MURDERED: Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

The Murder Diaries

Cloud10

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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By the age of 23, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez had earned the moniker “Queen of Tejano music.” She was a musical powerhouse and adept businesswoman, whose fashion and music contributions have influenced multiple generations. She worked tirelessly to build her dream life– a booming career, a tight-knit family, and a loving husband, when everything was cruelly ripped away from her by someone she thought to be her friend. This is her story. Listen Ad Free And Get Access to Exclusive Journal Entries Episodes: Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HEzJSwElA7MkbYYie9Jin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themurderdiariespod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: Hit subscribe/ 1 week free trail available Resources: https://briefly.co.za/facts-lifehacks/celebrities-biographies/131149-what-happened-yolanda-saldivar-everything-selenas-killer/ https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a34861695/selena-quintanilla-death/ https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/saldivar-yolanda.htm https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/selenas-death-yolanda-saldivar https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a31881895/yolanda-saldivar-now/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-18-mn-58404-story.html https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/the-queen-is-dead/ https://people.com/archive/cover-story-before-her-time-vol-43-no-15/ https://www.notablebiographies.com/Sc-St/Selena.html https://www.biography.com/musicians/selena Music Used: Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Our Links: Link Hub: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://msha.ke/themurderdiaries⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/themurderdiariespod/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Edited by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.landispodcastediting.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.4	18 plus opt in and bet on any football marketing at odds of evens or greater no, cash out seven-day expiry terms and conditions apply. Gamblerware.org. Welcome to the murder diaries. I'm Natalie. And I'm Paige. By the age of 23, Selina Kingintanilla had earned the moniker, Queen of Tijuana
0:39.8	Music. She was a musical powerhouse, an adept businesswoman, whose fashion and music
0:46.3	contributions have influenced multiple generations. She worked tirelessly to build her dream
0:52.2	life, a booming career, a tight-knit family, and a loving husband.
0:57.9	When everything was cruelly ripped away from her
1:00.5	by someone she thought to be her friend.
1:03.7	This is her story.
1:06.8	You still think it's in my head, but I'm walking with the day.
1:20.2	There are some people who seem to be born for greatness.
1:23.6	Selina was one of those people.
1:25.6	Perhaps it was because she was born with music running through her veins.
1:29.6	Her father, Abraham Keentania, was also a musician. Abraham developed a deep love for music at a very
1:35.6	young age and even dropped out of high school in his senior year to follow his dreams of making music.
1:41.5	He joined a group called Los Dinos in 1956, and together the group would play at
1:46.4	different music venues hoping for their big break. Los Dinos released their first single in 1959.
1:53.2	The single experienced moderate success, and the group found themselves getting more and more bookings.
1:58.4	They followed up that single with another entitled, Give Me One Chance.
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