Convicted killer Danelo Cavalcante captured in Pennsylvania nearly 2 weeks after prison escape
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Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been taken into custody and is alive, Pennsylvania State Police said.
Danelo Cavalcante has been captured alive in Pennsylvania after he escaped from Chester County Prison and eluded authorities for nearly two weeks, state police announced Wednesday morning.
Swarms of heavily armed police were seen holding a perimeter in the South Coventry Township area late Tuesday. It was unclear where law enforcement ultimately pinned down the fugitive.
State police and U.S. Border Patrol caught Cavalcante near the home where he stole a .22-caliber rifle with a scope and ammunition from an open garage on Monday night, a law enforcement source told Fox News. Cavalcante had fled from the homeowner, who shot at the escapee with his pistol.
Pennsylvania State Police had warned residents to lock their doors, saying that Cavalcante was armed and "extremely dangerous."
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Cavalcante broke out of a Chester County facility Aug. 31 while awaiting transfer to a state prison to serve a life sentence for fatally stabbing an ex-girlfriend in 2021. He was also wanted for killing a man in Brazil in 2018. He was allegedly in the U.S. illegally.
Over 500 law enforcement officers from state, local and federal agencies were involved in the search for Cavalcante. Much of the search covered difficult, wooded terrain.
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