Court documents show Yolanda Marodi — who is accused of stabbing her wife, a Cal Fire captain, to death last week at their home in Ramona — pleaded guilty to fraud in 1995 after she stole more than $4,000 in state aid for nearly a year. The complaint says she accepted child welfare payments for her oldest son while she was fully employed.

Authorities previously said they believed Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi had fled to Mexico shortly after the alleged stabbing.