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lindysalsagal

(22,752 posts)
Thu Sep 7, 2023, 10:06 AM Sep 2023

Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante search enters 8th day

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/escaped-prisoner-chester-county-pennsylvania-danelo-cavalcante-update/


LOCAL NEWS
Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante search enters 8th day; PA State Police holding 3 p.m. news conference
philadelphia

BY BRANDON GOLDNER, JOE BRANDT SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 / 9:48 AM / CBS PHILADELPHIA

CHADDS FORD, Pa. (CBS) -- Pennsylvania State Police are holding a news conference on the search for escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante at 3 p.m. Thursday.

Surveillance video released Wednesday shows the murder convict climbing onto a roof of the prison while his block was out in the exercise yard.

There was a confirmed sighting Tuesday night on Chandler Road in Pennsbury Township, which led police to expand the perimeter.

Helicopters are circling the area and the perimeter is patrolled by hundreds of law enforcement officers.


I'm really starting to wonder why he hasn't been caught.
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Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante search enters 8th day (Original Post) lindysalsagal Sep 2023 OP
I'm in the Philly area and this morning they showed how he escaped PRETZEL Sep 2023 #1
Perhaps he hasn't been caught EYESORE 9001 Sep 2023 #2
I don't know. His family was helping him run from the law previously. woodsprite Sep 2023 #4
Anyone who helps him is gonna be in deep 💩 if they get caught EYESORE 9001 Sep 2023 #5
How horrible for those living in the area... Not that he's likely the only person who might pose a hlthe2b Sep 2023 #3

PRETZEL

(3,245 posts)
1. I'm in the Philly area and this morning they showed how he escaped
Thu Sep 7, 2023, 10:12 AM
Sep 2023

apparently he crab walked up to the roof, got through 2 sets of barbed wire to escape.

It's amazing that he hasn't been caught yet, but with the heat alot of the equipment like heat sensors and the effects it's had on the search dogs, they've been pretty limited in what they can use.

EYESORE 9001

(29,114 posts)
2. Perhaps he hasn't been caught
Thu Sep 7, 2023, 10:15 AM
Sep 2023

because he has hunkered down somewhere, which is not a viable solution to his problem. He’ll have to come out of hiding eventually, unless he’s getting help, which doesn’t seem likely in this case.

woodsprite

(12,499 posts)
4. I don't know. His family was helping him run from the law previously.
Thu Sep 7, 2023, 10:21 AM
Sep 2023

Longwood Gardens has been closed for several days because he was spotted on one of their trail cams. That is not far from us (New Castle Co., DE). They have such a vast property, and there are such deep woods and remote houses around there and near Lenape, that he may still be hunkered down in the woods or in a house there.

EYESORE 9001

(29,114 posts)
5. Anyone who helps him is gonna be in deep 💩 if they get caught
Thu Sep 7, 2023, 10:23 AM
Sep 2023

Family & known associates are probably under surveillance.

hlthe2b

(111,599 posts)
3. How horrible for those living in the area... Not that he's likely the only person who might pose a
Thu Sep 7, 2023, 10:15 AM
Sep 2023

risk to them (statistically), but knowing he's out there and how dangerous above and beyond his murder of a girlfriend in the US (seems there is far more outside the country)... very anxiety-inducing.

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