Killer Danelo Cavalcante was carried from a Pennsylvania State Police precinct on Wednesday with drops of blood visible on his hospital gown, as new images emerged showing the heroic K-9 that finally captured him hours earlier.
Cavalcante, who led police on a dramatic two-week chase after crab-walking along walls and breaking out of the Chester County Jail on Aug. 31, was escorted out of the Pottstown station by heavily armed police officers. , who put him into an armored vehicle. car and took him away.
The 34-year-old Brazilian, still beaten and bloody after being pulled from a woodpile this morning, walked with his wrists and ankles handcuffed and his feet bare on the pavement.
The citizens stood still, filming and cheering as the killer was taken away. Cavalcante was captured Wednesday morning after K9 units sniffed him out and discovered him hiding with a stolen .22 caliber rifle next to him.
He tried to get away from police, Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said at a news conference, but was detained after the police dog bit him.
Cavalcante was led to an armored police van with his wrists and ankles handcuffed and wearing only a hospital gown. James Keivom for NY Post
The heroic K-9 who sniffed out Cavalcante and then chased him as he tried to escape.
Photos from the moment of capture showed K-9, later revealed to be named Yoda, sitting with his front paws around Cavalcante’s feet and his mouth on Cavalcante’s calves, while officers in camouflage tactical gear held his bloody body to the side. They beat him up and handcuffed him.
Yoda is a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois who serves in the U.S. Border Patrol’s K9 tactical unit, which was recruited to help locate Cavalcante.
The killer was wearing a Philadelphia Eagles hoodie when he was captured and his forehead was smeared with blood where the K9 bit his scalp.
The police arrested him without firing a single shot.
“Cavalcante didn’t realize he was surrounded until he was,” Bivens said of the undercover capture, which began around 1 a.m. Wednesday when a DEA plane detected a heat signature in the brush, supposedly behind a tractor supply store in South Coventry Township.
Additional charges are currently pending with the District Attorney’s Office in addition to his murder conviction for killing his ex-girlfriend, Bevin said.
Cavalcante was finally captured by police on Wednesday morning, 14 days after he escaped from prison.
After being located under a pile of firewood, the killer attempted to escape but was chased, bitten and restrained by a police dog.
Yoda, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois who serves in the U.S. Border Patrol’s BORTAC K9 unit, is being praised as a hero dog. Via REUTERS
After the capture, the SWAT teams took a group photo, posing with their capture.AP
The first light of morning forced tactical aircraft to land, leading ground units to wait for the right moment to attack.
It was eventually found west of PA 100 and north of Prizer Road, near where a burglar alarm was activated Tuesday night.
Police cut off his hoodie to check for weapons.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro jokingly pledged to replace the hoodie at the press conference, since Cavalcante presumably stole it from someone during his 14 days in freedom.
Additional charges in addition to Cavalcante’s murder conviction are pending before the district attorney, police announced. James Keivom for NY Post
Citizens watched and cheered as Cavalcante was taken from the state police station to a waiting armored vehicle. James Keivom for NY Post
After the capture, the SWAT teams took a group photo, posing with their capture.
Some critics called the photo shoot in poor taste, but Bevins ignored those opinions at the news conference and praised the officers who helped in the capture.
“Those men and women worked incredibly hard. It doesn’t bother me at all,” Bivens said, shrugging.
“They are proud of their work.”
Cavalcante was eventually found west of PA 100 and north of Prizer Road, near where a burglar alarm was activated Tuesday night.
Cavalcante was bloodied after being bitten on the scalp by the police dog.
The SWAT team that captured Cavalcante posed with him after he was pulled from under a woodpile on Wednesday.X / @JackPosobiec
Cavalcante was released from prison shortly after being sentenced to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Deborah Brandão, in April 2021.
He is also suspected of shooting a friend to death over car payments in his home country of Brazil in 2017.
After that murder, he hid for weeks in the Brazilian countryside before traveling illegally to the United States.
The search for the 5-foot-tall attacker involved hundreds of officers across southeastern Pennsylvania and resulted in the closure of several schools while residents locked down their homes.
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