{"id":2029107,"date":"2023-09-12T11:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/residents-hole-up-schools-close-as-searchers-zero-in-on-escaped-murderer-danelo-cavalcante\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:51:22","slug":"residents-hole-up-schools-close-as-searchers-zero-in-on-escaped-murderer-danelo-cavalcante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/residents-hole-up-schools-close-as-searchers-zero-in-on-escaped-murderer-danelo-cavalcante\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents hide, schools shut as search narrows on fugitive Danelo Cavalcante."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresidents-hole-up-schools-close-as-searchers-zero-in-on-escaped-murderer-danelo-cavalcante%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029107&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Escaped Murderer\u2062 Sparks Fear \u2063in Suburban Philadelphia Community<\/h2>\n<p>Residents\u2064 of a \u200csuburban Philadelphia community locked themselves in their houses and at\u2062 least one school district canceled classes\u200c as authorities indicated they were\u2064 closing\u2062 in on an escaped murderer who has evaded\u2063 capture in the region for nearly two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Police posted on social media that the department was pursuing Danelo Souza Cavalcante\u200c in \u200cSouth Coventry Township, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of the Chester County jail, from which he escaped Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Police warned that\u200d Mr. Cavalcante was armed and\u200c not to approach him, and asked the public to call 911 if they see him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/police-announce-2-more-confirmed-sightings-of-escaped-murderer-on-the-run-in-pennsylvania-5488940\">Police Announce 2 More Confirmed Sightings of Escaped Murderer \u2064on the Run in Pennsylvania<\/a> &#8211; 9\/9\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/spotted-8-times-manhunt-for-escaped-pennsylvania-prisoner-intensifies-5487760\">Spotted\u2062 8 Times, Manhunt for Escaped Pennsylvania Prisoner Intensifies<\/a> &#8211; 9\/7\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politicians-activists-eye-parents-as-massive-interest-group-as-parents-start-to-organize\/\" title=\"Politicians, activists target organized parents as influential interest group.\">school \u2064district<\/a> said\u2062 Tuesday it would close all schools and \u2062offices for the day, and another in the area planned to keep students indoors. Police closed roads in the search area. Video \u200bfrom a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/residents-hole-up-schools-close-as-searchers-zero-in-on-escaped-murderer-danelo-cavalcante\/\" title=\"Residents hide, schools shut as search narrows on fugitive Danelo Cavalcante.\">roadblock showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> officers stopping<\/a> and checking vehicles leaving the area.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, \u2064state and federal officials pushed back against questions about whether they blew a\u2063 chance to catch Mr. Cavalcante, saying the \u200darea where hundreds had been searching included deep woods, underground tunnels, and \u2064drainage ditches. They also said it took more than two hours \u200dfor \u2064news to reach them that he had been spotted outside the \u2064perimeter for the first\u2063 time.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Cavalcante slipped out of the 8-square-mile\u2062 (13-square-kilometer) search area over the weekend and stole a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/escaped-murderer-still-at-large-slips-out-of-search-area-steals-van-tries-to-contact-ex-co-workers\/\" title=\"Escaped murderer on the loose, evades search, steals van, seeks ex-co-workers.\">dairy delivery van<\/a> that had\u200b been left unlocked with the keys in it.\u200b He abandoned it more \u2064than 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of the search area after unsuccessfully seeking help at the homes of two former colleagues late Saturday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Lt.\u200b Col. George\u2062 Bivens, of the Pennsylvania State Police, \u200cdeclined to say how he thinks Mr. Cavalcante slipped through the perimeter, but he said\u2063 no perimeter is completely secure.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u2062 Cavalcante is \u2063desperate because he is\u2063 reaching out for help from people with whom he\u2063 hasn&#8217;t spoken in years, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that he has reached out to people with \u200ca very distant past connection tells me he doesn\u2019t have\u2063 a great network of support,\u201d Mr. Bivens said. &#8220;So I think he\u2019s desperate and I\u2019ve characterized him as that all along. And I think the longer we push \u2063him, the \u2064more resources, the more tools we \u200cbring to bear, we will\u2063 ultimately\u200b capture him. He doesn\u2019t have what he\u2063 needs to last long-term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Law enforcement officers continue\u2064 the search for escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante in Glenmoore, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2023.\u200b (Matt \u200bRourke\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Bivens \u2064has said state police are authorized to use deadly\u200d force if\u2062 Mr. Cavalcante doesn&#8217;t actively surrender and \u200cnoted other agencies \u2062involved in the search may have their own rules.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bivens declined\u200d to discuss whether Mr. Cavalcante has received assistance from others but\u200d said no such arrests have \u2062been made.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Cavalcante\u2019s sister was arrested by\u2063 immigration authorities, Mr. Bivens said. He said she \u2063was arrested for staying past her legally allowed period of stay and \u2062law enforcement had no reason to allow \u200dher to\u2062 remain \u2062in the United States \u2064since she was\u200b not cooperating\u2063 with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Cavalcante, 34, broke\u2062 out of the Chester \u200bCounty Prison\u2014Pennsylvania calls its local \u200bjails prisons\u2014while awaiting transfer\u200c to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-search-underway-after-2-inmates-escape-from-ariz-prison\/\" title=\"Police search underway after 2 inmates escape from Ariz. prison\">state prison<\/a> to serve a life sentence for fatally stabbing an ex-girlfriend in 2021. Prosecutors say he killed her to stop her from telling \u200bpolice that he was wanted in a slaying in his home country of Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>To escape, Mr.\u200d Cavalcante scaled a wall\u200b by crab-walking up from the recreation yard, \u2062climbed over razor wire, ran\u2062 across \u200ba\u200c roof, and jumped to the ground. His escape went undetected for more than an hour until guards took \u200da head count. The tower guard on duty was \u2063fired, officials \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<p>In Brazil, prosecutors in Tocantins state said Mr. Cavalcante is accused of \u201cdouble qualified homicide\u201d in \u200dthe 2017 slaying of V\u00e1lter J\u00fanior Moreira d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in suburban Philadelphia locked themselves indoors as authorities closed in on an escaped murderer who had eluded capture for almost two weeks. A school district even canceled classes. 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