Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante planned to go to Canada, says searchers almost stepped on him multiple times
CBSN
Before tactical teams captured Danelo Cavalcante in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, the convicted killer whose prison escape launched a two-week manhunt had planned to carjack someone and flee the country, authorities said. Robert Clark, a supervisory deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service, told CBS News Philadelphia that Cavalcante intended to travel to Canada, citing Cavalcante's comments to law enforcement after he was taken back into custody.
Cavalcante also told officers in the wake of his arrest that crews almost stepped on him multiple times as he buried himself beneath leaves and brush while they searched for him. For sustenance, he stole watermelon and drank stream water, Clark told CBS News Philadelphia.
Cavalcante had a razor blade in his backpack when he was captured this week, Clark said. He apparently used the blade to shave his beard and mustache after escaping from the Chester County Prison in West Chester, about an hour's drive from Philadelphia, on the morning of Aug. 31.
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