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🗓️ 14 September 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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In-depth coverage of the dramatic capture of escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante after an intense two-week manhunt that kept a community on edge. Laura Coates hosts live from Chester County, Pennsylvania where it all went down. She asks residents what it was like living in in the search zone, and speaks with law enforcement about the details of the moment the armed fugitive was finally apprehended.
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0:00.0 | Good evening, everyone. I'm so glad you're here with us tonight. I'm Laura Coates and welcome to CNN Tonight, Man Hunt, Capturing a Killer. |
0:14.0 | I have been fascinated by this story. So are you and we're going to go in depth to the dramatic capture of Danilo Calvacante from the moment that he broke out of prison almost two weeks ago until this very morning when police crept up on him |
0:29.0 | and surrounded him in the woods. I'm right here in Pennsylvania where it all went down at the locations. A few hundred yards behind me where the escape murder was captured just after 8 a.m. |
0:40.0 | Now tonight he is back behind bars for the first time I might add since August 31st in the Pennsylvania State Prison in a different county, this time Montgomery County. |
0:50.0 | But now he's got another charge, this time felony escape that adds on to the life in prison sentence for the heinous murder of his former girlfriend. |
0:58.0 | In front of her two young children, you see him in the video shot by CNN affiliate CBS News Philadelphia. |
1:05.0 | Well, time going to talk the chief county detective of Chester County and the chair of the prison board. |
1:11.0 | Now the story of how they got him is like something out of a Hollywood movie. They used heat seeking technology to find him. |
1:19.0 | And oh, there's a four-year-old canine named Yoda who ultimately subdued what's called a defiant convent here. |
1:27.0 | Now police explained how it all went down. |
1:32.0 | They were able to move in very quietly. They had the element of surprise. |
1:37.0 | Calvacante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred. That did not stop him from trying to escape. |
1:44.0 | He began to crawl through thick underbrush taking his rifle with him as he went. |
1:51.0 | One of the customs and border control teams, Bortak, had a dog with them. They released the dog. |
1:58.0 | The dogs subdued him and team members from both of those teams immediately moved in. He continued to resist but was forcibly taken into custody. |
2:12.0 | Here at the United Nations, Brian Todd and Danny Friedman, they have covered this from the very beginning around the clock. |
2:19.0 | And Danny actually broke the news of this capture. I want to begin with you because this has been a fascinating man hunt. |
2:25.0 | I mean, first of all, it was the heinous act that was committed that led to his conviction and lifetime in prison sentence. |
2:32.0 | Then he broke out a cat walk. I mean, a crab walk up a wall. It took almost two weeks to get him. |
2:38.0 | And here we are right now. And he has finally been captured. Walk us through what it was like for this enormous law enforcement presence to get this guy. |
2:49.0 | Listen, Laura, it was incredibly challenging to say the least. Like you said, 14 days, two weeks, hundreds of officers sweeping different parts of Chester County where we are right now. |
2:58.0 | And it all went down here this morning, but also it really started almost 24 hours ago, exactly. |
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