Escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante caught after intense manhunt

Fugitive broke out of Pennsylvania county prison in August by scaling wall and climbing over razor wire

An escaped murderer who had been on the run in Pennsylvania for almost two weeks, leading law enforcement on an intense manhunt, was captured early on Wednesday, ending a chase that captivated America and terrorised a Philadelphia suburb.

Danelo Souza Cavalcante, 34, broke out of the Chester county prison on 31 August while awaiting transfer to state prison to serve a life sentence for fatally stabbing an ex-girlfriend in 2021.