2023-09-14 15:21:17
Fugitive fugitive Danelo Cavalcante, 34, a Brazilian who escaped from Chester County Prison, where he expected to be transferred to a state prison to serve a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend. Pennsylvania State Police/Handout via REUTERS
In a series of events that kept the authorities and the Pennsylvania community in suspense, Danelo Cavalcante’s escape attempt reached its climax this Wednesday in the midst of a fight once morest time, once morest nature and with some luck.
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In the morning, great help for the authorities came through an anti-theft alarm that was activated in the early hours of the morning. It was in a northern area of the county, but the escaped murderer was not there. However, this triggered a series of crucial events in the investigation.
Crews were already searching a nearby area, and the activation of the alarm redirected their attention to the immediate area. Shortly before one in the morning, a DEA plane collaborating in the search detected a “heat signal.” This marked a turning point, as teams converged toward that source.
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However, a thunderstorm forced police aircraft to temporarily withdraw. Tactical teams on the ground held the area during the storm, preparing for what would come next.
An armed group, accompanied by search dogs, waited patiently until the storm passed. Shortly following 8 a.m., they finally converged on the heat signal area.
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The operation was carried out stealthily, to prevent whoever was hiding from realizing that a patrol was surrounding them. When he realized the strategy, it was too late for him.
Cavalcante, apparently desperate, tried to escape by crawling through the dense undergrowth, carrying his rifle with him.
It was in vain. Yoda, a trained police dog, called K-9 from the United States Border Patrol Tactical Unit, caught up with him, bit him and subdued him despite his resistance. Finally, the agents came to his aid and arrested the murderer. It was not necessary to shoot: the rifle stolen in the previous days had been left a couple of meters away.
It had been 14 days since he climbed the walls like a crab and crossed barbed wire to evade the security of the Pennsylvania prison. He was dressed in a worn sweatshirt on which you might barely read the name of the American football team: “Philadephia Eagles.” The white eagle stands out a little more.
The police cut the fabric on his back and that revealed a tattoo that confirmed his identity. Yoda had found the man hundreds of officers were looking for.
Yoda, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois serving with the US Border Patrol’s BORTAC K9 unit that participated in the Pennsylvania State Police-led arrest of fugitive Danelo Cavalcante, is seen in an undated photograph. US Customs and Border Protection/Handout via REUTERS
It was an inevitable end for the inmate who had sparked an intense search. Pennsylvania Governor John Shapiro said the confessed killer, a Brazilian national, “was desperate and it was only a matter of time.”
Finally, at 8:18 a.m., a Chester County dispatcher announced the long-awaited relief: “The search for Danelo Cavalcante is over.” The community, authorities and local residents might breathe a sigh of relief following the fugitive was captured.
Cavalcante was transferred to a prison where he will have to serve the life sentence to which he was sentenced for killing his girlfriend, Deborah Brandao, in April 2021 in the house they shared.
Images offered by the media showed him handcuffed with his hands behind his back before being placed in a police van and wearing different clothes than what he was wearing in the last official photographs.
His case has raised great expectations among the American media and has kept Chester County in suspense for a few days in which it has been seen on several occasions. On Sunday he stole a gun from a citizen who tried to confront him.
“We were deeply concerned following the suspect stole the gun, but he was detained this morning without shots being fired,” Pennsylvania Governor Josh Saphiro, a Democrat, said at the press conference.
“I want to thank the dedicated law enforcement professionals at all levels who leave their homes and their families every day to keep us safe,” he noted regarding the operation in which more than half a thousand people have participated. members of different police forces.
The prisoner, described as an “extremely dangerous” individual, had been seen in the last few hours south of Coventry municipality and law enforcement had asked the population of the area to close their homes, businesses and properties and call the 911 if they located him.
A murderer climbed a wall to avoid being seen by guards
Cavalcante, 34, born in Brazil, escaped on August 31 from the Chester County Jail in Pocopson Township, in southeastern Pennsylvania. There he was waiting to be transferred to a state prison following being convicted on August 22 of killing his partner following she discovered that he was wanted for a homicide case in Brazil that dates back to 2017.
The now former fugitive escaped from prison on August 31 by climbing between two walls of the exercise yard. In the video you can see the man resting his arms and legs on both sides of the walls and advancing little by little until he disappears from the shot. This Wednesday the escape came to an end.
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