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A FRIGHTENED family has spoken out after prison escapee Danelo Cavalcante went to their house looking for help.
The manhunt for Cavalcante, 34, has been ongoing for the past 11 days as hundreds of police officers scour southeastern Pennslyvania for the convicted murderer.
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Cavalcante escaped from Chester County Prison on August 31 by slipping between two walls and scaling a fence topped with barbed wire.
There have been multiple sightings of the escapee, including two Saturday night, one in East Pikeland Township and one in Phoenixville, over 20 miles out of the search perimeter set by police.
Cavalcante appeared clean-shaven with a green sweatshirt on, seemingly in an effort to elude authorities, as he approached the home of a former work associate in East Pikeland Township.
His former colleague was not home, but rather out to dinner with his family when Cavalcante showed up on his doorbell footage.
Calvalcante, who worked with the former associate several years ago, asked to meet with him, according to police.
The family immediately called 911 when Cavalcante asked for help, they told NewsNation.
“My family is afraid,” a family member told the outlet over the phone.
The person said they do not support Cavalcante and believe he should be held accountable, according to the outlet.
Cavalcante is seen on video footage holding a car key, the person said.
However, the person did not see the work van that Cavalcante was traveling in.
On Saturday night, before visiting his former co-worker, Cavalcante stole an unlocked van with the keys inside that was parked about three-quarters of a mile from the northern search perimeter, police said.
Baily’s Dairy of Pocopson Meadow Farm said in a post on Facebook that their delivery van was stolen while they were working.
After a failed visit at his former co-worker’s home, Cavalcante went to the home of another ex-colleague in Phoenixville who was not home, according to authorities.
Police said just before 12pm on Sunday that they believe Cavalcante is no longer in Phoenixville.
Cavalcante was in prison serving a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandao, 33, in 2021.
He stabbed Brandao 38 times in front of her two young children.
According to prosecutors, Cavalcante was trying to stop her from telling authorities of a 2017 murder that he was wanted for in Brazil, where he is from.
