"Danelo Cavalcante, a 34-year-old convicted murderer, was spotted just south of the original search area on Monday evening, when security footage captured him at a popular botanical gardens site, CNN reported. Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said the search team is now shifting its radius and that the prisoner is still considered extremely dangerous. Cavalcante, who was convicted of killing his former girlfriend, 33-year-old Deborah Brandão, was sentenced to life without parole on Aug. 16."
"He reportedly escaped by climbing to the roof of the prison while outside in an exercise yard, then ran across the roof towards a less secure area, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. In the days since his escape, there have been five "credible sightings" of Cavalcante, according to Bivens. One Pocopson Township resident claims that he witnessed Cavalcante in his own home late Friday evening. "What I decided to do was flip the light switch on and off three or four or five times, pause, and then he flipped the light switch from downstairs three or four times, which was the moment of, like, 'Oh my God, this guy's down there,'" said Ryan Drummond. The resident said he then watched Cavalcante take food from his home, as well as a backpack and other supplies."
Danelo Cavalcante, 34, escaped from a Pennsylvania prison and remains at large six days after the manhunt began roughly 30 miles west of Philadelphia. He was convicted of killing his former girlfriend, Deborah Brandão, and received a life-without-parole sentence on Aug. 16. Cavalcante reportedly climbed to the prison roof from an exercise yard and ran toward a less secure area. Security footage later captured him at a botanical gardens site south of the original search zone. Authorities reported multiple credible sightings, shifted the search radius, and noted a resident observed him taking food, a backpack and supplies. Several nearby school districts closed for safety.
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