Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said Wednesday that the hundreds of officers looking for Danelo Cavalcante will continue their search, and he remains confident that he will be caught.
ended its eighth day Thursday withCavalcante, 34, was seen by a resident running in a wooded area there just before noon, according to Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens, who is leading the search.
“This is an amazing operation going on here,” Bivens said Thursday afternoon at a news conference in West Chester. “This is not a situation where we have a police dispatcher sitting and waiting for calls to come in.”The hunt for Cavalcante was boosted Thursday by the continued addition of state troopers from across Pennsylvania, including mounted units, Bivens said.
Bivens said he had “every reason” to believe that Cavalcante, who escaped from the prison in Pocopson Township on Aug. 31, is still within the secure perimeter set up by law enforcement: There have been no sightings of him outside that area since they’ve expanded its reach., had armed himself with any weapons, according to Bivens. His intended destination remained unclear, but Bivens has said he appeared to be heading southward.
Meanwhile, Chester County District Attorney Deborah Ryan expressed frustration over Cavalcante’s escape from the prison, which he accomplished“This is an outrage. This should never have happened,” Ryan said, noting that she led the prosecution of Cavalcante on first-degree murder charges and persuaded a jury to convict him earlier this month of killing his ex-girlfriend.
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