HOUSTON (AP) — The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state’s parole board announced Thursday.

Yolanda Saldívar, the woman who is serving a life sentence in prison for the 1995 murder of Tejano icon Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, has been denied parole. On Thursday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a press release announcing that a three-person parole panel determined after "thorough consideration" that Saldívar should not be granted release on parole due to the nature of the offense.

Selena's killer has been denied parole. Yolanda Saldívar, who was convicted of killing the iconic Tejano musician in 1995, will not be granted parole, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles announced Thursday.