The pistillate accused of murdering her leader occurrence main woman successful an horrific stabbing onslaught has been captured successful Mexico pursuing a month-long manhunt.
Mexican authorities announced connected Saturday that 53-year-old Yolanda Marodi, besides known arsenic Yolanda Olenjniczak, was taken into custody adjacent a edifice portion inactive successful her pajamas.
She was captured successful the Ferrocarril vicinity of Mexicali, Baja California successful transportation with the brutal stabbing decease of her wife, Cal Fire Captain Rebecca 'Becky' Marodi.
Authorities accidental Olenjniczak was recovered loitering successful the vicinity of the edifice erstwhile she was identified and detained.
After confirming her individuality and an outstanding warrant, she was promptly handed implicit to authorities to beryllium extradited backmost to the US.
It was conscionable implicit a period agone connected February 17 in Ramona, San Diego County, California that deputies responded to a vigor telephone for an battle with a deadly weapon.
When they arrived they recovered beloved 49-year-old Captain Rebecca Marodi unresponsive in her ain location and suffering from aggregate stab wounds.
Despite the hopeless efforts of deputies and responding Cal Fire paramedics - her ain colleagues - Marodi was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.
Mexican authorities announced connected Saturday that 53-year-old Yolanda Marodi, besides known arsenic Yolanda Olenjniczak, was taken into custody adjacent a edifice portion inactive successful her pyjamas, successful Mexicali, Baja California
SoCal occurrence skipper Rebecca Marodi, 49, was recovered dormant from aggregate stab wounds wrong her Ramona, California location past month. Her woman Yolanda Marodi, 53, has been arrested arsenic the premier fishy successful her murder
Police connected some sides of the confederate borderline had been searching for Yolanda Olenjniczak successful transportation with Marodi's murder
In the days that followed, the nationalist learned however the suspected slayer was not a alien oregon an intruder, but her ain wife.
The brace had been joined for conscionable implicit 2 years, but what whitethorn appeared to person been a committed and unchangeable relationship had unraveled with the last moments captured by their home's ain information system.
An apprehension warrant laid bare the last moments of Captain Marodi's life.
At astir 8pm that evening, information footage allegedly captured Olenjniczak chasing her woman crossed their patio.
In audio recorded during the aforesaid scene, a woman's dependable - believed to beryllium Marodi's - is heard pleading: 'Yolanda! Please… I don't privation to die.'
'You should person thought astir that before,' Olenjniczak is alleged to person replied.
Video footage aboriginal showed her lasting implicit Marodi with a weapon successful her close manus and humor disposable connected her arms.
Within minutes, the footage past shows her gathering up her pets, loading luggage, and speeding distant successful a metallic Chevrolet Equinox.
As investigators dug deeper into Olenjniczak's background, a disturbing signifier emerged.
California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi, 49, was stabbed to decease successful her ain location past month
Marodi was owed to discontinue aboriginal this twelvemonth aft much than 30 years with CalFire
Yolanda had antecedently pleaded blameworthy to voluntary manslaughter successful the decease of her ex-husband successful October 2000
Police allege she stabbed her wife, Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi, 49, wrong the Ramona location they shared connected February 17
The Ramona, California location wherever Fire Captain Rebecca 'Becky' Marodi was murdered
Yolanda, left, antecedently served clip successful jailhouse successful 2000 for fatally stabbing her ex-husband James J. Olejniczak Jr., 26, arsenic they were getting a divorce
In 2004, she was convicted of voluntary manslaughter after fatally stabbing her then-husband. She served 11 years successful situation for that transgression and was released.
More than 2 decades later, she present stands accused of yet different fatal stabbing.
Three days aft Marodi's death, Olenjniczak sent a substance connection to an associate confessing to a confrontation.
'Becky came location and told maine she was leaving me. She met idiosyncratic else… We had a large fight, and I wounded her... I'm sorry,' the connection read, according to the apprehension warrant.
Captain Rebecca Marodi was a unit of quality successful the California firefighting world, dedicating much than 30 years to Cal Fire, overmuch of it successful Riverside County.
She began arsenic a unpaid successful Moreno Valley and steadily roseate done the ranks, gaining admiration, respect, and making lifelong friendships.
Marodi, who served for 30 years with Cal Fire, was 1 of the thousands of firefighters who battled the deadly Eaton Fire successful January
Marodi's firefighter colleagues carried her retired of her location successful a flag-draped casket
She had precocious helped conflict the Eaton Fire during January's deadly wildfires and was readying her long-awaited status aboriginal this year.
'The tragic nonaccomplishment of Captain Marodi is mourned by her family, friends, and her Cal Fire family,' the section said successful a statement.
John Clingingsmith, Cal Fire Riverside County nationalist accusation serviceman and a longtime person paid tribute to her.
'She was ever precise positive,' helium said. 'Always had a grin connected her face. It didn't substance what the concern was.
'I deliberation that's 1 of the things everybody has been talking astir - her smile, her laugh, and conscionable the information that she was ever there.'
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