the brazilian Danilo Cavalcante 34 years old, sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing and killing his ex-girlfriend, escaped, on Thursday (31), from a prison in the city of Chester, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The county government issued a statement via a social network and said he had escaped at approximately 8:50 am and was wearing a white shirt, gray shorts and white sneakers. In addition, they offer a reward of US$ 10,000, equivalent to R$ 49,500, for information leading to Danilo Cavalcante.
According to the agency, detectives and the Pennsylvania State Police are conducting a search with helicopters and dogs throughout the territory while prison authorities conduct an internal investigation.
The Public Ministry of the city defined Danilo as “an extremely dangerous man”.
Authorities believe the Brazilian citizen is heading south, likely to Mexico and then back to Brazil, Ryan said at a news conference this Friday (1st).
Cavalcante was convicted Aug. 16 of first-degree murder for the 2021 murder of his ex-girlfriend. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole last week.
“When he murdered Deborah Brandão in 2021, he headed for Brazil,” Ryan said at a press conference. “He was captured in Virginia, but the ultimate goal was to go to Mexico and then Brazil.”
Danilo Cavalcante is also wanted in a 2017 homicide case in Brazil that caused him to flee the country, said Robert Clark, deputy supervisor of the US Marshals Service.
“This is a very dangerous man,” Clark told a news conference. “I think that’s why we see so much dedication here from the state police, the Marshals Service, and our state and local partners.”
On Friday, the prosecution announced that it would also increase the cash prize for any information leading to Cavalcante’s capture to $10,000, offered by the Chester County Commissioners and the US Marshals Service.
Cavalcante is “very good at hiding from the authorities and we believe he will do everything in his power to try to get away now,” Ryan told Laura Coates at the CNN Tonight.
“There are hundreds of people on the ground and in the air looking for him right now.”
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(With information from , and Naira Zitei of CNN)
Source: CNN Brasil
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