Prisoner Who Escaped Like in a Movie by Climbing Wall, Eventually Caught After Being Bitten by Police Dog

Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Murdering Ex-Girlfriend
Escaped by Climbing Wall with Both Hands Just 9 Days After Incarceration

A prisoner who was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in the United States and escaped from prison was captured about two weeks later.

On the 13th (local time), according to the New York Times (NYT) and AP News, Pennsylvania state police announced that they arrested Danello Cavalcante (34), who was serving a life sentence for murder and escaped during his imprisonment, on the morning of the same day.

According to the video released by the prison during the escape, Cabalcante stretched out both arms and legs in the narrow gap between the prison building walls, climbed by holding onto both walls, broke through the barbed wire, and jumped down from the prison roof to escape.
[Photo by The New York Times]

Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County prison in the western suburbs of Philadelphia on the 31st of last month and had been on the run for 13 days, evading police pursuit.

He escaped just nine days after being sentenced to life imprisonment in 2021 for brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend.

After being missing for more than a week following his escape, a report came in on the 11th that he was spotted north of Chester County, finally leading to his trail being caught. Local police found prisoner shoes presumed to have been worn by him near the reported area.

[Photo by AP·Yonhap News]

Cavalcante then fled with a gun after the homeowner fired shots at him when he was caught stealing firearms and ammunition from a garage.

Police narrowed their search area to about 30 km north of the prison and, shortly after midnight on the 12th, used aerial thermal detection technology to find traces of Cavalcante. While crawling through bushes trying to escape, Cavalcante was bitten and caught by a police dog.

According to the prison-released footage of the escape, Cavalcante stretched out both arms and legs in a narrow gap between the prison building walls, climbed by pressing against both walls, broke through the barbed wire, and escaped by jumping down from the prison roof.

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