The Brief
- Yordanis Cobos-Martinez is charged with capital murder for the September 2025 beheading of his co-worker, Chandra “Bob” Nagamallaiah, at a Dallas motel.
- No firm trial date is set, though it is expected late spring or early summer at the earliest.
- Defense attorneys cited travel delays to Cuba and an unspecified “huge hole” in their investigation as obstacles to trial preparation.
DALLAS – The man accused of brutally beheading his co-worker at a Dallas motel is still months away from standing trial.
Capital Murder Trial
What’s new:
Attorneys for Yordanis Cabos-Martinez were in court on Thursday for a status hearing related to the case.
Prosector Jessia Lynch told Judge Lela Lawrence Mays that the office has been providing discovery to the defense as required. That includes information extracted from the cell phones of the victim and the defendant.…