A surveillance camera captured Danelo Cavalcante moving through the Longwood Gardens Botanical grounds last week.
Chester County District Attorney
Chester County District Attorney
After eluding a manhunt for some two weeks, convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, the Pennsylvania State Police announced Wednesday morning.
The police agency didn’t provide immediate details. A news conference is scheduled for 9:30 a.m ET.
Since Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County jail on Aug. 31, encounters with the armed and dangerous man repeatedly raised alarms, as he stole a vehicle, a weapon and other items while on the run from authorities.
As of Tuesday night, police said they believed the escaped inmate was in an area of South Coventry Township (northwest of Philadelphia), where he had been spotted “shirtless and wearing blue pants, carrying a stolen .22 rifle with a flashlight.”
Cavalcante famously escaped by “crab-walking” the walls of a narrow passageway — a scene that was captured on video. He broke out of the Chester County jail as he was poised to be moved to a state prison, where he is to serve a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend.