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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

US woman who killed husband two decades ago admits murder of firefighter wife

a woman smiles by a fire truck
Rebecca Marodi was stabbed to death by her wife. Photograph: Riverside county fire department

A California woman this week admitted to killing her wife, a decorated fire captain who fought the deadly 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, by stabbing her – the same fate she previously delivered to her husband and had served a decade in prison for.

Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, 54, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to second-degree murder after killing her wife, Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, 49, a California fire captain, at their home in February 2025, just a month after Becky, as she was known, battled the Eaton blaze that killed 19.

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