For 5 weeks, Yolanda Marodi was on the run from authorities.
The 53-year-old was the prime suspect within the killing of her spouse, Rebecca Marodi, 49, a hearth captain who was discovered stabbed to demise final month within the couple’s residence in Ramona, Calif., officers stated.
Her fugitive standing ended this weekend when Yolanda Marodi was arrested in Mexico. She entered a plea of not responsible to first-degree homicide Wednesday throughout her arraignment at San Diego’s East County Superior Courthouse. She appeared by way of video from a San Diego hospital; her public defender requested a bail assessment listening to for April 28.
Yolanda Marodi was on the hospital receiving medical remedy and might be moved to a jail after her launch.
She was arrested Saturday at a resort within the Ferrocarril neighborhood of Mexicali, based on the Baja California Citizen Safety Secretariat. She was transported to the U.S. border by Mexican state safety brokers and launched to the U.S. Marshals Service, in accordance to a information launch from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Yolanda Marodi, also called Yolanda Olenjniczak, is a suspect within the demise of a Cal Fireplace captain.
(San Diego County Sheriff’s Workplace)
After her killing, Rebecca Marodi’s mates held a “celebration of life” ceremony for the Cal Fireplace captain, who had battled the Eaton hearth.
“She at all times confirmed up,” pal Ami Davis advised The Instances. “She would at all times be there, it doesn’t matter what it was, one thing large or one thing small. She would take the break day and assist me with my motorbike. She was consistently serious about individuals ultimately, form or type.”
Rebecca Marodi’s demise might have come after she introduced the tip of her relationship with Yolanda.
Rebecca’s mom, Lorena Marodi, knowledgeable detectives that Rebecca advised Yolanda per week earlier than she was killed that she was ending their marriage, based on an arrest warrant filed in San Diego County Superior Court docket. In residence safety video, Rebecca was seen with blood on her again working from a lady believed to be Yolanda.
“Yolanda! Please…! I don’t need to die!” Rebecca screamed, based on the warrant.
“You need to have considered that earlier than,” Yolanda responded whereas standing over Rebecca holding a knife, based on the warrant. She additionally had blood on her arms.
About 10 minutes later, Yolanda was captured on the safety digicam gathering pets and baggage and loading them right into a Chevrolet Equinox SUV, based on the warrant. Yolanda drove away and her car was logged by the Division of Homeland Safety getting into Mexico that very same night time.
That is the second time Yolanda Marodi has killed a partner, based on detectives.
In 2004, Yolanda Marodi, whose final title was then Olejniczak, was convicted of killing her then-husband, James Joseph Olejniczak, based on courtroom data. She pleaded responsible to voluntary manslaughter and served time in jail from February 2004 till November 2013.
Based on prosecutors, Marodi used a knife in that killing. The couple had filed for divorce in Might 2000, based on household courtroom data from the Vista courthouse.
