Danelo Cavalcante is pictured battered and bruised in mugshot hours after fugitive murderer was nabbed by cops – as hero K-9 called YODA who helped catch him is pictured

Danelo Cavalcante is pictured battered and bruised in his mugshot, hours after the fugitive killer was captured by police in Pennsylvania.

The heroic K-9 officer who helped take him down, Yoda, has also been identified. The four-year-old dog is a Belgian Malinois serving with the U.S. Border Patrol’s BORTAC K9 unit, which was called in to assist in the manhunt.

Cavalcante, 34, was cornered by about 25 officers in a wooded area near South Coventry Township on Wednesday morning after authorities used thermal imaging from an aircraft to pinpoint his possible location the previous night.

The escaped convict was seen in a hospital gown and shackles hours after he was taken into custody following a two-week manhunt that terrorized the Pennsylvania community.

Yoda, sent after the assassin after evading human authorities for about two weeks, managed to bite Cavalcante. The fugitive was treated for his wound at the scene of his capture.

The Brazil native was serving a life sentence for brutally killing his ex-girlfriend in front of her two children when he escaped from the Chester County Jail, 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Philadelphia, on August 31.

The arrest of the killer, which took about five minutes, brings relief to concerned residents of southeastern Pennsylvania who endured sleepless nights as he hid in the woods, broke into suburban homes and stole food, changed his appearance and came under gunfire. fled with a gun. d stolen from a garage.

A plane picked up a heat source on Tuesday evening, but officials had to postpone the operation after a storm moved in, with a ground team staying in the area overnight.

After the capture, Cavalcante was taken to a nearby state police barracks in an armored vehicle, surrounded by a convoy of dozens of vehicles with lights flashing and sirens blaring as it drove down the highway. Two police helicopters followed above.

Cavalcante was charged with escape at the Avondale barracks, according to Judge Matthew Seavey’s office. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for September 27. In the meantime, he has been taken to a state prison to serve the life sentence he received last month for the murder of his ex-girlfriend.

In a statement, Chester County Commissioners told DailyMail.com: ‘The capture of Cavalcante puts an end to the nightmare of the past two weeks, and we thank every law enforcement officer at regional, state and federal level who was out in all weathers , all day and night – as well as everyone in the Incident Command Center, our County Department of Emergency Services and County Sheriff’s Office – for their tremendous efforts.