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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco

Fugitive Danelo Cavalcante’s mother defends his murders and says ‘everyone is lying about him’

Chester County District Attorney’s Office

Danelo Cavalcante’s mother has spoken out in defence of her convicted murderer son nearly two weeks after he escaped from a prison in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Cavalcante’s mother Iracema Cavalcante said in an interview with The New York Times that she believes her 34-year-old son is better off dead than spending the rest of his life behind bars for the April 2021 murder of his former girlfriend Deborah Brandao.

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