Dallas police are investigating a shocking murder of an Indian-origin man at the Downtown Suites motel east of Downtown, where he was was brutally killed on Wednesday morning.
Authorities identified the victim as 50-year-old Chandramouli Nagamallaiah, who was reportedly attacked with a machete by 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, a fellow motel employee.
According to police and witness accounts, the attack unfolded after Nagamallaiah approached Cobos-Martinez and a female colleague while they were cleaning a motel room, reportedly to warn them not to use a broken washing machine.
Cobos-Martinez became enraged and, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox 4 News, pulled a machete and chased Nagamallaiah across the motel parking lot.
Nagamallaiah’s wife and son, who were in the motel office, attempted to intervene but were pushed aside as the suspect continued the attack. CCTV footage reportedly shows Cobos-Martinez kicking the victim’s head into the parking lot before carrying it to a dumpster.
Dallas Police quickly apprehended Cobos-Martinez, who was taken into custody wearing a blood-soaked T-shirt. He is charged with capital murder and is also subject to an immigration hold, according to jail records.
Police said Nagamallaiah was cut multiple times and ultimately decapitated. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Witnesses described the scene as horrifying, with a trail of blood outside the motel and police swarming the area shortly after 9:30 a.m.
Investigators continue to probe the circumstances surrounding the brutal attack.
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