"DEA's Thermal Imaging Video Leads to Capture of Escaped Pennsylvania Prisoner Danelo Cavalcante"
TL;DR
Danelo Cavalcante, a Pennsylvania prison escapee, was captured after two weeks on the run thanks to a thermal imaging camera on a DEA plane. The video released by the DEA shows Cavalcante's body heat being detected near Prizer Road and Route 100. Despite attempting to flee with a stolen rifle, he was subdued by a K-9 named Yoda and is now being held at a maximum-security prison. Cavalcante had been convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in 2021.
- Escaped Pa. prisoner Danelo Cavalcante capture: DEA releases thermal imaging video that led to arrest WPVI-TV
- How He Survived 13 Days: Cavalcante on the Run in Pennsylvania The New York Times
- From jailbreak to capture, what went right – and wrong – in the search for the escaped Pennsylvania inmate CNN
- Moment cameras spot escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante in the Pennsylvania woods before his bloody arrest Daily Mail
- Comedian Mike Rainey Crashes Cavalcante News Conference VISTA.Today
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