Suspect in Cal Fire captain's death arrested in Baja California: Police
Mar 22, 2025
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- The suspect accused of killing her wife, Cal Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi, in an alleged domestic incident in San Diego County was arrested in Baja California, Mexico, a month later, authorities report.
Law enforcement in Baja California and San Diego County announced S
aturday Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi has been arrested for the stabbing death of her estranged wife, Cal Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi.
U.S. Marshals take suspect in Cal Fire captain's death, Yolanda Olejniczak, into custody at Calexico West U.S. Port of Entry (Photo: U.S. Marshals)U.S. Marshals take suspect in Cal Fire captain's death, Yolanda Olejniczak, into custody at Calexico West U.S. Port of Entry (Photo: U.S. Marshals)
Marodi was found with fatal stab wounds on February 17 at her home in the San Diego County community of Ramona by her mother who lives on the property in an ADU. The San Diego County Sheriff's Office said she had several injuries to her neck, chest and back consistent with a stabbing.
Olejniczak had been on the run for over month after she was identified as the primary suspect in the case and was believed to have fled to Mexico.
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The San Diego County Sheriff's Office reports Olejniczak was seen on surveillance video earlier in the evening of Feb. 17 reportedly arguing and physically assaulting Marodi.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports Olejniczak crossed into Mexico in her vehicle by the San Ysidro Port of Entry on that same evening of Feb. 17.
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U.S. authorities in San Diego County had requested help finding Olejniczak in Mexico. She was arrested by the FESC near a hotel in Mexicali on Saturday, Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat officials report.
Suspect in Cal Fire captain's death arrested in Baja California (Photo: Baja California Government)
After confirming her identity, Mexican authorities turned Olejniczak back over to United States custody at the Calexico West U.S. Port of Entry to the U.S. Marshals.
Olejniczak will be booked into jail and faces a murder charge, the sheriff's office reports.
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Court records obtained by FOX 5/KUSI show Olejniczak had previously pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the early 2000s after fatally stabbing her estranged husband, James Olejniczak, in San Bernardino County.
An investigation into the circumstances and motivation behind the fatal stabbing of Marodi remains ongoing.
Anyone with more information is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 858-285-6330/after hours at 858-868-3200. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
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