"The autopsy report, obtained by , was carried out three hours after Quintanilla's death. Her death, which had been ruled a homicide by the coroner's report, was caused by a bullet wound that had entered through her shoulder. The bullet's path continued through her ribs until it eventually punctured her chest and exited her body from her upper chest. The autopsy report shows that the gunshot wound hit the subclavian artery - a major blood vessel that brings blood to the arms, neck and head."
"Coroner Lloyd White wrote in the report that her death was "a result of an exsanguinating internal and external hemorrhage, in other words massive bleeding, due to a perforating gunshot wound of the [chest]." It also noted that her clothing was covered in blood. After Saldívar shot Quintanilla, she engaged in a 10-hour standoff with law enforcement, sitting in her vehicle in the motel's parking lot and threatening to take her own life. She was later charged with first-degree murder and pleaded not guilty."
Selena Quintanilla died in March 1995 in a Corpus Christi motel after being shot by Yolanda Saldívar, president of her fan club accused of embezzling money. The autopsy, performed three hours after death, shows a bullet entered through her shoulder, traveled through ribs, punctured the chest, exited the upper chest, and struck the subclavian artery, causing massive internal and external blood loss. Coroner Lloyd White cited exsanguinating hemorrhage as the cause of death and noted blood-soaked clothing. Saldívar engaged in a 10-hour standoff, was charged with first-degree murder, convicted in October 1995, and sentenced to life with parole eligibility.
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