Brazilian ‘Spiderman’ killer Danelo Cavalcante has ESCAPED police’s latest perimeter zone and has been spotted 25 miles away in a new town WITHOUT his facial hair after climbing out of Pennsylvania prison 10 days
Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante may have shaved off his beard, secured a stolen van and stormed through the search zone, police fear, after releasing new photos of the killer on the doorstep of a Pennsylvania home.
Cavalcante, 34, was serving a life sentence for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Debora Brandão, a mother of two, whom he stabbed to death more than 30 times in front of her children in 2021.
Residents have been warned to stay indoors since Cavalcante scaled two walls, a fence and barbed wire to escape the Chester County Jail on Aug. 31, fearing he might try to take hostages.
There have been repeated sightings of the “extremely dangerous” killer in the 759-square-mile search area surrounding the prison, but the latest images captured by a ring camera in the community of East Pikeland are the clearest yet.
Wearing a black baseball-style hat, green hooded sweatshirt, green prison pants and white shoes, he appears to be grinning at the camera as he stares straight into it.
Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante was released by police early Sunday morning from the doorbell camera of an East Pikeland home
More than 700 square miles are being searched by police, but they now fear he has access to a stolen van
Cavalcante stares at a resident’s door, fearing he will try to take a hostage
Police are expected to hold a news conference later on Sunday after revealing he now has a white 2002 Ford Transit van with a Pennsylvania license plate ZST8818.
It is said the van had a refrigeration unit on top and was stolen from Baily’s Dairy, located in West Chester.
A former girlfriend of the Brazilian-born killer warned that Cavalcante is a “violent” and “dangerous” man who will look for a knife and someone to use as a hostage.
She told News Nation she was “not surprised” Cavalcante was able to escape, saying he evaded police for so long because he “grew up in the woods.”
“I think he could be very aggressive or dangerous if the police catch him the wrong way,” she added.
Cavalcante escaped from prison after crab-walking the walls of an exercise room – by placing his hands against one wall and his legs against the other and shuffling, security footage shows.
According to reports, the prison guard who was on duty when Cavalcante escaped has been fired.
The unnamed Chester County Prison corrections officer in question had reportedly worked at the prison for 20 years.
In the aftermath of the escape, the tower officer was searched and found with his personal cell phone, in violation of prison rules, sources said. The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The first sighting of Cavalcante occurred when he was spotted at 1:43 a.m. on September 2 on the 1800 block of Lenape Road in Pocopson Township, about 1.5 miles from the Chester County Prison.
He was then later seen on surveillance video in the early hours of September 2, wearing a white T-shirt and white sneakers with a backpack he had mysteriously acquired.
Cavalcante would be convicted of murder and is wanted for another murder in his native Brazil
Cavalcante ‘scratching’ his way to freedom in the Chester County Jail on August 31
The killer seems to have been stealing supplies from a house lately
The killer escaped from East Pennsylvania Prison, where he was serving a life sentence for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Débora Brandao (pictured), who was the mother of two children.
It appears the fugitive has shaved off his beard and donned a distinctive green hoodie and baseball cap
The escaped prisoner has been spotted nine times since his breakout and appears to be wearing the same pants he wore the day he escaped
It was later reported that the criminal was seen again in the same area by a Pocopson Township resident at his home that evening at 11:45 p.m. Friday. He “switched off the lights” at the owner before stealing some food and leaving.
He told ABC6: “What I decided to do was flip the switch three, four or five times, pause for a moment, and then he flipped a light switch from downstairs. This was the moment of, ‘Oh my God, this guy is down there.
‘I saw him walk out of the kitchen through our living room, open the door and walk out. He was wearing a white shirt and had a bag.
‘Peaches, apples and green peas were missing. We have a bunch of small steak knives and he could have grabbed one of those.”
A state trooper also spotted Cavalcante during the day on September 2 in the Pocopson Township area.
A trail camera recorded how Cavalcante walked through the forest twice within an hour late on Monday, September 4.
On Tuesday, September 5 overnight, there was another confirmed sighting of Cavalcante near Chandler Road in the Pennsbury area by a resident who saw the inmate in the creek bed near their home.
The escaped convict was then spotted near Longwood Gardens around noon on September 7. He was spotted by a resident in a wooded area and Longwood Gardens was closed early as law enforcement officials searched for Cavalcante.
Police confirmed a new sighting of the criminal on the evening of Thursday, September 7, but did not provide details.
Cavalcante was captured on surveillance footage in the Pocopson Township area on September 2
Hundreds of police and troops are involved in the search for the escaped killer
The Chester County Jail is a maximum security prison in Pennsylvania
There may have been a ninth sighting of the escaped convict in connection with the burglary of a house in Kennett Square on the morning of Friday, September 8.
Cavalcante is also wanted in a 2017 murder case in his native Brazil. Authorities believe he tried to flee to Mexico to return to Brazil after being arrested in Virginia for Brandão’s murder.
Police aired recordings of the detainee’s mother speaking Portuguese from helicopters flying over the search area to facilitate his peaceful surrender. They have previously warned that the fugitive could try to flee to Brazil.
They are also offering a $20,000 reward for his recapture.