Overview

• Police say 50-year-old Chandra Mouli “Bob” Nagamallaiah was killed after a dispute over a broken washing machine at the Downtown Suites in Dallas, with his wife and 18-year-old son witnessing the attack.
• An arrest affidavit and surveillance video describe Yordanis Cobos-Martinez producing a machete, chasing the victim, taking his phone and key card, and placing the severed head in a dumpster.
• Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel spotted the suspect covered in blood and still carrying the machete, and officers arrested him nearby; he is held without bond at the Dallas County Jail under an ICE detainer.
• Authorities and media reports cite a recorded admission by Cobos-Martinez, a 37-year-old Cuban national with prior arrests in multiple states, as prosecutors prepare the capital case.
• The Indian consulate in Houston is assisting the family, and a public fundraiser has raised roughly $200,000 as services are set for Saturday at Flower Mound Family Funeral Home.