Scoop: Danelo Cavalcante told law enforcement after his capture “he intended to carjack someone in the next day & make his way to Canada or Mexico.” Through a Portuguese interpreter with U.S. Marshals, State Police & Chester County detectives present,he spoke about escape. 1/4
2/4 “Cavalcante said his endgame was to carjack someone in next day because he noticed increasing aerial search helicopters & airplanes. He hid under thick underbrush and on 3 occasions said armed search teams came within 7 to 8 yards of him. He only moved at night, no days.”
3/4 Cavalcante did his own surveillance during escape, he told his interrogators through interpreter. “He did surveillance of first perimeter around Longwood Gardens, so he knew where&when to run make his escape. He also did surveillance on the house he stole rifle.
4/4 “He didn’t just do those without planning first. He said he hid his fecal matter ‘number twos’ under leaves&brush so searches wouldn’t find where he had been. He found a backpack with a razor inside, which he used to shave. He lived of stream water & a watermelon he stole.”
As it happened this morning. Yoda, the U.S. Border Patrol (BORTAC) 4 year old Belgian Malinois that took down Danelo Cavalcante in thick brush of Northern Chester County & ended his 14 days on the lam.
Danelo Cavalcante, face down in mud & weeds, cuffed behind his back & surrounded by federal agents in camouflage, that matches the rugged terrain they searched for 14 days & nights. With the Border Patrol’s K-9 Yoda, who was the first federal officer to get to him.
