Wheaton homicide suspect attempts suicide in Miami

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A Montgomery County man wanted for the murder of a Wheaton woman has survived a nine-story fall and is in custody in Miami, according to police.

Martire Puente-Fulcar, 31, was picked up by the Miami Police Department after an apparent suicide attempt. Puente-Fulcar jumped from the roof of the nine-story Versailles Hotel at approximately 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to a preliminary police investigation, and remained in critical condition Wednesday at an undisclosed hospital.

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