authorities are investigating the eighth credible sighting of danilo cavalcanti. >> we are checking homeswe're talking to neighbors. we have horses out there as well that are assisting with the search tactical teams, sources tell our philadelphia station where cavalcanti was spotted on another trail camera near the local longwood botanical gardens , the same area he was spotted in on monday, shown here appearing to hold a bag. >> residents there told to shelter in place as a precaution . an armed law enforcement seen scouring the neighborhood. police say this sighting of the 34 year old sentenced to life in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend indicates he likely has been traveling back and forth and is contained in a search area of 8 to 10mi■!s. ths has been going on for a week now. >> it has to be beyond frustrating. it's insane. >> i mean, it really is insane. and i don't know what to tell you. i mean, special ops. get him in here. anything. whatever it takes, it takes the escapee has eluded hundreds of law officers since he broke out of the chester county prison, seen in this stunni

authorities say danilo cavalcanti admitted during hours of questioning that law enforcement came so closehey literally stepped on him three times during their search. he also revealed he survived on watermelon from a farm, drank water from a stream to survive and was able to change his look after stealing a backpack. investigators say cavalcanti told them his end goal was to make it to canada. he escaped to philadelphia area prison on august 31st, days after a jury convicted him of killing his ex-girlfriend in front of her children. the exhaustive search through rural areas of pennsylvania to finally came to an end yesterday, 30 miles from the prison after cavalcanti was detected by a plane with a thermal imaging camera around 1 a.m. they were able to move in very quietly. >> they had the element of surprise. >> meanwhile, for the first time in days, schools and businesses in the area will reopen today as local residents breathe a sigh of relief. the district attorney will now decide whether cavalcanti will face additional charges related to this escape. reggie, thanks, jobina the luxury

danilo cavalcanti was taken into custody this morning by pennsylvania state police.got a break just after midnight when a home alarm went off in the search perimeter. a police helicopter then picked up a heat signal on thermal imaging around 8 a.m. in a nearby field. and officers caught him by surprise while he was sleeping with a rifle he had stolen, police say. cavalcanti made one final attempt to escape capture by crawling through thick underbrush, but was stopped by a police dog. he was desperate, and i've said that all along. you have an individual whose choice is go back to prison and spend the rest of your life in a place you don't want to be or continue to try and evade capture. he chose the evade capture. cavalcanti has been transferred to a state prison facility where he will serve out the rest of a life sentence for the 2021 murder of his former girlfriend. friend and i'm tracking that forecast. we've got some. well, we did have a warming day today. temperatures tomorrow go the other way as it has been. i'll have the five day forecast coming up. accomplish

after his escape, pennsylvania state police are expanding their search for convicted killer danilo cavalcanti. authorities now moving their efforts south of the chester county prison where the 34 year old escaped last thursday at 8:51 a.m. cavalcanti escapes from the prison, having crab walked up a wall, pushed his way through a razor wire. since his escape, cavalcanti has been spotted several times. one of the most recent sightings happening monday night when a trail camera captured him walking through a botanical garden just five miles from the prison. he was spotted with a backpack duffel bag and sweatshirt last evening, we had another sighting of cavalcanti by a resident in the area of chandler road, pennsbury township team searched the area for hours but were unable to locate him. multiple agencies are now working to get cavalcanti to surrender. they're even broadcasting a recorded message from his mother, urging him to turn himself in. cavalcanti is described as extremely dangerous. he was convicted in 2021 of killing his ex-girlfriend, and state police say he's also wanted for murder i

escaped prisoner and convicted murderer danilo cavalcanti. now has a rifle after breaking into a garage monday night. i'm nate foy in chester county, pennsylvania as nate foyt tells us from chester county police are warning that he may now have a weapon. the hunt for escaped prisoner and convicted murderer danilo cavalcante is escalating after he armed himself overnight. we have considered him dangerous right from the very start. it changes nothing. we have always considered him to be a risk. we just now absolutely know that he has a weapon. cavalcante broke into a garage monday night and stole a 22 caliber rifle with a scope and flashlight. the homeowner shot at the escaped prisoner with a pistol, but authorities have no reason to believe that cavalcante is injured. i believe it was a crime of opportunity. i think he went in there probably trying to hide the garage door was open. he didn't, i believe, recognize that the owner was in there. state, local and federal authorities set up a new search perimeter using dogs, helicopters and drones t

danilo cavalcante. pennsylvania state police say they are pursuing cavalcante and that he is armed. sources telling our station w-p-t-v that a local homeowner had shot at someone matching cavalcanti's description when it's unclear if that individual was hit. >> we have always treated him as potentially being armed. he's been carrying a pack. there's no way to know exactly what's in that pack. >> sources say law enforcement also found shoes in the search. residents in the area were told to lock all doors and windows and remain indoors. the latest image was captured on doorbell. video shows cavalcante, now clean shaven, wearing different clothes. >> no perimeter is 100% secure. it's not a wall. it doesn't have a ceiling. we will ultimately capture him. he doesn't have what he needs to last long term. >> the 34 year old convicted of killing his ex girlfriend first broke out of prison 12 days ago. crab walking up these narrow walls to the roof to escape. and despite their initial perimeter, investigators say he slipped past them and stole this unlocked van. cavalcante then went to the phoenixville area where he tried to contact a former coworker who called local police by the time offi