Escaped U.S. killer Danelo Cavalcante caught, Pennsylvania police say

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crab-walking” out of a Pennsylvania jail has been captured, police say.Pennsylvania State Police announced the capture of 34-year-old Danelo Cavalcante in a post Wednesday morning on X.Lt. Col.

George Bivens told reporters that authorities picked up a heat signal in their search area around 1 a.m. local, shortly after responding to a burglary call within their search perimeter.“Tactical teams began to converge on that location where the heat source was moving.

Unfortunately, we had a weather system that also came in and we had lightning that was flashing all around and it caused the aircraft to have to depart the area,” Bivens said.“Tactical teams made a decision to secure that area … as best they could, and hold it through the storm.”Shortly after 8 a.m., tactical teams closed in on the area where the heat source was and found Cavalcante.“They were able to move in very quietly. They had the element of surprise.

Cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred,” Bivens said.“That did not stop him from trying to escape.”Bivens added Cavalcante reportedly tried to escape through the underbrush with a rifle in hand. Police dogs were released and he was “forcibly taken into custody.”Cavalcante did suffer a minor bite wound, Bivens said, and will be transferred to a state correctional institute to serve out his life sentence.The saga began on Aug.

31 when Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison while awaiting transfer to state prison. He was given a life sentence for stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in 2021.Prosecutors have said he wanted to stop her from telling police that he’s wanted for homicide in his home country of Brazil.Cavalcante’s escape made international headlines for scaling a