Wife of slain California fire captain nabbed in Mexico after months on the run

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A California pistillate wanted successful the execution of her occurrence skipper woman has been captured successful Mexico aft much than a period connected the run, according to U.S. and Mexican authorities.

Yolanda Marodi, 53, was arrested Saturday astatine a edifice successful Mexicali adjacent the U.S. border, according to the Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat.

She was aboriginal handed implicit to U.S. marshals successful San Diego, wherever she was booked for the execution of 49-year-old Rebecca Marodi, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office said.

Yolanda 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.

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Yolanda Marodi arrest

Yolanda Marodi was arrested Saturday astatine a edifice successful Mexicali adjacent the U.S. border, according to authorities successful Mexico. (Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat)

Rebecca Marodi, a Cal Fire captain, was stabbed to decease successful her location connected Feb. 17. Yolanda, who escaped crossed the borderline into Mexico aboriginal that day, was named a superior suspect.

Yolando Marodi (L) and Rebecca Marodi (R)

Yolanda Marodi was identified arsenic a fishy successful the execution of her wife, California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi. (Yolanda Marodi Facebook)

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

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. 

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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.

Rebecca Marodi

Authorities recovered Rebecca Marodi with aggregate stab wounds. She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. (Cal Fire / Riverside County Fire Department)

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.

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The sheriff's bureau said homicide investigators are moving to stitchery much accusation astir the circumstances and information down Rebecca’s murder.

Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Stepheny Price contributed to this report.

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