Overview

• Police say motel manager Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah was killed and beheaded after a dispute over a broken washing machine, with surveillance video and witness accounts described in a Dallas Police affidavit.
• Suspect Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, is being held without bond on a capital murder by terror threat allegation, and the affidavit states he admitted to the killing during questioning.
• According to the affidavit, the attack involved a machete, occurred in view of the victim’s wife and son, and ended with the victim’s head placed in a dumpster.
• ICE says it has lodged a detainer to take federal custody of Cobos-Martinez, noting he was previously released under supervision in January after Cuba declined to accept him; the agency alleged prior arrests but did not provide documentation when asked by CNN.
• President Donald Trump condemned the killing in a Truth Social post, blamed prior policies for the suspect’s release, and pledged tougher enforcement, while stating the suspect would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.