Captured Pennsylvania fugitive tells officials he planned to head to Canada or Puerto Rico
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Associated Press
A murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail and was captured two weeks later told authorities he’d been planning to carjack someone and flee to Canada or Puerto Rico. Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark says 34-year-old Danilo Cavalcante told investigators he could sense law enforcement closing in and planned to get a car within 24 hours. Clark says Cavalcante revealed other details about his life on the run since his brazen escape from the Chester County jail on Aug. 31, including that he survived on creek water and watermelon. Cavalcante was taken to a state prison outside Philadelphia after his capture.
