Slain California fire captain's fugitive wife nabbed in Mexico, returns to US to face no-nonsense prosecutor

The fishy and fugitive woman of a beloved slain California occurrence skipper made her archetypal tribunal quality and is 1 measurement person to learning her fate. 

Following her arraignment proceeding connected Wednesday afternoon, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, 53, is being charged with execution successful the stabbing decease of her spouse, Rebecca "Becky" Marodi, 49. 

Stephan's bureau said Olejniczak Marodi pleaded not blameworthy astatine Wednesday's hearing. 

Olejniczak Marodi is being held without bail and, if convicted, faces 25 years-to-life successful prison.  

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Yolanda Marodi is pictured near pursuing her apprehension successful Mexico. Pictured right, Yolanda Marodi with Rebecca Marodi. (Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat / Yolanda Marodi/Facebook)

On Sunday, authorities successful Mexico nabbed Olejniczak Marodi, who had been connected the tally for implicit a period since being named the fishy successful Rebecca Marodi's decease connected February 17. 

"I privation to convey the Sheriff’s Office for their thorough probe and instrumentality enforcement connected some sides of the borderline for locating and arresting this unsafe suspect truthful she could beryllium returned to San Diego and look justness for this deadly crime," Stephan shared successful a quality release.  

Investigators are inactive moving to stitchery much accusation to find the circumstances and information down Capt. Marodi's death.  

"Rebecca Marodi was a beloved Fire Captain who devoted her beingness to protecting others, including precocious battling the Eaton occurrence adjacent Los Angeles and the seizure of her slayer volition statesman the tribunal process with today’s arraignment. When the U.S. Marshals’ San Diego Fugitive Task unit is looking for convulsive criminals, they tin tally but they can’t fell arsenic we saw successful this case," Stephan continued. 

Yolanda was allegedly seen connected surveillance video arguing with Rebecca and physically assaulting her connected the time of the fatal stabbing.

WIFE OF SLAIN CALIFORNIA FIRE CAPTAIN NABBED IN MEXICO AFTER WEEKS ON THE RUN

The fishy accused of sidesplitting her wife, Cal Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi, successful an alleged home incidental successful San Diego County was arrested successful Baja California, Mexico, implicit a period later. (FOX 5/KUSI)

An apprehension warrant, obtained by KABC, details that Rebecca told Yolanda she was leaving her and ending their matrimony astir a week earlier she was murdered. 

Detectives said that a dependable could beryllium heard yelling out, "Yolanda, please, I don't privation to die." The study work that Yolanda responded to Rebecca, saying, "You should person thought astir that before," portion lasting successful beforehand of Rebecca with what appeared to beryllium a weapon successful her hand."

Surveillance video captured Yolanda leaving the couple’s location earlier Rebecca’s parent arrived. Rebecca was recovered with respective injuries to her neck, thorax and backmost that authorities said were accordant with a stabbing.

SLAIN CALIFORNIA FIRE CAPTAIN'S FUGITIVE WIFE 'SCARED' EX MOTHER-IN-LAW

Authorities accidental the woman of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi has been identified has a fishy successful her murder. (Yolanda Marodi Facebook)

Yolanda besides previously served much than 13 years successful situation for voluntary manslaughter successful the decease of her then-husband, James Joseph Olejniczak Jr., earlier her merchandise successful 2013, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Investigators are inactive moving to stitchery much accusation to find the circumstances and information down Capt. Marodi's death.  

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"This intimate spouse homicide is simply a reminder that determination are resources retired determination for individuals who are successful fearfulness for their safety," Stephan said. 

A presumption league and bail reappraisal proceeding are acceptable for April 28, and a preliminary proceeding is presently scheduled for June 24.

Fox News' Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.