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Danelo Cavalcante was sentenced to life behind bars for the April 2021 murder of Deborah Brandao. He broke free from jail days later, sparking a manhunt that lasted almost two weeks, Faiza Saqib and Andrea Blanco report

Chester County residents are growing increasingly frustrated as police scramble to keep up with the ‘dangerous’ killer’s moves, writes Andrea Blanco

Officers who were involved in the two-week manhunt for the escaped fugitive Danelo Cavalcante celebrated their victory with a group shot

Authorities used a DEA aircraft with a thermal-imaging camera to narrow the perimeter around where the escaped killer could be hiding. Officers found him laying on his back on the ground and sent a canine officer to subdue him.

A murderer who brazenly escaped from a Pennsylvania jail was captured Wednesday in the woods by a team of tactical officers, bringing an end to an intensive search that terrified residents as the fugitive broke into homes for food, changed his appearance and stole a van and rifle during two…

Four-year-old Yoda subdued Cavalcante, allowing a US Border Patrol’s tactical unit to surround the murder convict. Andrea Blanco reports

Officers who were involved in the two-week manhunt for the escaped fugitive Danelo Cavalcante celebrated their victory with a group shot

Chester County residents grew increasingly frustrated as police scrambled to keep up with the ‘dangerous’ killer’s moves, writes Andrea Blanco

Cavalcante eluded hundreds of law officers for 14 days following his escape on 31 August

Convicted killer was tracked down using thermal imaging technology before tactical teams surrounded him and – with the help of a police dog – captured him at around 8am on Wednesday morning

‘We have considered him dangerous from the very start, it changes nothing,’ Lt Col George bivens told reporters on Tuesday