A man allegedly beheaded a motel manager following a row over a broken washing machine.

Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, is accused of using a machete to kill Chandra Nagamallaiah, 50, on Wednesday.

Mr Nagamallaiah, identified as the manager of Downtown Suites in Dallas , had asked Cobos-Martinez not to use a broken washing machine, according to court records seen by Sky News' US partner network NBC News .

Cobos-Martinez, who was cleaning a room with a woman at the time, became upset because Mr Nagamallaiah didn't speak to him directly and relied on the woman for translation, the documents said.

It is then alleged video captured Cobos-Martinez leaving the room and producing a machete before cutting and stabbing the victim.

Image: Downtown Suites motel, Dallas

Mr Nagamallaiah fl

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