‘Extraordinarily harmful’ 5ft convicted assassin is caught on digital camera creeping round small rural city in Pennsylvania after jail break – as residents are informed to lock their doorways amid reported break-ins

A Pennsylvania man convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend was believed to ave been noticed on surveillance footage whereas on the run from police after escaping from jail Saturday morning.

Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was found to have fled from the Chester County Jail in Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania, at round 8:30am Thursday.

Police consider they’re closing in on him after he seemed to be seen on residential surveillance cameras at round 1:43am Saturday morning on Route 52 in Pocopson. 

Cavalcante was strolling round a wooded space, earlier than he emerges from behind a small tree. He seems to have a backpack and one thing else in his proper hand.

Simply two hours earlier, at 11:30pm Friday evening, an tried housebreaking was reported throughout the identical city which has simply 5,000 residents. A witness stated they noticed somebody who seemed like Cavalcante’s description however police haven’t but confirmed he was behind the theft try.

Danelo Cavalcante, a Pennsylvania man convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend, was believed to have been noticed on surveillance footage whereas on the run from police after escaping from jail Thursday morning

Danelo Cavalcante, 34, fled from the Chester County Jail in Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania, at round 8:30am on Thursday

Chester County District Legal professional Deb Ryan stated Saturday that officers are asking native residents to remain indoors and regulate the homes of anybody who might have left for Labor Day Weekend. 

‘We’re requesting that residents within the space of Pocopson Township stay inside, lock your doorways, lock your automobiles. He’s nonetheless thought of a particularly harmful particular person,’ stated Ryan.

West Chester College, a school about six miles from the jail, canceled lessons on Friday to be protected. 

‘The very final thing we need to see apart from somebody getting harm, is him to get into any individual’s home, getting a set of automobile keys, after which it is off to the races,’ added US Marshal Robert Clark. 

Ryan added that US Marshals are working with native, state, and different federal regulation enforcement businesses to seek out Cavalcante, based on the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Police have described Cavalcante as five-feet-tall and solely 120 kilos, however warned the general public to stay away from the ‘extraordinarily harmful’ felon and name 911 if they’ve any info as to his whereabouts. 

Earlier this month, a jury returned a responsible verdict within the 2021 deadly stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Deborah Brandao, 33, after simply quarter-hour of deliberation. On the time, he was wished for homicide in his dwelling nation of Brazil, and prosecutors stated he ‘silenced’ her after she threatened to show him in when she found his previous. 

Cavalcante was final seen carrying a white t-shirt with gray shorts with white sneakers, and was noticed strolling alongside a aspect avenue round three miles from the jail following his escape. 

Cavalcante stabbed his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandao, 33 in 2021 after she found he was wished for homicide in his dwelling nation of Brazil

Officers stated earlier this week cops are looking ‘throughout’ for the convicted killer after his sudden disappearance, with Ryan saying it’s presently unclear how he escaped. 

His escape got here simply weeks after he was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide on August 16, and he was sentenced to life in jail on August 21 after two of his associates testified towards him.  

In keeping with the Inquirer, he killed Brandao with a kitchen knife he had been utilizing to chop meat in preparation for a barbeque earlier that day.

The killer stabbed his ex-girlfriend greater than 30 instances and cops are warning the general public to remain away and report him in the event that they see him 

Jurors heard that he was indignant at Brandao as a result of she had threatened to show him in to police, which got here after she discovered he had hacked her Instagram account to spy on her, Ryan stated. 

Throughout his trial, prosecutors claimed the couple had been in an abusive relationship the place Cavalcante was ‘an indignant and jealous boyfriend who wanted to be in management.’ 

On the day of the homicide, Brandao was taking part in along with her two youngsters outdoors her dwelling when she was confronted by the killer, who informed her he was ‘going to do one thing dangerous to their lives.’ 

He then stabbed her greater than 30 instances in her higher torso and neck, based on testimony heard at his trial, whereas her youngsters screamed for him to cease. 

Whereas his lawyer stated the stabbing got here on account of their turbulent and poisonous relationship, jurors weren’t swayed and swiftly returned a responsible verdict. He was sentenced to life in jail on August 22. 

In a recorded confession performed on the trial Cavalcante stated that there was ‘no motive’ for killing Brandao, nevertheless prosecutors claimed the stabbing was the fruits of a protracted historical past of home violence. 

Cavalcante was reportedly wished in Brazil for the homicide of a person who owed him cash, and the 34-year-old is a former member of a gang. It’s unclear if there may be an lively warrant for his arrest in Brazil or if he’s nonetheless being hunted for questioning. 

Brandao (left) was stabbed over 30 instances by Cavalcante in entrance of her youngsters 

Cavalcante was final seen strolling down a highway in Pocopson Township, round three miles from the jail 

After the stabbing, Cavalcante’s lawyer stated he referred to as his mom and sister to admit to the killing, earlier than he reportedly gathered two of his associates, Francisco Lima and Michael Scahill. 

The 2 males testified towards him at his trial in trade for immunity from prosecution. 

They stated Cavalcante drove to a enterprise the place the three parked rented building trailers, the place they admitted to serving to the killer wash Brandao’s blood off his fingers.

Scahill testified that they gave him a change of garments and informed him to ‘disappear’. Neither he nor Lima referred to as the police, claiming they thought the couple had an argument and did not discover out about Brandao’s loss of life till later that day.

Cavalcante remained on the run for a number of hours earlier than he was arrested in Virginia by a state trooper. 

Following his sentencing final week, Ryan stated he was being held at a facility for 30 days so he might plan for an attraction earlier than his switch to a state jail. He had been held within the facility with out bail since his arrest in 2021, and it’s the first escape on the 700-inmate jail in a long time, based on the Delaware County Daily Times. 

The final escape from the compound was reportedly within the Nineteen Nineties, when an inmate hid in a laundry basket and snuck out with a supply truck. 

Pennsylvania police have launched a manhunt for the convict, and officers say it’s presently unclear how he was in a position to escape

Prosecutors argued that Cavalcante murdered his ex-girlfriend after abusing her for years, and the 34-year-old has a rap sheet that features assault. 

In June 2020, police had been reportedly referred to as to an condominium the couple shared in Royersford, Higher Windfall Township after reviews of a disturbance. 

Brandao informed cops that Cavalcante flew right into a rage throughout an argument and attacked her, biting her lip and drawing blood earlier than chasing her and her youngsters out of the house. 

The incident led police to subject a warrant for assault, and though Cavalcante’s sister informed regulation enforcement he would flip himself in, he by no means did. 

Brandao then obtained a brief safety from abuse order towards Cavalcante after a second incident in December 2020 wherein he chased her with a knife.