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Silver Spring resident Hesler Saul Sanchez Cruz was found suffering from fatal stab wounds on Sunday morning following an alleged attack by Emilio Ortiz Alba, 30, who has been charged with his murder.
Shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 13, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police in the area of University Boulevard and Fern Street noticed a truck on the median of University Boulevard, where they found Sanchez Cruz suffering from a stab wound.
First responders were called to the area, where Sanchez Cruz was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. His death was later ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.
Ortiz Alba was later identified as a suspect.
On Sunday, detectives obtained an arrest warrant against Ortiz Alba, charging him with first-degree murder. On Monday, Ortiz Alba was arrested in Virginia, where he is being held pending his extradition back to Montgomery County.
A GoFundMe on behalf of the family can be found here.
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