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Convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante, 34, is caught on camera creeping around Pennsylvania town after escaping Chester County Prison – Police warn public not to confront ‘dangerous 5′, 120lbs killer’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;241d1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante is caught on camera creeping around Pennsylvania town&comma; less than 2 miles&comma; from the Chester County Prison where staged a successful jail break&comma; two days earlier<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;241d1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Danelo Susa Cavalcante&comma; 34&comma; was found to have fled from the Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township&comma; Pennsylvania&comma; on Thursday morning <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;241d1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Police believe they&&num;8217&semi;re closing in on him after he appeared to be seen on residential surveillance cameras at around 1&colon;43am Saturday morning <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;241d1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Cavalcante was awaiting transfer to a state correctional facility to begin serving a life sentence in the murder of his ex-girlfriend&comma; Deborah Brandao&comma; 33&comma; in 2021 <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;241d1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>His jail break came just weeks after he was found guilty of first-degree murder on August 16&comma; and he was sentenced to life in prison on August 21  <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;241d1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Just two hours earlier&comma; at 11&colon;30pm Friday night&comma; an attempted burglary was reported within the same small town where he was sighted <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Danelo-Cavalcante-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-449075" style&equals;"width&colon;767px&semi;height&colon;883px" width&equals;"767" height&equals;"883"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Danelo Cavalcante&comma; 34&comma; fled from the Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township&comma; Pennsylvania&comma; at around 8&colon;30am on Thursday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A murder convict who broke out of a Pennsylvania jail it is believed&comma; is the figure spotted on grainy surveillance footage on Saturday morning&comma; while on the run from police after escaping from prison two days <br>Danelo Susa Cavalcante&comma; 34&comma; who was recently convicted and sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in front of her two young children&comma; in 2021&comma; was found to have fled from the Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township&comma; Pennsylvania&comma; on Thursday morning&period;<br>Law enforcement believe they&&num;8217&semi;re closing in on him after he appeared to be seen on residential surveillance cameras at around 1&colon;43am Saturday morning on Route 52 in Pocopson&period;  <br>The figure holding what appears to be a backpack was walking around a wooded area&comma; before he emerges from behind a small tree&comma; less than two miles from the jail from which he broke out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Deborah-Brandao-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-449094" style&equals;"width&colon;752px&semi;height&colon;1002px" width&equals;"752" height&equals;"1002"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cavalcante escaped just weeks after he was sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandao&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 33&comma; to death in 2021&period; Brandao discovered he was wanted for murder in his home country of Brazil and threatened to turn him in<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Just two hours earlier&comma; at 11&colon;30pm Friday night&comma; an attempted burglary was reported within the same town which has just 5&comma;000 residents&period; Witnesses saw someone fitting Cavalcante&&num;8217&semi;s description in the area&comma; but authorities have not confirmed he was behind the theft attempt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Danelo-Cavalcante-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-449076" style&equals;"width&colon;845px&semi;height&colon;550px" width&equals;"845" height&equals;"550"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Danelo Cavalcante&comma; a Pennsylvania man convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend&comma; was believed to have been spotted on surveillance footage while on the run from police after escaping from prison Thursday morning<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The possible sighting of Cavalcante came just two days after Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said that the killer may be trying to make it to his native Brazil&period; He had made attempts to abscond to Brazil while on the run from the original murder investigation&period; <br><a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;US&sol;convicted-murderer-escaped-prison-attempt-flee-back-brazil&sol;story&quest;id&equals;102864478" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ABC News<&sol;a> quotes DA Ryan as saying&comma; &&num;8216&semi;We have evidence to suggest that he was captured in Virginia but the ultimate goal was to go to Mexico and then to Brazil&comma; which is his native country&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Ryan reiterated the official advisory asking local residents to stay indoors and keep an eye on the houses of anyone who may have left for Labor Day Weekend&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We are requesting that residents in the area of Pocopson Township remain inside&comma; lock your doors&comma; lock your cars&period; He is still considered an extremely dangerous individual&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"0yrb&lowbar;QJmKqU&quest;rel&equals;0" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;0yrb&lowbar;QJmKqUrel0" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;0yrb&lowbar;QJmKqUrel0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;0yrb&lowbar;QJmKqUrel0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">US Marshals reportedly&comma; are <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;inquirer&period;com&sol;crime&sol;danelo-cavalcante-escape-capture-chester-county-prison-20230902&period;html" data-type&equals;"link" data-id&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;inquirer&period;com&sol;crime&sol;danelo-cavalcante-escape-capture-chester-county-prison-20230902&period;html">working<&sol;a> with local&comma; state&comma; and other federal law enforcement agencies to find Cavalcante&period; &&num;8216&semi;The very last thing we want to see besides someone getting hurt&comma; is him to get into somebody&&num;8217&semi;s house&comma; getting a set of car keys&comma; and then it&&num;8217&semi;s off to the races&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said US Marshal Robert Clark&period; <br>Police have described Cavalcante as five-feet-tall and only 120 pounds&comma; but warned the public to remain away from the &&num;8216&semi;extremely dangerous&&num;8217&semi; felon and call 911 if they have any information as to his whereabouts&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Deb-Ryan-left-Robert-Clark-center-and-Robert-Bailey-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-449093" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;580px" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"580"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>U&period;S&period; Marshal Robert Clark &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; flanked by with Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and <strong><strong>and State Trooper Capt&period; Robert Bailey<&sol;strong><&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>updates reporters on Chester County prison escapee Danelo Cavalcante <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this month&comma; a jury deliberated just 15 minutes to find Cavalcante guilty of the 2021 fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend&comma; 33-year-old Deborah Brandao&period;<br>Cavalcante was wanted for murder in his home country of Brazil&comma; and prosecutors said he &&num;8216&semi;silenced&&num;8217&semi; Brandao after she threatened to turn him in when she discovered his past&period; <br>His jail break came just weeks after he was found guilty of first-degree murder on August 16&comma; and he was sentenced to life in prison on August 21 after two of his friends testified against him&period;  <br>According to the Inquirer&comma; he killed Brandao with a kitchen knife he had been using to cut meat in preparation for a barbecue earlier that day&period;<br>Jurors heard that he was angry at Brandao because she had threatened to turn him in to police&comma; which came after she found out he had hacked her Instagram account to spy on her&comma; Ryan said&period; <br>During his trial&comma; prosecutors claimed the couple were in an abusive relationship where Cavalcante was &&num;8216&semi;an angry and jealous boyfriend who needed to be in control&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Deborah-Brandao-2-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-449096" style&equals;"width&colon;747px&semi;height&colon;913px" width&equals;"747" height&equals;"913"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cavalcante stabbed his ex-girlfriend <strong>Deborah Brandao<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <strong>more than 30 times was playing with her two children outside her home and if they see him&period; He killed Brandao with a kitchen knife he had been using to cut meat in preparation for a barbecue earlier that day&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On the day of the murder&comma; Brandao was playing with her two children outside her home when she was confronted by the killer&comma; who told her he was &&num;8216&semi;going to do something bad to their lives&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>He then stabbed her more than 30 times in her upper torso and neck&comma; according to testimony heard at his trial&comma; while her children screamed for him to stop&period; <br>While his attorney said the stabbing came as a result of their turbulent and toxic relationship&comma; jurors were not swayed and swiftly returned a guilty verdict&period; He was sentenced to life in prison on August 22&period; <br>In a recorded confession played at the trial Cavalcante said that there was &&num;8216&semi;no reason&&num;8217&semi; for killing Brandao&comma; however prosecutors claimed the stabbing was the culmination of a long history of domestic violence&period; <br>Danelo Susa Cavalcante a 34-year-old is a former gang member reportedly&comma; was wanted in Brazil for the murder of a man who owed him money&period; It is unclear if there is an active warrant for his arrest in Brazil or if he is still being sought for questioning&period; <br>After the stabbing&comma; Cavalcante&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer said he called his mother and sister to confess to the killing&comma; before he reportedly gathered two of his friends&comma; Francisco Lima and Michael Scahill&period; <br>The two men testified against him at his trial in exchange for immunity from prosecution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Danelo-Cavalcante-4-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-449097" style&equals;"width&colon;776px&semi;height&colon;1084px" width&equals;"776" height&equals;"1084"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong><strong>Police have warned the public to stay away from Cavalcante<&sol;strong> &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; if the encounter the fugitive killer&period; He remains on the run after escaping from <strong>Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township&comma; PA&comma; on Thursday morning<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">They said Cavalcante drove to a business where the three parked rented construction trailers&comma; where they admitted to helping the killer wash Brandao&&num;8217&semi;s blood off his hands&period;<br>Scahill testified that they gave him a change of clothes and told him to &&num;8216&semi;disappear&&num;8217&semi;&period; Neither man called the police&comma; claiming they thought the couple had an argument&period; They didn&&num;8217&semi;t find out about Brandao&&num;8217&semi;s death until later that day&comma; Lima and Scahill said&period;<br>Cavalcante immediately fled the area and remained a fugitive for several days before he was arrested in Virginia by a state trooper&period; <br>Following his sentencing last week&comma; Ryan said he was being held at a facility for 30 days so he could plan for an appeal before his transfer to a state prison&period; He had been held in the facility without bail since his arrest in 2021&comma; and it is the first escape at the 700-inmate jail in decades&comma; according to the <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;delcotimes&period;com&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;31&sol;danelo-cavalcante-convicted-of-murdering-girlfriend-has-escape-from-prison&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Delaware County Daily Times<&sol;a>&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Danelo-Cavalcante-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-449079" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;1152px" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"1152"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cavalcante was last seen walking down a road in Pocopson Township&comma; around three miles from the <strong>Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township&comma; Pennsylvania on Friday night<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Prosecutors argued that Cavalcante abused his girlfriend for years&comma; and the 34-year-old has a rap sheet that includes assault&period; <br>In June 2020&comma; police were reportedly called to an apartment the couple shared in Royersford&comma; Upper Providence Township after reports of a disturbance&period; <br>Brandao told cops that Cavalcante flew into a rage during an argument and attacked her&comma; biting her lip and drawing blood before chasing her and her children out of the home&period; <br>The incident led police to issue a warrant for assault&comma; and although Cavalcante&&num;8217&semi;s sister told law enforcement he would turn himself in&comma; he never did&period; <br>Brandao then received a temporary protection from abuse order against Cavalcante after a second incident in December 2020 in which he chased her with a knife&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Chester-County-Prison-in-Pocopson-Township-PA-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-449101" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;618px" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"618"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong><strong>Cavalcante <&sol;strong>fled from the Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township&comma; Pennsylvania&comma; on Thursday morning&period; Pennsylvania police have launched a manhunt for the convict&period; It is currently unclear how the slightly built murderer was able to escape<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Officials said earlier this week cops are searching &&num;8216&semi;all over&&num;8217&semi; for the convicted killer after his sudden disappearance&comma; with Ryan saying it is currently unclear how he escaped&period;  He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt with grey shorts with white sneakers&comma; and was spotted walking along a side street around three miles from the prison following his escape&period; <br>The last escape from the compound was reportedly in the 1990s&comma; when an inmate made his escape by hiding in a laundry basket taken out the jail in a delivery truck&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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