An illegal migrant released from ICE custody earlier this year brutally murdered a motel manager in Old East Dallas on Wednesday.
Police identified the suspect as Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, a Cuban national who entered the U.S. illegally and was released into the interior on January 13, 2025.
Brutal Attack
Cobos-Martinez allegedly attacked Chandra Nagamallaiah, 50, manager of the Downtown Suites motel.
He used a machete to repeatedly hack the victim before beheading him.
Cobos-Martinez
The killing occurred around 9:30 a.m. at the motel on Samuell Boulevard, just off Interstate 30.
According to the surveillance video, Cobos-Martinez was kicking the victim’s severed head across the parking lot.
He then picked it up and tossed it into a dumpster.
