The suspect and fugitive wife of slain California fire captain Rebecca "Becky" Marodi made her first court appearance and ...

Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, 53, was arraigned Wednesday, pleading not guilty to murder, according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office.

The wife of a slain fire captain was arrested in Mexico over the weekend and pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree ...

Fire Capt. Rebecca Marodi. (Image courtesy Cal Fire San Diego Benevolent Fund) Agents from Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad ...

The tragic story began on February 17, when Rebecca Marodi, a 49-year-old decorated captain with CalFire, was found stabbed to death at their home in Ramona, California. Olejniczak Marodi, 53, had ...

RELATED: Woman suspected of fatally stabbing her California fire captain wife arrested in Mexico Rebecca Marodi, her wife of two years, was fatally stabbed at their home near Ramona, California ...

The victim -- 49-year-old Rebecca Marodi -- suffered "34 stabbing or slashing wounds," he said. MORE: California fire captain stabbed to death in her own home "The court has considered a substantial ...

San Diego County Superior Court Judge Peter Lynch said at the arraignment that Rebecca Marodi had been stabbed ... according to the Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat.

"Rebecca Marodi was a beloved Fire Captain who devoted ... James Joseph Olejniczak Jr., before her release in 2013, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.