spanish language album to do so. Her influence inspired countless artists from Jennifer Lopez who portrayed her in the 1997 biopic to younger generations of Latina performers who cite Selena as their role model. Her music continues to play at family gatherings, senoras, weddings, and community events. She has a museum, a bronze statue in Corpus Christi, Texas, a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, and in 2023, she was prominently awarded the National Medal of Arts. But beyond the honors, represents something far deeper, her representation and pride.

David McClam (27:09): She showed young Latinas and anyone who felt overlooked that they could achieve greatness without abandoning who they were. As one fan put it, when we think of Selena, we think of home, we think of family. Her legacy is not waning. If anything, it's stronger than ever. Selena Quintanilla Perez was more than a singer.

David McClam (27:31): She was a dreamer, pioneer, and an extraordinary woman who broke barriers and opened doors for others. While her killer remains behind bars, Selena's voice, spirit, and influence live on. Her story is a constant reminder of both the fragility of life and the enduring power of legacy. Selena was taken too soon, but she will never be forgotten. From one musician standpoint, which is mine, we lost Selena way too soon.

David McClam (27:59): Was she was one of those artists that I was looking forward to see where she went. Again, no matter who you see out there in the female Tejano scene, I believe if Selena would have lived, she would have taken them all out. She would have been like Michael Jackson. She would have been the queen of Tahano, as they already call her. She would have been bigger than life.

David McClam (28:19): She would have been the person that you look forward to in that genre. You know, three musicians in my my life time, I feel, has had that charisma. I'm sure there have been more, but these three musicians I can relate to. You know, Michael Jackson being Prince and being Selena, were all minorities, and they all had to break barriers into something that we as minorities was never supposed to do. As a female, she was never supposed to be where she was in the first place because the genre of music that she was in was male dominated.

David McClam (28:50): And as a Latina, she has doubled down on the problems and things that she's not supposed to do, and she broke those glass ceilings. The one thing we have to remember is when she breaks that ceiling, when Michael Jackson broke the ceiling for being the first African American on MTV, when Prince broke the ceiling for being the extravagant but super talented musician that he was, it shows to the world and to people that looks like them that these things are possible if you only believe, put your head down, get it done, and don't pay attention to the naysayer. So I have my thirtieth anniversary album. I think you can still find some if you go look around. Totally Gone Too Soon.

David McClam (29:32): When it comes to her husband Chris Perez, yes, he has to be married, but he's had several different I think he's been married like two or three times now since Selena's been gone. His life has really never been the same. From some of the things he's written, my wife and I said, we don't see how he's married because, you know, he's forefront for Selena still to this day, and it seems like whoever he marries is just somebody to try to fill the void that Selena left, but is never gonna really happen. He's had kids since that time, but I'm sure he was looking forward to having kids with Selena. But if you ever follow Chris Perez on Twitter, you'll see what I mean.

Unknown Speaker (30:06): The moment that the thirtieth anniversary came up, it was him that was promoting the thirtieth anniversary album, where to get it, you know, what shows she was gonna be on, or that they were gonna be promoting her music, things of that nature. So my condolences, even it's been thirty years later, to the Continia family. My condolences, especially since Abraham just passed in December 2025, but her music lives on to all of us who are her fans. So keep playing those Selena album. But I do thank you for joining me for this one.

Unknown Speaker (30:38): I know you have many choices in true crime and interview podcast. I am grateful that I am one of your choices. And always remember, you have been listening to the only refaceted podcast of its kind. Be good to yourself and each other and always remember, always stay humbled. An act of kindness can make someone's day.

Unknown Speaker (30:57): A little love and compassion can go a long way. Remember that there is an extraordinary person in all of us. I'll catch you guys on the next one.

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