Danelo Cavalcante

a rifle. Police were subsequently authorized to use lethal force against Cavalcante if necessary. Law enforcement urged locals to lock all doors, windows, and vehicles, issuing a shelter-in-place order for residents in the South Coventry Township area. Law enforcement would create a new search perimeter, this one significantly tighter than the ones that came before. More governmental agencies became involved in the search, and authorities were confident that they had Cavalcante surrounded. Wednesday, September 13—Cavalcante Is Captured Throughout Tuesday, law enforcement diligently searched the area for Cavalcante but to no avail. Their breakthrough would come on Wednesday morning when, at around 1:00 a.m., a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) surveillance plane utilizing thermal imagery spotted Cavalcante’s heat signature in the woods north of Prizer Road. However, police would be forced to wait to engage the fugitive due to inclement weather that hindered the plane from operating correctly. At 8:00 a.m., multiple tactical teams from the Border Patrol and state police agencies began moving in on the area where Cavalcante’s heat source had been located. Law enforcement began making their way toward the fugitive. However, a sleeping Cavalcante would soon awaken and notice their presence, attempting to evade them by crawling through the forest’s thick underbrush. Border Patrol agents subsequently deployed a trained police dog named Yoda to subdue Cavalcante. The dog charged toward Cavalcante, biting him on the head and then latching onto his leg, holding onto him until the tactical teams arrived. Cavalcante made one last futile attempt to crawl away but was quickly apprehended. At 8:18 a.m., authorities forcibly took Cavalcante into custody, ending the almost two-week manhunt.

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Cavalcante’s Escape