The California woman who fled to Mexico after fatally stabbing her wife, a captain with the state’s wildland firefighting agency, was sentenced this week to 36 years to life in prison, officials say. ↧ California woman who served a decade in prison for killing a partne... Yolanda Marodi pleaded guilty to stabbing Rebecca Marodi last year. Shortly before the deadly attack, Rebecca Marodi had told her wife she planned on ending their marriage, officials said.