Escaped Pennsylvania murderer Danelo Cavalcante spotted clean shaven with stolen dairy van: police

Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante has been spotted outside the police search area in Pennsylvania having shaved and stolen a van, cops said Sunday.

Cavalcante, 34, was seen overnight near Phoenixville driving a white 2020 Ford Transit van, Pennsylvania State Police said. The van has a refrigeration unit on top and was reported stolen by Baily’s Dairy.

Cavalcante had also apparently shaved, according to doorbell camera images that captured him about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. However, by mid-morning he had left the area, according to police.

“To those residents in the area of Phoenixville, you may no longer see a large law enforcement presence in the area,” the state cops said on Facebook. “Investigative leads have emerged that indicate Cavalcante is no longer in that area.”

Cavalcante escaped Chester County Prison on Aug. 31, scaling a wall and a razor-wire fence to reach a roof, which he sprinted across to freedom, police said. He was behind bars for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in 2021, and he was awaiting transfer to state prison when he made a break for it.

Prosecutors said Cavalcante killed his ex-girlfriend because she knew he killed a man in his home country of Brazil. Cavalcante is wanted in the South American nation for the murder of Válter Júnior Moreira dos Reis in 2017.

With News Wire Services