(New York) He was spotted again despite changing his appearance and stealing a van, but US police are still on the hunt for a convicted murder felon on Sunday, 11 days after his spectacular escape from a prison near Philadelphia, in the northeast.
The authorities released new photos on social media on Sunday morning: in several of them, Danelo Cavalcante, a 34-year-old Brazilian, captured by CCTV cameras, no longer wears a beard, contrary to the images in his wanted notice. .
In another message on X (ex-Twitter), the federal police of the US Marshals, responsible in particular for tracking down fugitives, launched a new call to try to locate a white Ford van reported stolen, and on board which the police think the escapee is traveling.
” Last night [de samedi à dimanche]Danelo Cavalcante was seen near Phoenixville, in northern Chester County,” still near Philadelphia, but about a 45-minute drive from the small village of Kennett Square where he had been seen a few days earlier, detailed the Pennsylvania State Police.
The hunt led by hundreds of law enforcement agents using helicopters, drones and dog units, with reinforcements from the federal police (FBI), began on August 31, when Danelo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Jail near Philadelphia.
PHOTOJESSICA GRIFFIN, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRERARCHIVES VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lt. Col. George Vivens shows the map of the area marked off by law enforcement and their vehicles.
The inmate was sentenced on August 22 to life in prison for stabbing his former girlfriend to death, in front of the victim’s child, during an argument in April 2021. According to the police, who considers him dangerous, he is also wanted for a murder committed in Brazil.
His escape, of which a video captured by a camera was released by the authorities, is as spectacular as it is embarrassing for prison officials.
In the extract, we see the prisoner, white t-shirt, blue pants and white sneakers, hiding in a recess of the exercise yard, then climbing agilely, spider-man style, his body horizontally between two walls , and disappear.
The hunt also disrupts the daily lives of residents in this large suburb of Philadelphia. In addition to a strong police presence and reinforced controls, several schools closed during the week, as a security measure and to facilitate searches.
