Cal Fire Captain's Wife-Killer Pleads Guilty in 2025 Murder

A California woman, Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, 54, admitted to killing her wife, Rebecca ‘Becky’ Marodi, 49, a Cal Fire captain, with a knife in February 2025, just after Becky had fought a major wildfire; Olejniczak Marodi had previously served about a decade for the 2000 voluntary manslaughter of her then-husband and fled to Mexico after the latest incident. She pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and faces 36 years to life in state prison, with sentencing set for September 2.