The Daring Prison Break That Unleashed a Predator – And the Statewide Terror That Followed
In a scene ripped from a Hollywood thriller, a convicted killer defies gravity—and justice—by scaling a prison wall like a spider, vanishing into the night. This wasn’t fiction: it was June 6, 2023, when Danelo Cavalcante, a Brazilian fugitive serving life for brutally stabbing his ex-girlfriend, escaped from Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania. His method? A "crab-walk" technique—pressing his hands and feet against two walls to shimmy up a 15-foot alleyway, then sprinting across razor wire.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.
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In a scene ripped from a Hollywood thriller, a convicted killer defies gravity—and justice—by scaling a prison wall like a spider, vanishing into the night. This wasn’t fiction: it was June 6, 2023, when Danelo Cavalcante, a Brazilian fugitive serving life for brutally stabbing his ex-girlfriend, escaped from Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania. His method? A "crab-walk" technique—pressing his hands and feet against two walls to shimmy up a 15-foot alleyway, then sprinting across razor wire.Be...