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Woman who fatally stabbed husband over 2 decades ago admits to fatally stabbing firefighter wife Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi fled to Mexico for more than a month after killing her wife, Rebecca Marodi, at their Southern California home, according to authorities.

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Woman who fatally stabbed husband over 2 decades ago admits to fatally stabbing firefighter wife Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi fled to Mexico for more than a month after killing her wife, Rebecca Marodi, at their Southern California home, according to authorities.

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A woman in California admitted Tuesday that she stabbed her wife to death last year, more than two decades after facing prison time for … NBC News flipped this story into Top Stories•13d

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The restrictions will reduce crossings from 36 ships a day to 34, and then to 32”
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The Guardian and France 24 specifically confirm the reduction from 36 ships a day to 34, and subsequently to 32.
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web search NEUTRAL — Further restrictions on shipping lane possible as Central America gripped by severe drought.From 3 September, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34 due to low water le…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/21/panama-canal-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — The restrictions will reduce crossings from 36 ships a day to 34, and then to 32 from September 15.
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260820-panama-canal-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Panama Canal will reduce daily ship passages from 36 to 32 starting September due to an El Nino-fuelled drought causing low rainfall.
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/panama-canal-to-reduce…
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Claim 2: “Four Counterpoint Research reports published this week reveal drops in smartphone sales and shipments in India, Latin America, Europe, and China”
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No evidence was found after searching to support the claim regarding Counterpoint Research reports.
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Claim 3: “Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi fled to Mexico for more than a month after killing her wife, Rebecca Marodi, at their Southern California home”
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Multiple independent sources (ABC13 Houston and a news report regarding the stabbing) confirm that Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi killed her wife Rebecca Marodi and fled to Mexico for more than a month before being captured.
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web search NEUTRAL — A woman accused of killing her wife, a California fire captain, then fleeing to Mexico has been formally charged with murder following her capture more than a month after the deadly stabbing.
https://abc13.com/post/cal-fire-captain-death-yolanda-marodi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, 54, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in the death of her wife, Rebecca "Becky" Marodi, 49, a longtime California firefighter who was found fatally stabbed at t…
https://www.foxnews.com/us/slain-california-fire-captain-wif…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi fled to Mexico for more than a month after killing her wife, Rebecca Marodi, at their Southern California home, according to authorities.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-fatally-stabbed-h…
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Claim 4: “He also represents 160 others doing that kind of work as president of the West Virginia Association of Sanitarians”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Bob Custard is the president of the West Virginia Association of Sanitarians and represents 160 others.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand and known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was an armed engagement between c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer graduated in 1861 from …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of companies in the United States by state where their headquarters is located:
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Claim 5: “A woman in California admitted Tuesday that she stabbed her wife to death last year”
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Multiple sources confirm that Yolanda Marodi pleaded guilty/admitted in court to stabbing her wife to death. Fox News and other reports specify the plea occurred on a Tuesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Yolanda Marodi also stabbed her previous husband to death in 2011. Rebecca Marodi was initially found in her home with severe stab wounds in her neck, chest, and abdomen.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/i-dont-want-to-die-shock…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yolanda Marodi admitted this week to stabbing her wife to death in a fit of rage.Yolanda Marodi’s husband James Joseph Olejniczak, 26, was found stabbed to death in 2000 at his home in San Bernardino …
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/yolanda-marodi-murder…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, 54, pleaded guilty in San Diego County Superior Court to second-degree murder in the death of her wife, Rebecca Marodi, 49. Ms. Marodi had worked for 30 years for Cal Fire, …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/woman-murder-spouse-ca…
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Claim 6: “The Panama Canal will limit daily vessel traffic from September 3”
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France 24, The Guardian, and Al Jazeera all report that the Panama Canal Authority implemented limits on daily vessel traffic starting September 3.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Panama Canal will limit daily vessel traffic from September 3, the Pnama Canal Authority said Thursday, as a severe drought fuelled by El Nino depletes water supplies needed to operate the vital t…
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260820-panama-canal-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — From 3 September, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34 due to low water levels in two artificial lakes that feed the canal, the Panama Canal Authority said. From 15 S…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/21/panama-canal-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Panama Canal is expected to limit traffic starting in early September, as it prepares for lower water levels due to the El Nino weather phenomenon.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/21/panama-canal-to-lim…
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Claim 7: “Prime Video has unveiled a landmark $2 billion-plus investment plan in Latin American entertainment spanning 2027 to 2030”
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Two independent web sources confirm Prime Video's investment plan of over $2 billion in Latin American entertainment for the period 2027-2030.
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web search NEUTRAL — Prime Video presents LATAM and invests over $2 billion in Latin America between 2027 and 2030. As part of the initiative, Prime Video plans to more than double the number of Local Originals produced a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Prime Video has unveiled a landmark $2 billion-plus investment plan in Latin American entertainment spanning 2027 to 2030 in a concerted bid to increase viewership and engagement.
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/prime-video-2-billion-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — My Instagram: @ethanhayesfr - This video breaks down the BEST strategy to date to prime your Instagram account for Organic Dropshipping. So now you can finally start getting views and sales from Insta…
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Claim 8: “Bob Custard spent four decades working with local governments on things like clean water, rabies prevention and food safety”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant YouTube videos about cleaning and speakers, and Wikipedia entries for Bob Dorough and food chains. No evidence confirms Bob Custard's 40-year career history.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Lrod Dorough (December 12, 1923 – April 23, 2018) was an American bebop and cool jazz vocalist, pianist, and composer. He became famous as the composer and performer of songs in the TV series S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Culver Franchising System, LLC, doing business as Culver's, is an American regional fast-casual restaurant chain. The company was founded in 1984 by George, Ruth, Craig, and Lea Culver. The first loca…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (originally and now informally known as Rita's Water Ice), is a privately owned and operated American quick service restaurant chain originating in the Philadelphi…
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Claim 9: “Woman who fatally stabbed husband over 2 decades ago”
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Reports confirm that Yolanda Marodi killed her previous husband, James Joseph Olejniczak, in 2000, which is over two decades ago.
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web search NEUTRAL — Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, [nb 1] was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that is among the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded. Up…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan
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web search NEUTRAL — Yolanda Hadid (/ həˈdiːd / hə-DEED; née van den Herik; formerly Foster; born January 11, 1964) [1][2] is a Dutch-born American television personality and former model. She is best known as a star of t…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_Hadid
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 30, 2012 · Kangen Band - Yolanda (Official Music Video) Warner Music Indonesia 2.28M subscribers 111K
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