By Maverick
Welcome to Part 6 of this series about the latest docuseries. Yolanda’s nieces, Tina and Veronica, said that they believe Yolanda when she said it was an accident. This couldn’t have been an accident because A) the precision was so meticulous that it was a direct bullseye to Selena’s subclavian artery, severing it in half, and B) it took about 8-11 lbs. of finger pressure to pull the trigger to fire a round. Just simply waving the gun around wouldn’t cause it to accidentally go off, and since the aim was perfect, she had to be pointing the gun at Selena for a second or two to line up that perfect kill shot.
Not so fast, though. One might argue that Yolanda, who presumably had zero experience with firearms, could’ve landed that perfect shot, even 5 to 6 feet away standing distance. Again, there is a lot more about the shooting that will be saved for upcoming blogs, as there is a lot to unpack and digest, so please stay tuned. I’m looking forward to the reading comment section to see what everyone thinks.
There is something the police overlooked during their initial sweep of room 158 and didn’t bother checking: the motel room safe. Yolanda’s purse was found in the safe on April 5th, 1995, by one of the maids at the Days Inn, and she quickly notified the authorities. In the purse, she had a little over $1,800 in cash, Xanax pills, a registered nurse card, and a resignation letter from her then attorney, Richard Garza.
Carlos Valdez, Mark Skurka, and Ray Rivera claimed to have forgotten about the resignation letter from Yolanda. Carlos eventually remembered a little about it, but he brushed it off as a staged alibi. The letter was dated March 13th, 1995, where Yolanda was supposedly submitting her employment resignation from Selena’s business. The letter stipulated that the day-to-day dealings with certain members of Selena’s family made it impossible for Yolanda to continue working for her.
Tina said that Yolanda was never fired, that she wanted to quit. Mark Skurka said he wasn’t sure if the letter was actually sent, but Tina read part of Chris Perez’s police statement, where he confirmed the letter was written by Yolanda’s attorney and was sent to Selena, where she felt betrayed by Yolanda for quitting. Yolanda said she sent the letter via FedEx, and Selena wouldn’t accept it. It was then agreed by Selena that Yolanda would remain on payroll but wouldn’t come to the boutiques to avoid any future run-ins with Abraham Quintanilla.
The official story was framed like so, that Selena kept Yolanda on board just so she could get the records that she needed to file her taxes, but as mentioned previously, why didn’t her and Chris just go to the bank? Chris claimed in his book “To Selena With Love” that Selena was very stubborn and wanted to simply expose Yolanda as a liar. Wouldn’t a $15,000 unauthorized charge on her corporate credit card, like Abraham mentioned and uncorroborated in his own book, have been enough to expose her as a liar and a thief? Was Selena aware of that exorbitant charge? You will find that many of these details within this case do not make the slightest bit of sense, like a massive jigsaw puzzle where a lot of the pieces do not fit.
The official police investigation and trial were tainted from the get-go. I’m not saying Yolanda is anywhere close to being vindicated. It’s simply that the reason for Selena not being here today was a lot bigger than alleged embezzlement and an unhinged, obsessed fan. Several of those interviewed in this docuseries appeared to doubt the official story because of how nuanced and ambiguous it is, how the case was built on bias, and how certain key pieces of evidence were absent. The resignation letter was included as a defense exhibit in Yolanda’s trial, but held no merit because of how the prosecution framed their narrative and the fact that Yolanda shot Selena. It’s understandable because it doesn’t matter if Yolanda was going to resign, because she didn’t and stayed on board working for Selena until Selena’s final moments alive. The only thing the letter does is somewhat confirm that Yolanda was willing to walk away, that she would’ve accepted being fired, and wouldn’t have shot Selena because of that. So once you pick apart every possible motive, what other reason would account for Yolanda shooting Selena if it wasn’t an accident?
To be continued in “Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them” – Episode 1 Part 7…
