Lt. Col. George Bevins said at a news conference Monday afternoon that 34-year-old Danelo Cavalcante was spotted Sunday afternoon from a distance by a state trooper, who gave chase but lost him.
early Saturday lurking in a residential neighborhood about 1.5 miles from the Chester County Prison.
"I intend to stress him. I want to push him hard. He'll make mistakes. He'll show himself. He's already shown himself, we believe, a few times," Bevins said.Bevins said investigators got Cavalcante's mother to record a message asking her son to surrender peacefully. He said the message was being broadcast from police helicopters and vehicles in the search area.
Following Brandao's murder, Cavalcante fled to Virginia, where he was arrested and brought back to Pennsylvania to face justice for Brandao's killing. Citing the ongoing investigation, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan declined to provide details Monday on the circumstances of the breakout."The prison is very aware of the vulnerabilities that they have and they have made efforts to correct those vulnerabilities," Ryan said.
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