A woman accused of stabbing her wife, a Southern California fire captain, to death was previously convicted in her husband’s eerily similar murder more than two decades ago. Yolanda Marodi, 53, has been on the run since authorities named her as the prime suspect in the brutal killing of her 49-year-old wife,

Marodi, 49, a captain with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), was found at her Ramona residence with multiple stab wounds on the night of Feb. 17, after deputies responded to a call for an assault with a deadly weapon, according to a statement from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies found Rebecca Marodi with multiple stab wounds, and despite life-saving measures, officials said she was pronounced dead on the scene.

Yolanda Marodi is the suspect in the killing of Cal Fire captain Rebecca Marodi, detectives in San Diego County said.

Yolanda Marodi, who is suspected in the slaying of her wife, a Cal Fire captain, pleaded guilty in 2004 to voluntary manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of her then-husband.

Authorities asked for public help in their quest to find Yolanda Marodi, suspected of fatally stabbing wife Rebecca Marodi in her Ramona home.

Rebecca Marodi, 49, a captain with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), was found at her Ramona residence with multiple stab wounds on the night of Feb. 17, after deputies responded to a call for an assault with a deadly weapon, according to a statement from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.

T he evening on the 17th day of February in the year 2025 was a day filled with tragedy for Cal Fire Captain Rebecca "Becky" Marodi following a murder in her Ramona California res