There is a lot of police activity focused on a big cornfield at 401 and Fairview.
We guess it has something to do with Danelo Cavalcante, but who knows?
Anyway, that’s what I’ve got and I figured I would share it.
police activity on 401 at fairview
Monthly Archives: September 2023
people are fed up with the cavalcante on the run of it all
To the people contacting me all I can say is spread the word around if see something say something. Just keep reporting sightings. Please don’t just report it to social media call the actual police.
I think law enforcement in Southeastern PA needs to get together and there needs to be reversed 911 to the entire southeastern PA area.
This guy could be headed into Norristown, or King of Prussia, etc.
My fear is he makes it to South Jersey and hides in the Pine Barrens for a good long time putting a lot of those people there at risk. Or he goes to Philadelphia, and just blends in with the rest of the criminals that are never caught in that jurisdiction.
And if Josh Shapiro can do things like giant press conferences on putting I-95 back together why can’t he put our mind at ease down here and get more resources as needed?
day 9 in chester county: our new normal?
Danelo Cavalcante has been on the loose for NINE days. Nine. It’s kind of inconceivable that this is going on but it’s the real world so it happens. I still don’t understand how it happened from the perspective of it took that prison an hour to figure out he was gone? As of 5:30 PM , the AP is reporting the guard who was supposed to be watching was fired. Is this person the only head to roll here? What about whoever was on duty in May when the other guy escaped or in 2019 when the other guy escaped the first time?
AP: U.S. NEWS Prison guard who missed killer’s escape is fired, as hunt for fugitive focuses on botanic garden
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A prison tower guard has been fired after letting a murderer slip away on his watch in a brazen daytime escape, officials said Friday, as the nine-day-old search pressed on amid southeastern Philadelphia suburbs, farmland and a vast botanical garden.
News of the firing came as the searchers’ ranks grew overnight, focusing on the area around Longwood Gardens, where the fugitive inmate has been spotted before.
Danelo Souza Cavalcante, 34, escaped while awaiting transfer to state prison on Aug. 31 after being sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in 2021. Prosecutors say he wanted to stop her from telling police that he’s wanted over a killing in his home country of Brazil.
But there are other people that we haven’t heard from in this. We haven’t heard from board members of that prison who are elected officials in Chester County, seeking reelection and higher office. I’m speaking specifically about Chair of the Chester County Commissioners Marian Moscowitz and Sheriff Fredda Maddox, now judicial candidate.
I am asking this as a registered Democrat no less. It’s nothing personal but I think we haven’t heard from them and I know for one I would feel more comfortable if I heard anything coming out of their mouths on this issue and temporary new normal and all I hear are other people. It’s like they are leaving District Attorney Deb Ryan on her own, and I just don’t think that’s right.
The law-enforcement presence amped up further today, and these people are to be applauded even if they haven’t found Cavalcante yet. They are working their asses off. Which is more than you can say for the people at Chester County prison who let this happen in the first place.
I am sharing an excerpt from today’s Inquirer article and I will point out that the byline holder with Vinny Vella named Jesse Bunch is Inquirer legacy. I don’t know either of his parents, but I read and have read their articles and columns for years (his mom is retired from the paper.) This is a total non-related aside, but I think it’s pretty cool.
by Vinny Vella and Jesse Bunch
Published Sep. 8, 2023, 4:45 p.m. ET
Nerves are frayed all over Chester County. You don’t have to be immediately in the vicinity with all the police activity to be concerned. This is our new normal right now but it’s anything but normal.
I hear the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square is going on as planned this weekend, I almost think that’s kind of crazy at this point I wish they could postpone it until next weekend but I hope they have a good time.
OK it’s dinner time for me. Have a good evening.
day 10
Day 10.
Danelo Cavalcante is still on the loose. A friend of mine hypothesized last night that he hides/sleeps during big parts of the day and moves at night.
Our area is galvanized. Paralyzed. Terrified. Suck as F of an escaped animal on the loose. This is not some misunderstood human being. This is a full fledged killer holding our county hostage.
We have heard that they have held one guard accountable. They fired him. But where is the outrage and further accountability? How about some elected officials playing hide and seek? Where’s Marian Moscowitz? Where’s the Sheriff? Where is the guy Dykes who wants to be Sheriff? He was also once in DA’s office so you would think he’d be all over this?
People are talking about “Republican grandstanding” during this. Yeah, I have seen some of that like that tool of a politician from Berks County who is trying to tie immigration policy to Cavalcante but if we timeline him I wonder exactly during whose administration he crept into the US under? Because *somehow* I don’t think criminals pay attention to immigration policy and partisan politics and if they want to get here badly enough, then they do.
However, what I have seen is a clear example of is the Democrats who are in charge and who wish to run for office have been mostly invisible. The only ones we hear from are Josh Maxwell and Deb Ryan. I saw a chirpy message from Congresswoman Houlahan from Kennett Square on Facebook and she didn’t even mention the escaped murderer or what folks down there are experiencing or the rest of us. It’s hard as hell not to dwell on this because we are all living it, and depending on where you are in Chester County, the whole living it is extra and in technicolor and far too real.
In these moments I think of all the people with horses down there in the escaped murderer zone. The helicopters, noise, etc has to be even harder on the equine residents of Chester County.
And if I had a dollar for every time I hear a comment about they can’t believe that they have not caught him yet. Yes I get it, I have said it a bunch myself but then I go back to what I really want answers to: seriously, how did they allow things in that prison to deteriorate to such a point that a criminal like Danelo Cavalcante could escape in the first place?
No I can’t believe that he is still out there yet I can believe it given the terrain and well, he survived in jungles and mountains etc until he crept into this country. What did he actually do for work until he murdered his girlfriend? Who employed him? And his public defender? Everyone is entitled to a defense but has anyone spoken to him since this happened?
And now “vigilante justice” has arrived as per tabloid journalism. But are they vigilantes or just residents who want to help?
Here’s a YouTube currently streaming:
People are TikToking like mad. Some of it is hysterical.
So yeah Day 10.
Wahoo said no resident of Chester County ever about this.
where’s marian?
Yo Marian Moscowiz we thought Josh Shapiro was your BFF? Have you reached out to him for more resources to catch Danelo Cavalcante?
This escaped murderer is actually running around now in your part of the county or close enough to it, right?
So where are you comforting your constituency the people of Chester County? We have heard barely a word from you since this began.
Lady, with all due respect, do you want us to vote for you in November? Earn it.
I have friends texting me conversations between themselves and neighbors in East Pikeland. You know people that were supposed to get a Reverse 911 only most or all of them didn’t?
This guy looks more rested than everyone else at this point. There should be reversed 911 calls going out all across Southeastern Pennsylvania.
People feel scared, powerless, helpless, angry, and you are hiding. Hiding is not supposed to be in your job description.
#WhereIsMarian
day 11: danelo cavalcante is out of pocopson area and ON THE RUN
I got a text from a friend before my glasses were on:
He may be in Phoenixville… Activity by Bonnie Brae Rd. Apparently, he has family on Ferry Lane, which is just across 23…from Country Club Road.…
That text was a couple of hours ago. I had slept in for once.
Then I saw this:
Keep eyes 👀 peeled for a WHITE Ford Transit van. I read somewhere he stole it from Baily’s Dairy.
From the PA State Police:
UPDATE: Cavalcante is operating a white 2020 Ford Transit van bearing Pennsylvania registration ZST8818. The van has a refrigeration unit on the top.
Danelo Cavalcante Search Update: During the late evening and overnight hours, Cavalcante was reportedly seen in the northern Chester County area near Phoenixville. He changed his appearance. He is now clean shaven and was wearing a yellow or green hooded sweatshirt, black baseball style hat, green prison pants, and white shoes. If anyone has any information, please contact 911 or the Tip Line at 717-562-2987.
I have friends in East Pikeland who said cop cars zooming around Font Road 45 minutes ago.
https://x.com/nikthehat/status/1700795538138931676?s=46&t=q2Crl-CoQlPQiewpyXUrxw
Well on Day 11 this is some special kind of bullshit. Many thanks to law enforcement because they are trying their best. But thanks again Chester County Prison for the escaped murderer gift that keeps on giving.
God forgive me, but here’s hoping he goes off of a winding road in the rain into a tree.
today at ebenezer, hope rose like a phoenix from the ashes
This won’t be a particularly long post and over the next couple of days I will be going through photos from the sign ceremony to post but today my heart was happy and full of joy.
I love this site, and I love the history it represents, and today I felt hopeful. Today I felt the old souls were pleased… and I could also feel more recent souls who loved Ebenezer whom I knew, Ann Christie and Al Terrell were smiling.
Also something unexpected happened. Today I got a thank you for my contributions to Ebenezer. That is a place that is so special to me, and the thank you was heartfelt. It came from Pastor April Martin and Bertha Jackmon. Coming from them that really meant something special to me. No one really has ever publicly recognized my efforts, and it’s one of those things where no brass band was ever needed, but a simple thank you today meant the world.
My relationship with the East Whiteland Historic Commission doesn’t really exist. I genuinely like a couple of the members and a few members past and present have always been truly really nice to me, and I enjoy speaking with them and knowing them a little bit, BUT I know most of those people do not like me, and a few do not go out of their way to make me feel welcome. And part of the things that have upset me about Ebenezer was trying to talk to them over the years. None of them are bad people, but they are quite cliquish, and not necessarily welcoming to someone like me, or anyone who isn’t their normal person.
Part of what I realized today is I don’t need their approval or permission to love local history. They honestly did a really nice job with the ceremony. Ebenezer’s graveyard is nicely cleaned up. A bunch of stones have fallen over but it’s partially the site itself, and there are new homes being dug around it. The plan is to restore the stones and cap the church ruin which is perfect.
There is a brand new website and fundraising will need to be done for the future and if there are folks who can set up a non profit to help Ebenezer live long into the future visit https://www.historicebenezerbactonhill.org/
It was really nice to visit Hiram and Joshua today too.
Many thanks to Chair of the East Whiteland Supervisors Scott Lambert and Manager Steve Brown for their support of preserving this historic site and for arranging all sorts of things today and East Whiteland PD for making a sometimes busy road behave today.
Again, I will post photos over the next few days. In the future I would like to plant daffodils and snowdrops by the grave stones after they are reset.
ebenezer is getting a historic marker…finally
I am not trying to be sour grapes here, but when you read this press release disguised as an article embedded below makes you feel like a couple of recent people did everything with regard to the ruin of Ebenezer with no help from anyone else ever. The truth is, there have been a lot of people involved, who should be remembered and thanked.
It’s like a very large village has loved this site and helped and tried to help over the years.
Those of you who know me know that I have worked on this personally for years. I have made publicly available all the information I found and shared loads of photos.
I do not do things like this for atta girls or accolades, but people could say thank you once in a while.
And folks could also say thank you to the families of the late Al Terrell and late Ann Christie as well. And former scout Luke Phayre and his mother, historian Catherine Quillman, Tim Caban former chair of East Whiteland Historic Commission, Theresa Schatz and Susan Evans -former member of East Whiteland Historic Commission, and even Dr. Bill Watson from Immaculata who is always so patient and helpful when you have any questions. There are also all the people who once lived in the area who contributed to the oral histories I posted up and gave me photos to use. Like the artist Claude Bernardin.
Or how about Chester County resident and retired Air Force Colonel Howard Crawford West Chester Veterans Council and commander of the American Legion Post 134 who was instrumental in our Veterans Day ceremony in 2016 on the site? Or Doug Buettner and others over the years who helped clean up the site? Or how about those wonderful East Whiteland police officers who showed up in 2016 to help direct traffic during the Veterans Day ceremony and became part of the honor guard?
Ebenezer is very special to me, even if I am a middle-aged white woman with no relatives in the cemetery.
I am so happy that historical marker is going up here and that there is now a small chance and hope for preservation in the future that lasts. I know that the ruin is too far gone to do anything but stabilize because a few years ago I was the one along with my husband, who had a structural engineer who dealt with historic properties look at it and give a report.
I will attend this ceremony, and I will have a happy heart and a smile on my face, as I am grateful that this is getting some more recognition. But I just want people out there to recognize that there are a lot of people who have cared about this site over the years and helped to the best of their ability.
To get to this point, it’s not just because of recent events, there are years of things behind this and lots of people who cared. Other friends like Christine, Tia, Dana and Keica.
And when I first moved here, East Whiteland Township didn’t truly give a crap about the site. East Whiteland beyond some of the member of the historic commission started to give a damn when Scott Lambert became supervisor. As a matter of fact, when we did the Veterans Day ceremony in 2016, not one supervisor showed up. I remember at the time those of us who worked on that couldn’t believe that. We kept wondering what would it have taken for any of the three supervisors or manager to have shown up even for a few minutes?
I realize I’m like the inconvenient guest at a dinner party because you never know what’s going to come out of my mouth, but I think it’s important to recognize here that a lot of people, not just me, have contributed to saving and trying to save Ebenezer.
If you go to visit this site, I hope you feel all the happy souls like we do when we’re on the site. If you go tomorrow, that is when the marker is being unveiled at 1:30 PM on Bacton Hill Road in East Whiteland.
so chester county prison, is it new math with the igor bolte escapes?
So Chester County Prison,
Regarding Igor the original escapee. I have to ask, why haven’t y’all mentioned his attempted escape in 2019? Yes, I found a docket from 2019 with an escape charge. Not just 2023.
So, what is this ? New math? Human error? Honest mistake? I can’t read?
Why can’t I find any coverage of the 2019 escape charge? It certainly begs the question of HOW MANY escapes attempted or otherwise have occurred from Chester County Prison? Has anyone asked the newly retired warden and perhaps his predecessors depending upon who is alive?
This is just insanity. WTF is going on in Chester County? You actually can’t blame District Attorney Deb Ryan because she took office in 2020. It was the 2019 election cycle that flipped the county to Democrat control, which means that there is plenty of blame to go around potentially politically.
So here we are on day 8 of the Brazilian version of Wile E Coyote on the loose. Who knew he would also expose the crazy underbelly of the prison too? Many thanks to one of my readers for the tip to check the court dockets on Igor.
I won’t hold my breath on substantive answers here. I am sure the AG will have y’all locked up tighter than a virgin on prom night.
Have a nice day.
A Pocopson Township man who spotted an escaped inmate in May is frustrated by the ongoing hunt for Cavalcante
John Cleare said he and his wife saw Igor Bolte walk through their property on May 19 after he fled from the Chester County Prison. Danelo Cavalcante used the same method as Bolte to escape last week.
by Vinny Vella Published Sep. 7, 2023, 11:23 a.m.
a murderer is still on the loose in chester county: let’s review.
So Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer, is STILL on the loose. Nerves are frayed, everyone is on edge.
I think they need bloodhounds to catch the scent, I have seen only shepherds.
I have friends in the area. One sent me this picture taken near Longwood this afternoon:
I was astounded by the presser today. WHY was Danelo Cavalcante with everyone in an exercise yard with no guards IN the yard, and one lone person in some other security post who didn’t see him crab walk up a wall and slither out the way ANOTHER prisoner escaped in MAY. Oh and THAT prisoner is STILL in Chester County Prison. Don’t these people think prisoners communicate with one and other???
There are so many on the prison board who need to answer questions IMHO. How grossly understaffed, underpaid, and overworked are the people who work there? Is it as bad as the sheriff’s office?
Why wasn’t a convicted murderer waiting for state prison kept somewhere more secure?
If someone escaped recently from that exercise yard why was that yard open with no guards near where the prior escape occurred as a deterrent?
What exactly happened during the tenure of the recently departed warden and HIS predecessor?
Why is the current PA Attorney General seeming to control all of these matters in Chester County including flow of information? Why do we as Chester County residents hear about what the Attorney General is doing but we as residents aren’t hearing from AG Michelle Henry ?
People are not resting comfortably in their own homes all over the area.
Here’s hoping he’s caught soon.
Here’s hoping ALL Chester County officials involved with this prison debacle are held accountable no matter what their position or role in the county.
All we have are questions and no answers and a murderer literally on the loose.
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Chester County residents express fear and frustration as the search for a fugitive enters day 7
The search for Danelo Cavalcante has disrupted the lives of hundreds of residents of southern Chester County.
By Vinny Vella and Jesse Bunch
Published Sep. 6, 2023, 1:51 p.m.
