Man beheaded with machete at Dallas motel

According to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday evening, the man was cleaning a room with a co-worker when the victim approached and informed him not to use a broken washing machine. The co-worker told police the man became upset that the victim was speaking to her to translate instead of talking directly to him.

"Video shows the suspect then exited the motel room and produced a machete from his person and started cutting and stabbing the complainant multiple times," the affidavit states.

Witnesses said the victim, later identified by police as Chandra Nagamallaiah, began running toward the office. Despite efforts by his wife and son to stop the attack, witnesses said the man continued striking Nagamallaiah.

The man then kicked Nagamallaiah's decapitated head into the parking lot, then picked it up and put it in a dumpster, the affidavit said.

Police said Cobos-Martinez was still armed with the machete, along with Nagamallaiah's key card and cell phone, when he was arrested. During questioning, police said he admitted to the killing.

Public records link Cobos-Martinez to crimes in Houston, California and Florida. He's charged with capital murder and has been placed on an ICE hold at the Dallas County Jail. Records show he is a Cuban national.

Detectives spent hours combing through the scene, later serving a search warrant at the motel for more clues behind the beheading.