Selena Quintanilla Autopsy Details Revealed 30 Years After Her Murder

Amid a harrowing new Netflix documentary honoring Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s tragic life and death, the Daily Mail has unearthed the icon’s original 1995 autopsy.

The singer, dubbed the Queen of Tejano music, was gunned down aged just 23 by the deranged president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar on March 31, 1995 – in a crime that shocked the world.

The Nueces County Medical Examiner rushed the report two and a half hours after the Grammy winner was killed, due to intense public interest in the case. 

Quintanilla-Pérez’s green sweatshirt – where the bullet passed through – was mysteriously missing after her body arrived from the Corpus Christi Memorial Medical Center and ‘blood [was] present over many areas of the’ remainder of her clothing.

The bullet severed the Queen of Tejano Music’s right subclavian artery and perforated her right upper pulmonary lobe (lung) before exiting the front of her chest, and had it gone one millimeter higher or lower she might have survived.

Coroner Lloyd White ruled Quintanilla-Pérez’s death a homicide because of ‘massive bleeding due to a perforating gunshot wound of the thorax (chest).’

Saldívar shot the beloved belter in the back at the Days Inn in Corpus Christi, TX after being repeatedly confronted about embezzling $60K through her work as Selena’s fan club president and boutique manager.

Quintanilla-Pérez ran to the lobby to name the incarcerated 65-year-old as her killer before collapsing, and Yolanda threatened to shoot herself during the ensuing 10-hour standoff with police.

Over 78K fans attended the public memorial at Bayfront Auditorium for the I Could Fall in Love songstress, and her crossover English album Dreaming of You topped the US Billboard 200 chart four months after her death.

On March 27, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied parole for Saldívar – who’s serving a life sentence at Patrick O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, TX for first-degree murder – but she’ll be up for parole again in 2030.

‘While nothing can bring Selena back, this decision reaffirms that justice continues to stand for the beautiful life that was taken from us and from millions of fans around the world far too soon,’ the Quintanilla family and her widow Chris Pérez wrote on Instagram.

‘Selena’s legacy is one of love, music, and inspiration. She lived with joy, gave selflessly, and continues to uplift generations with her voice and her spirit. As her family and loved ones, we remain committed to preserving her memory and ensuring that her story is honored with the dignity and respect it deserves.’

Grieving fans can now stream Isabel Castro’s new 105-minute documentary Selena y Los Dinos, which premiered Monday on Netflix.

Quintanilla-Pérez’s sister Suzette and brother A.B. served as executive producers on the fully-authorized flick, which features never-before-seen footage and new interviews with family and band members.

The Sundance/SXSW Film Festival darling currently has a 94% critic approval rating (out of 17 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Latina superstar’s widow Chris Pérez still thinks about her every day, dividing his life between before her death and after her death.

‘I can’t watch the end of the documentary about her death. It’s just difficult,’ the 56-year-old guitarist told People last Saturday.

‘As time has gone on, you romanticize it even more. The love story is a big part of her legacy. My most prized possessions are her love letters. I hope that her fans, or the people who watch the documentary, understand how lucky I feel to even have that.’

Pérez went on to have two children – son Noah and daughter Cassie – during his seven-year marriage to second wife Venessa Villanueva, which ended in 2008.

‘When I’m making a decision, I can hear her in my head, like, “I don’t know — are you sure you wanna do that?”‘ he said.

The Netflix doc came five years after debuting Selena: The Series starring Christian Serratos and 28 years after biopic Selena starring a then-unknown Jennifer Lopez.