DALLAS, TEXAS, USA – SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 In Dallas, a brutal attack shocked not only the local community but also the wider public. In front of the Downtown Suites motel on Samuell Boulevard, fifty-year-old motel employee Chandra Nagamallaiah was murdered on Wednesday morning. According to investigators, he became the target of an attack by his colleague, thirty-seven-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez. The incident began with a small argument over a broken washing machine in the motel’s laundry room, which within a short time escalated into a deadly conflict. Cobos-Martinez left and soon returned with a machete, with which he struck the victim repeatedly, carrying out the attack in front of the victim’s wife and son. According to witness statements, the perpetrator not only fatally injured the victim but also mutilated him, which the police confirmed based on evidence at the crime scene.

: Chandra Nagamallaiah 1

: Chandra Nagamallaiah 2

: Yordanis Cobos-Martinez

Police officers arrived and arrested Cobos-Martinez still covered in blood and with the weapon in his possession. During the following interrogation he confessed and faces charges of murder with aggravating circumstances, so-called “capital murder,” for which in Texas the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole may be imposed. It also emerged that he had a criminal history in several U.S. states and that immigration authorities had previously recorded problems with his status. After the incident, ICE filed an official detainer and the case gained a political dimension, as critics pointed out that the man should not have been free at all given his past.

The victim came from the Indian state of Karnataka and lived in Dallas with his family. His wife and son witnessed the entire tragedy and tried in vain to help him. The Indian Consulate in Houston expressed condolences to the family and assured them of support in the further legal process. The event quickly reached the media not only in the U.S. but also in India, where it provoked strong reactions.

The exact motives of the attack remain unclear. The police are so far working with the version that it was an escalated conflict between motel employees, but the extent of the brutality raises questions about the perpetrator’s mental state and whether there was more behind the incident than a trivial quarrel. The whole case continues to resonate both in Texan society and in the international context, and investigators as well as judicial authorities will in the coming weeks face pressure for a swift and thorough resolution.

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Beheading in Texas motel Downtown Suites

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