Pennsylvania inmate convicted for murdering his girlfriend, escaped from Chester Country Prison on August 31.
Daniel Cavalcante was convicted two weeks prior for stabbing his girlfriend 38 times to death. He is also wanted in a homicide case in Brazil.
Bivens, deputy commissioner of operations for the Pennsylvania State Police, reported to the Wall Street Journal, “No perimeter is 100% secure, ever. I wish it had not happened.”
Cavalcante managed to sneak through a perimeter guarded by roughly 400 police law-enforcement officers. He escaped by strectching his body between two walls to climb to the prison roof. He then ran across it to scale a fence and there he was gone.
On Saturday evening, he stole a 2020 Ford Transit fan. He found the van about three quarters of a mile from the prison, near Longwoods Garden, with the van unlocked and the keys inside of it. The stolen van was found abandoned in a field at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday. The van had run out of gas. Bivens states, “We are obviously very concerned that Cavalcante has or will attempt to steal another vehicle to facilitate his escape.”
The fugitive traveled to a couple of acquaintances in East Pikeland and Phonexixville. Both acquaintances did not answer. At the first house he visited, survvelliance footage showed Cavalcante has changed his appearance. He was freshly shaven and was wearing a green hoodie. At the second residence, a female resident spotted the escaped inmate and called the police.
Bivens believes that Cavalcante is seeking for support since he is trying to contact acquaintances. He told ABC news, “He is absolutely looking for support. He needs that support. He doesn’t have it.”
Law enforcements described Cavalcante as “very dangerous.” There is no proof that he has a weapon on him. However, there have been several home burglaries that are most likely tied to him.
There have been multiple sighting of the fugitive throughout this 11-day manhunt. Most of the sightings have been in the Pocopson Township Area. Officials are mainly focused on finding Cavalcante in the area of Longwood Gardens, where he found the van.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/10/us/danelo-cavalcante-inmate-search-pennsylvania-sunday/index.html
hey, great story and I love the quotes Mandi. One struggle i did have is with the order I feel like the final Bivens quote would look good after the second paragraph about his escape, and put the paragraphs about the van together paragraphs 3 and 6.
I think this is a good story, Mandi. You did a good job of keeping the story informative without losing the reader’s attention. I like how you added the quotes in there, also. I think that your verbiage helped keep the story prominent.