His plea came a day before the one-year anniversary of his escape, which left many people across the Philadelphia region in fear.
FILE - Danilo Cavalcante escorted by officers with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections into the Magisterial District Court, Kennett Square, Pa., Feb. 2, 2024. Cavalcante was sentenced immediately afterward to serve 15 to 30 years in addition to his life sentence without parole for killing his ex-girlfriend. He chose not to speak in court.
Danilo Cavalcante, 35, a native of Brazil, escaped from a Chester County lockup while waiting to be transferred to state prison to serve a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend.clambering up between two walls in a jail exercise yard, then climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof.While on the run, he stole a truck from a dairy farm after finding the keys inside, and survived by stealing food, clothing and other items from people’s homes.and fired several shots at him with a pistol.
Cavalcante, a native of Brazil speaking through a Portuguese interpreter, told the judge his education had stopped in the fourth grade. “You’re still a young man,” County Judge Allison Bell Royer told Cavalcante, as she advised him to figure out a way to make something of his life even in prison.Lonny Fish, his defense lawyer, said Cavalcante had swiftly agreed to plead guilty to the charges. His plea came a day before the one-year anniversary of his escape, which left many people across the Philadelphia region in fear, especially as Cavalcante entered at least two homes in search of provisions.
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