Woman who fatally stabbed her fire captain wife is sentenced to 36 years to life
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Set us as preferred She killed two romantic partners with a knife.The most recent was her wife, a captain with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
After the slaying, she fled to Mexico.Now 54-year-old Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi is headed to a prison cell.The Ramona resident was sentenced to 36 years to life on Wednesday in a San Diego County Superior Court room.Olejniczak Marodi pleaded guilty on Aug.
4 to second-degree murder for killing 49-year-old Cal Fire Capt.Rebecca Marodi at the couple’s Ramona home in February 2025.The plea came about a month before her trial was set to begin.
California Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, 54, pleaded guilty to killing her wife, 49-year-old Cal Fire Capt.Rebecca Marodi, at their Ramona home on Feb.
17, 2025.She had previously been convicted of stabbing her husband to death.“This was a vicious murder of a respected and dedicated fire captain who dedicated her entire career to serving her community,” San Diego County Dist.
Atty.Summer Stephan said in a statement.
“This case also shows that no one is immune to domestic violence, which is one of the most hidden and dangerous forms of violence we confront.”The couple had been married two years when their relationship “began deteriorating,” according to Stephan.Olejniczak Marodi stabbed Marodi nearly a dozen times in her neck, chest and abdomen, according to authorities.Olejniczak Marodi was captured on security cameras loading pets and luggage into a Chevy Equinox SUV, according to an arrest warrant.Her vehicle was eventually logged crossing into Mexico by the Department of Homeland Security.
California Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi was arrested in Mexicali on Saturday and handed over to U.S.marshals in San Diego, authorities say.Marodi was discovered by her mother, Lorena, at the Ramona home and was declared d...