Overview

• The killing unfolded Wednesday morning at the Downtown Suites on Samuell Boulevard after the manager told a coworker not to use a broken washing machine, according to police.
• An arrest affidavit says surveillance video shows Yordanis Cobos-Martinez leave a room, produce a machete, and attack 50-year-old Chandra (Chandramouli) Nagamallaiah as he fled toward the office.
• The victim’s wife and son tried to intervene, and officers later arrested Cobos-Martinez nearby while he was still armed and carrying the victim’s key card and phone, the affidavit states.
• Court records and the affidavit say the suspect admitted to the killing, and investigators say he placed the victim’s head in a dumpster after the attack.
• Cobos-Martinez, 37, is held without bond at Dallas County Jail on an ICE detainer, as investigators process evidence and the Indian Consulate in Houston assists the family.