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The California woman suspected of fatally stabbing her wife and fleeing to Mexico has been captured after more than four weeks on the run. Thirty-three days after she crossed into Mexico on Feb. 17 — the day her Cal Fire captain wife, Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, 49, was found dead in her California home — Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi was located and taken into custody, according to the San Diego Sheriff's Office (SDSO). Mexican authorities alerted United States officials that Yolanda, 53, had been found on Saturday, March 22, the sheriff’s office said. She was arrested near a hotel on Fresnillo Avenue...

Police are searching for a killer who stabbed a beloved California fire captain to death, just weeks after she battled the devastating Eaton Fire. Cal Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi, 49, was found with multiple stab wounds inside her Ramona home around 8:58 p.m. PT on Monday. First responders administered life-saving measures, but Marodi succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives believe Marodi was killed by someone she knew, but they have not identified a suspect.

The Cal Fire captain who was stabbed to death inside her San Diego County home pleaded with her wife, “I don’t want to die,” before the fatal attack, according to chilling Ring camera footage. Rebecca Marodi, 49, can be heard begging for her life in the video from Feb. 17 that was provided to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office by the victim’s mother, according to an arrest warrant reviewed by Eyewitness News.

New, chilling details reveal that slain Cal Fire captain Rebecca Marodi begged for her life before she was stabbed to death in her Southern California home last week. Marodi, 49, was found with several stab woundson Feb. 17. Her wife, Yolanda Marodi, also known as Yolanda Olejniczak, was identified as the suspect in the killing and is currently still on the loose. An arrest warrant for Yolanda Marodi states that about a week before the deadly stabbing, Rebecca told Yolanda she was leaving and ending their marriage. The warrant also reveals that on the day of Rebecca’s death, Ring surveillance...