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.
Corpus Christi hasn't changed much since Selena Quintanilla sang Como la Flor at rodeos and fairs in South Texas. The Gulf wind still carries the scent of gasoline and cotton, and her smile remains unchanged on the statue on the waterfront, as if tragedy hadn't touched her. Now, three decades after her murder at the age of 23, a new documentary reopens the Quintanilla family archives.