Wednesday, October 23

Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante armed with rifle as manhunt nears 2-week mark

Police in Pennsylvania on Tuesday stated escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante was noticed in one other a part of Philadelphia’s suburbs — and now he’s armed.

Lt. Col. George Bivens stated the convicted assassin sneaked into an open storage Monday evening in South Coventry Township and stole a rifle whereas the home-owner additionally was within the storage. 

The home-owner, who noticed Cavalcante snatch the rifle, grabbed a pistol and fired on the prisoner, who initially broke out of a state jail in Chester County practically two weeks in the past. 



“Cavalcante is considered armed and extremely dangerous and is now armed with a .22 caliber rifle with a scope and flashlight mounted on it,” Lt. Col. Bivens stated throughout a Tuesday press convention.

Police stated they found a inexperienced sweatshirt and white T-shirt on the fringe of the home-owner’s driveway that they imagine belonged to Cavalcante.

A driver noticed the assassin in the identical space a couple of hours earlier, in response to authorities. Search groups scoured the situation and located tracks that led to Cavalcante’s discarded jail footwear. 

Police stated one other resident reported having her work boots stolen from her entrance porch shortly afterward.

Cavalcante was noticed over the weekend in Phoenixville, 10 miles east of the place he was seen Monday evening. Police stated he was clean-shaven with new garments and had stolen a car.

The jail from which he escaped on Aug. 31 is 20 miles south of his final reported location because the killer works to elude the roughly 500 native, state and federal legislation enforcement officers working to search out him.  

The Brazilian, 34, was sentenced to life in jail Aug. 16 for stabbing his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandao to dying in 2021.

Prosecutors stated Cavalcante murdered Brandao in entrance of her two youngsters after she realized he was wished on unrelated murder costs in Brazil and informed him she was going to alert police.

The assassin escaped his Pennsylvania jail by scaling a wall and climbing over razor wire.  

Cavalcante was gone for greater than an hour earlier than jail officers realized he was unaccounted for. The tower jail guard on obligation on the time of his escape has been fired.

Police stated Cavalcante is 5 toes tall and weighs 120 kilos.

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