Escaped Murderer Captured by Pennsylvania State Police and CBP

Still armed with a .22 caliber rifle stolen from a homeowner's garage this week, Cavalcante tried to crawl away through the brush and escape from the tactical units closing in, officials said. Then a K-9 bit him and held him down.

September 13, 2023

Escaped nurderer Danelo Cavalcante is led away by tactical officers. He was captured Wednesday after more than two weeks on the run.Escaped nurderer Danelo Cavalcante is led away by tactical officers. He was captured Wednesday after more than two weeks on the run.Pennsylvania State Police/Twitter

Tactical teams from the Pennsylvania State Police and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol captured escaped nurderer Danelo Cavalcante as he lay in a wooded area of South Coventry Township on Wednesday morning.

The capture ended a manhunt for Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped from Chester County Prison at the end of August and had evaded hundreds of law enforcement personnel for two weeks, CBS News reports.

Still armed with a .22 caliber rifle stolen from a homeowner's garage this week, Cavalcante tried to crawl away through the brush and escape from the tactical units closing in, officials said in a news conference Wednesday. Then a K-9 bit him and held him down, and he was taken into custody.

No one was injured in the capture and no shots were fired, Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a news conference Wednesday.

Among the first people to be notified about the capture of Danelo Cavalcante was the family of Deborah Brandao, the escaped prisoner's ex-girlfriend whom he killed in 2021. 

Before his escape, Cavalcante was set to be transferred to a state correctional institution after being sentenced to life without parole for fatally stabbing Brandao 38 times in front of her two young kids in the Phoenixville area in 2021. 

   

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