Here’s a timeline of his escape and the manhunt.Ĭavalcante is convicted, sentenced to life in prison George Bivens of the state police, who led the search.Īuthorities, who previously had spelled Cavalcante’s first name in documents as Danelo, changed it to Danilo in court filings on Wednesday.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers were searching for Cavalcante, 34, who escaped August 31 from Chester County Prison, where he was held after his conviction last month in the 2021 killing of his former girlfriend, Deborah Brandão.īut it was two tactical teams – one from the Pennsylvania State Police, another from US Border Patrol – who moved in on Cavalcante Wednesday morning and deployed a police dog that subdued the fugitive before he was taken into custody, according to Lt. The manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail outside Philadelphia has come to an end after nearly two weeks, with authorities confirming Wednesday morning that Danilo Cavalcante was in custody.
