Overview

• Yordanis Cobos-Martínez, 37, is charged with capital murder in the killing of motel manager Chandra Nagamallaiah during a Wednesday incident in Dallas.
• Surveillance footage and witness accounts describe a machete attack that continued outside as the victim’s wife and son looked on.
• First responders and police arrested the suspect a block from the scene while he was still covered in blood and carrying a machete.
• Judicial records say the victim was decapitated, the head was placed in a trash container, and the suspect later admitted to the killing in an interview.
• ICE says Cobos-Martínez had a final deportation order and was released under supervision in January due to Cuba’s refusal to repatriate him, and the agency has now reissued a federal detainer.