Update: Dangerous Fugitive Danelo Cavalcante Captured After Two Week Manhunt
Danelo Cavalcante was captured Wednesday morning. Image: Pennsylvania State Police
Dangerous fugitive Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped from prison on August 31 was captured Wednesday after a two-week manhunt.
Cavalcante, 34, an illegal immigrant from Brazil, escaped prison by scaling a wall and climbing over razor wire on August 31st. He was convicted for the murder of his former girlfriend Deborah Brandao who he stabbed 38 times in front of her 2 children.
He is also wanted for a 2017 murder in Brazil.
Cavalcante was armed with a rifle he stole from an open garage while on the run.
This appears to be the pile of logs where police found Danelo Cavalcante hiding this morning.
