Man beheaded in machete attack at motel, witness says; suspect in police custody

DALLAS Texas KTVT Dallas police responded to a deadly episode at a motel east of Downtown Wednesday morning Numerous police units and paramedics responded to the Downtown Suites on Samuell Boulevard around a m The Dallas Police Department announced a suspect cut the victim identified as -year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah with an edged weapon several times and paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene Police announced a suspect Yordanis Cobos-Martinez is in custody and charged with capital murder In addition to that charge he has an immigration hold for allegedly being in the U S without authorization according to Dallas County Jail records A witness described CBS News Texas reporter Briseida Holguin that Nagamallaiah and Cobos-Martinez were both employees of the motel The witness stated the suspect chased the victim with a machete hit him multiple times and then cut off his head Video from the CBS News Texas Chopper established a body and a trail of blood outside of a room on the motel s ground floor