A woman accused of fatally stabbing her wife, a veteran state firefighter, at their Ramona home and then fleeing to Mexico, is due in court Tuesday for a hearing to determine whether she will go to trial for murder.
Yolanda Marodi, 54, is accused of killing her spouse of two years, Cal Fire Capt. Rebecca "Becky" Marodi, at the couple's Rancho Villa Road home on the night of Feb. 17, 2025.
Deputies responding to a report of an assault found the 49-year-old victim suffering from stab wounds to her neck, chest and abdomen. Rebecca Marodi, who had worked for the state firefighting agency for more than 30 years, died at the scene.
Yolanda Marodi allegedly headed across the U.S.-Mexico border shortly after the killing. Mexican authorities later arrested her near a hotel in the Ferrocarril neighborhood of Mexicali, according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. She remains in custody without bail.
Along with the current homicide case, Yolanda Marodi was previously convicted for the stabbing death of another spouse in San Bernardino County and served nearly a decade in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
According to an arrest-warrant declaration filed by a detective with the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, Rebecca Marodi had sought to leave the marriage shortly before she was killed.