2023-09-14 19:08:00
Arrested after a long manhunt, a 34-year-old Brazilian fugitive survived by eating watermelon and drinking water from a stream, police revealed.
The murderer on the run arrested after an intense manhunt in the northeastern United States survived by eating watermelon and wanted to flee to Canada or Puerto Rico, police said.
Danelo Cavalcante, a 34-year-old Brazilian, managed for two weeks to escape hundreds of Pennsylvania police officers supported by the FBI and US Marshals, responsible for tracking down fugitives.
Despite roadblocks, drones and helicopters, the man remained elusive, moving at night, sheltering in thick bushes and burying his excrement so as not to leave a trace.
Watermelons on a farm
But he was spotted Wednesday morning by a plane equipped with thermal imaging and then caught by a police dog, a four-year-old Malinois shepherd named Yoda, who bit him on the head, causing him to bleed. abundantly.
“He said he found watermelons on a farm, drank water from a stream and only traveled at night,” US Marshal Robert Clark said Wednesday evening on NBC .
“His ultimate goal was to steal someone’s car (…) then head north”, with his final destination being “Canada or Puerto Rico”. “That was his plan for the next 24 hours so we were just in time to locate and arrest him.”
Spectacular escape
The rather slight fugitive, measuring approximately 1.52 m and 54 kg, managed to escape from the Chester County Prison on August 31. His escape, revealed by a prison camera video released by authorities, was as spectacular as it was embarrassing for authorities.
The prisoner could be seen hiding in a recess in the courtyard, then climbing nimbly, his body horizontally between two walls, and disappearing on the roof.
Sentenced in August to life in prison for stabbing his former girlfriend to death in 2021 in front of the victim’s child, Danelo Cavalcante was considered by the authorities to be extremely “dangerous”.
He was transferred to a high-security prison in Montgomery County, still in Pennsylvania.
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