DALLAS — A person was beheaded at a Dallas motel on Wednesday morning, and a suspect is in custody, police say. Both have now been identified.

Police identified the victim as 50-year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah, and the suspect as 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez.

Cobos-Martinez has been charged with capital murder in connection with the killing. Jail records show him listed as an immigrant.

WFAA crews reported dozens of police vehicles on the scene at the Downtown Suites motel in the 3400 block of Samuell Boulevard, near Interstate 30 and the Tenison golf course in East Dallas. The entrance to the motel is blocked off with crime scene tape.

Police say they were called to a stabbing call at the scene around 9:30 a.m. and found a suspect had cut a person "with an edged weapon several ti

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