![]() On three occasions during the search, Cavalcante saw law enforcement officers walk within yards of him amid the thick brush, Clark said.ĭanelo Cavalcante is seen in this image from surveillance footage released by Pennsylvania State Police. “He was a desperate man just trying to survive on a day-to-day basis,” the US marshal said. He went three days before he was able to eat his first meal – a watermelon snatched from a local farm, which Cavalcante said he cracked open with his head, Clark said. The fugitive told investigators he spent the first few days surviving on spring water and hunkering down in an area with shrubbery “so thick that unless you were stepping on him, you wouldn’t be able to find him,” according to Clark. For nearly two weeks, the surrounding community was on edge as authorities announced the fugitive had changed his appearance, slipped the search perimeter and stolen a rifle. The intense manhunt began on August 31 when Cavalcante broke out of the Chester County Prison by “crab walking” up two walls and fleeing over the roof. ![]() It was difficult because the law enforcement presence was increasing every day,” Clark said. “He said it was very difficult living out there, but it wasn’t difficult because of the environment or the terrain. 'Nightmare is finally over': The capture of Danilo Cavalcante Escaped inmate Danelo Cavalcante is shown after being captured.
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