The spectacular escape of a criminal considered dangerous prison in the northeast of USA has the police on edge and is already affecting life in a county in the suburbs of Philadelphiawhere schools were closed for safety reasons on Wednesday.
Almost a week after the escape of Danelo Souza Cavalcantea Brazilian 34-year-old sentenced days before to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, “hundreds of agents work day and night using helicopters, drones and dogs to locate the fugitive,” the Chester County Prosecutor’s Office said.
The man, pictured with black hair and a beard on the wanted poster, was last seen Monday night in surveillance footage from a botanical garden normally open to the public, but which was closed Wednesday, in the Kennett Square neighborhooda suburb of Philadelphiain the state of Pennsylvania.
“Last night (Tuesday) a resident saw him again” in the same area, “teams searched for him for hours but could not find him,” the lieutenant colonel said during an emergency conference. George Bivens of the State Police.
The spectacular escape of the prisoner in Philadelphia
He fugitivewho escaped through the roofs of the Chester County Jailis considered dangerous.
The authorities released a video showing the escape, as spectacular as it was embarrassing for prison employees.
In the security images the prisoner is seen with white t-shirt, blue pants and white sneakers, hidden in a hole in the patio; then he climbs with agility Spider-Man style between two walls and disappears.
“You’re dealing with someone who is desperate and doesn’t want to get caught,” he warned Tuesday. Bivens.
The authorities also highlighted the risk that the man robbed houses or took supplies and asked residents to close the doors of their homes and vehicles.
“He has obviously already obtained clothing and other unidentified items, and we want to minimize any possibility of him obtaining anything else. It is important that we keep the pressure on him as we continue the hunt,” stressed the lieutenant colonel.
“It’s the first time in nine years that I have to close the door to my house when I go to work,” he said Wednesday. Joe Delahanty, a resident, to the newspaper Philadelphia Inquirer.
For security reasons, two school districts in the region decided to close their schools on Tuesday and the decision was upheld on Wednesday.
The Brazilian escaped on Thursday from the county prison Chester, in the same area, where he was held after being sentenced to life in prison on August 22 for fatally stabbing an ex-girlfriend in April 2021.
According to the police, he is also wanted for a murder committed in Brazil. Justice and police promised rewards of $20,000 for reports that allow him to be located.
Source: Ambito
