55. Assassinating Gerald Ford and Selena Quintanilla-Perez: Sara Jane Moore & Yolanda Saldivar - a podcast by Pink Collar Pod
from 2021-05-27T08:55:45
This week, we bring you two cases looking at women who assassinated (or attempted to assassinate) celebrities. Rachel starts off with the story of Sara Jane Moore. Sara looked like a typical American housewife, in reality she was anything but. Sara planned to assassinate President Gerald Ford as he exited his hotel in San Francisco, California. Luckily she was using a faulty gun and missed the president. She was tackled to the ground by a passerby and swiftly arrested. While in prison, Sara made an attempt to escape but was eventually caught by the police and returned to a high security institution. In spite of all of this, Sara was released from prison in 2007.
Nathalie then tells the story of Yolanda Saldivar, former Selena fan club president turned killer. After attending on of Selena Quintanilla-Perez's concerts, Yolanda became obsessed with the singer. She contacted Selena's father about starting a fan club in San Antonio. The club quickly grew and Selena allowed Yolanda to help manage her clothing boutiques, Selena Etc. Selena's family discovered Yolanda was embezzling money from the fan clubs and the boutiques. They swiftly fired her and requested that she turn over the financial records. Yolanda waited until she had Selena alone in a hotel room and shot her, she would later die in the hospital from blood loss.
Rachel's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Jane_Moore
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-ford-survives-second-assassination-attempt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4k4WF72dqk
https://allthatsinteresting.com/oliver-sipple
Nathalie's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Selena
https://selena.fandom.com/wiki/Selena_albums_discography/merge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena_y_Los_Dinos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Yolanda_Sald%C3%ADvar
https://www.biography.com/news/yolanda-saldivar-selena-quintanilla-death
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a34861695/selena-quintanilla-death/
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/selenas-death-yolanda-saldivar
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