

Authorities said the investigation will look into whether the inmates knew each other.Ĭhester County District Attorney Deb Ryan acknowledged that escape during a news conference Monday. Prison officials caught him in a residential neighborhood less than a mile from the prison just five minutes after his escape. The inmate, Igor Bolte, told police he was able to scale a wall in an exercise area by putting his legs against one wall and his arms on another until he was able to pull himself onto the roof.īolte didn’t make it far. How a Pennsylvania community is coping with a manhunt for an escaped killerĪnother inmate escaped from the prison on May 19 by climbing onto the roof and dropping down to a less secure area, court documents obtained by CNN show. (Credit Image: © Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via ZUMA Press Wire) Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS/Zumaīedroom sharing and the buddy system. Pennsylvania State Police block Greenwood Road near Longwood Gardens on September 5, 2023, as the search continues for Danelo Cavalcante who escaped from Chester County Prison. The intensive search involves hundreds of law enforcement personnel, and one state patrol search dog suffered from the 90-degree heat and is being medically treated, he said. In response to a question from CNN, Bivens said searchers have found the escapee’s footprints “and there have been other indicators to us that he’s passed through a certain area.” But they have not recovered anything left behind by Cavalcante, Bivens added. “It is important that we keep pressure on him as we continue the hunt.” “(He) has clearly already obtained some clothing and unknown other supplies and we want to minimize any opportunity to obtain anything more,” Bivens said of Cavalcante, a Brazilian who authorities said is in the country illegally.

The escapee has been seen other times in the past week, including once in someone’s home.

“We have a mix of very dense woodlands in places, and then a lot of residential property with many outbuildings, landscaping, a lot of places that would be very easy for someone to hide even when they’re not in the dense woodland and everything,” Bivens said. Colonel George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said Cavalcante was observed by a resident Tuesday as he moved into the woods near a house on the eastern side of the routinely growing search perimeter. The daughter of the woman killed by Pennsylvania prison escapee Danelo Cavalcante told police he said he was going 'to do something bad' to their lives Officials are searching for 34-year-old Danelo Cavalcante, who broke out of the Chester County Prison at around 8:50AM Thursday, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office.
