SAN DIEGO — A woman suspected of fatally stabbing her fire captain wife at their home in San Diego County has been captured in Mexico after more than a month on the run, Mexican officials said Saturday.

Yolanda Marodi was taken into custody after being found at a hotel roughly 2.3 miles south of the U.S. border in Mexicali, the Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat (SSCBC) said in a statement.

The SSCBC said Marodi was transferred to the border with the help of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration. She was turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service after being returned to the United States at a U.S. port of entry, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said in a statement about her capture.

She was wanted by U.S. authorities in the Feb. 17 killing of 49-year-old Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, a respected California fire captain, at the couple's home in San Diego County.

Story Date: March 26, 2025