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CNNW CNN July 3, 2024

Expanding after police say he was spotted somewhere they were not looking, and the fugitive has a brand new look. Well bring an update to you live. Smell of death in the air and desperate cries for help going unanswered. Earthquake survivors in maorocc that killed 1,200 people as First Responders race to save more lives. And the governor of new mexico announcing a 30day ban carrying firearms in Public Places in major cities and county saying its necessary to respond to violence that is out of control. Critics say its unconstitutional. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We begin with a major setback in the semparch for a killer. At any moment Law Officials in chester, pennsylvania, giving an update on the manhunt for 34yearold Danelo Cavalcante now in its 12th day. The search spanning miles away from the location first focused on because he was spotted more than 20 miles away from the search area. Take a look. Looks different. Cleanshaving and a green hoodie. The escaped Murderer School a delivery van and tried to make contact with acquaintances, people he knows in the area. Cnns Danny Freeman is live in Chester County following all of this. Danny, do we know how cavalcante was able to get past officers . Reporter listen, thats the big question weve been having the past 48 hours, especially yesterday since cavalcante was able to slip this perimeter. Context, and were, of course, awaiting a Press Conference any minute. Understand if you dip out. Context. Back on friday the largest Law Enforcement presence a few miles away in the main perimeter police held better part of two weeks and that was the Spot Cavalcante was able to slip out of. Almost 400 officers, troopers looking in back seats of cars and trunks. The Environment Cavalcante was able to escape from. A little more about what weve learned yesterday specifically about this. He slipped perimeter probably sometime on saturday. Then stole a van from a nearby dairy farm and reason he was able to steal the van, because keys were in the car at the time. Then drove a little more than 20 miles north of the perimeter, also north of the Chester County prison where he escaped from to the phoenixville area. There we know he tried to get in contact with a couple associates he had known before. Those associates did not help him at all. Wham he was looking for. Looking for help. Because of those associates, tried to reach out we got a glimpse of him on a ring doorbell camera where you see the new images of cavalcante, cleanshaven, now wearing a green or yellowish hoodie Law Enforcement says he got at the dairy farm where he also swiped a van. Thats the last we know of him, saturday evening, when the ring camera was taken and learned Sunday Morning Law Officials found that van outside of the phoenixville area, but cavalcante was nowhere please stand by. Live to officials now in Chester County providing us an update. Lets listen. That all of you have given, thank you very much for that support. At this time we will be happy to take any questions you might have. Do you have evidence someone has likely helped him . Is that what the rest of the the sister . The sister is an overstay and chose not to, not to assist, and because of being in an overstay status, she has been entered into a Deportation Proceeding and is being detained at this time. Chose not to help you . Wanted her to help you. She did not. She has not assisted. Any evidence of anybody else trying to help him . Just put a warning out there . How is that going . We know you did try that . Im cautioning people preemptively, and, yes, we are monitoring, we are monitoring for any possible help in a variety of ways, and so what i will tell you is, that if we detect assistance that will be prosecuted. Im not going to say anything further than that in terms of who may or may not have. What im going to say is, as a warning, you will be prosecuted. There is an Alternative Path to try and assist with his safe capture. And the timeline here. 10 30, do you think . To say this morning a young starting to we werent notified until well after midnight of the, the sightings. [ inaudible ]. At least two hours. 911 was then called from that family want to walk us through that entire im not aware of any issues with the 911 system, and i am not going to comment further. Im going to tell you ive laid out what the timeline was and what i will tell you is that the individuals, so with, for example, the one was not home at the time. They were utilizing a doorbell to speak with him. They arrived home sometime later, reviewed the video and contacted local police. Whatever occurred there, we not a part of it. We received a notice and i gave you the time yesterday. I dont have it in front of me, but sometime around 12 30, as i recall. So after midnight. Which we received the notice, and our investigators then began working on that information. Places that you [ inaudible ] another case [ inaudible ]. Those were the only two that we have reported that he communicated with anyone. And at this point, have there been any other visuals besides this doorbell . There have not. And reason to believe of course hasnt vanished without a trace and for a variety of reasons, yes, i do believe he is in pennsylvania. How many Law Enforcement personnel are working on this now that total right now its still probably hovering around the 300 mark, and, yes, brought in Additional Resources. So were switching some out. I described yesterday that today as a matter of fact we planned a major push. There were a lot more uniformed resources. There were tactical teams, very large number of tactical teams and other assets utilized. We have instead replaced some of those resources, certainly not all, with other investigative resources. Because as i told you. The investigation has shifted. So not only the state police, but our federal partners as well have brought in Additional Resources that we believe will be useful going forward. We collectively conduct fugitive investigations every day of the year. And so this one is a little different scale, but its its the type of investigation each of our agencies works on, on a very regular basis and were adjusts with resources we believe we need. Why werent there assets at the [ inaudible ]. Well, when you say akwwantens homes these people have not, to my knowledge, had any contact with cavalcante for years and were not friends. They were prior work associates, for example, and they were not people that, that we would have expected or that we would have known even to contact. Again, from the distant past. And can you tell us [ inaudible ] to help bring the no. Again right now were announce, the rewards 25,000. I believe thats a lot of money. I am hardpressed to believe someone is sitting out there with information saying 25,000 is not enough. I suppose were consider things going forward. Whether that will increase or not, but for right now, that seems to be a pretty reasonable amount. No defined areas to search, are you 100 on no. A lot of to say that the sister previously was seen near a certain perimeter and [ inaudible ] briefed for that, her arrest . Ive heard those reports. Her arrest was, again, because she is an overstay. That was a process that, that would play out for anyone in her same circumstance. And what i would say is she has, she has failed to cooperate. So there was no value in Law Enforcement keeping her here at this point. And association with the sister and acquaintances what do you know about the resources cell phone, money, food . What is he asking these people if he can have . What kind of intelligence have you gathered . I dont want to talk specifically what i think he may or may not have or what hes looking for. Those are all pieces of our investigation, but i think its, again, fair to say what ive said all along nap is he needs additional help and resources for the long run and he is seeking those. And [ inaudible ]. We dont have a defined search area at this point. We are considering and certainly acting on investigating any information or tip receive. We follow those pieces of information. Had a piece of information with our investigation as done from the very start, regardless where they are. There are areas i described, for example, in the eastern area township a little more focus of some resources more visible. Again, that certainly is not a limiter at all for Everything Else that were doing. Speaking generally, why do you city believe because i have no reason to believe sheis not. I dont believe he has resources to get out of pennsylvania and other pieces of information that we have generated within this Investigation Lead me to believe that he is still here. And why is now [ inaudible ]. Im not going to talk about who weve contacted. He does he does he does still have some family and friends in the area, and we are aware of those. And analogy, and cooperated with prosecution, i assume earlier since august. Why wait [ inaudible ]. From my perspective, i dont have anything to do with that process, there is no reason for me to try to interfere in that process, because she serves no value to the investigation, and she potentially could provide assistance. Im not confident she would not in future. And talk about outlets, Spoke Absence [ inaudible ] weve had, we continue to receive significant number of tips, and so, again, we will followup on all of those. We have things that we are doing proactively. You may see some activity as a result of that. We have, you know i said there are other things that may not be so obvious that you wont see that are going on as well. And what about the [ inaudible ] efforts in terms of [ inaudible ] very small, very intimate since yesterday . Managed to [ inaudible ]. Very similar challenges in terms of the search efforts. Very similar challenges to what we have faced previously to this point. Unfortunately, we dont have a Containment Area right now. So thats another, you know, another concern, another challenge. But, again, were working through all of that. Trying to pull together pieces of information so that we can narrow and, a search area and ultimately use those tools to be able to capture him. And what about the previous circle and [ inaudible ]. As i said yesterday, i dont have a definitive answer. I have theorying how that happened and those theories because im aware of the weaknesses in there. I explained yesterday no perimeter is 100 secure. Not a wall, doesnt have a ceiling, doesnt have all the things you might normally use if trying to contain someone. We used the Human Element and technology and so forth to be able to try to secure the perimeter best we can. I am aware of some weaknesses, Longwood Gardens presented very unique challenges and i believe exploited one of those weaknesses. And mistakes made in a lot of the i dont know i would characterize it as a mistake. I said, without knowing, again, specifically what happened. I would tell you that i had concerns. I knew there were weaknesses in that perimeter. It was very, a very strong perimeter as far as perimeters go but there are always weaknesses and that posed unique challenges. Perhaps when all over i can talk about some of those, but it was a, a very difficult place to try and secure. And Lieutenant Colonel, because a bigger area. No perimeter to really sir, we conduct, as i indicated. We conduct fuv fugitive investigations every day of the year across the commonwealth as well as our partners standing here with me. Each one of them pose as challenge. We of off the often very successful in those. Most dont lead to a protracted search like this. I am confident using all of those resources we will ultimately bring this to a successful conclusion as well. And any losses on the ground with federal, state, national Law Enforcement to say [ inaudible ]. Certainly today is a day of remembrance and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of 9 11, but what i would tell you is that the men and women that are working here on this investigation are not pausing or taking a break. They are actively working and doing their jobs s because that what people expect them to do out in out investigating, like a game, a tactical game of cat and mouse. What changes now in your eyes . Thats a good question. So in the beginning we were prepping here for the short game. We had a Tactical Response prepared in a certain area, and w while that response was being prepared a group of investigators from the u. S. Marshals service here, some of the brightest minds in the agency. Having a Contingency Plan what to do if he broke perimeter or outside the perimeter. We had pro actively planned for this and i would say have our tactical and Technical Resources all here and now planning for the long game. The search in the woods was to cavalcantes advantage. He was in an 80squaremile area, different terrain. Difficult to get to and there were weaknesses in the perimeter. I think the commander was great doing the absolute best we could. We had, i think, over 200 Law Enforcement officers in or around that perimeter. Knew we k now well prepare for the long game. What we do best. Doing those investigations every day, this is a manhunt. All that means to us, a longer investigation with more resorces. So we are prepared. Im sorry . Cavalcante cavalcantes now, i think advantage switched to Law Enforcement. Advantage cavalcante, while playing that tactical hide and seek in the woods. Now i believe its advantage Law Enforcement because hes in an urban setting. U. S. Marshal service Inve Investigators do best and fortified by state and local agencies. Advantage forced to Law Enforcement. What do you do in this long game . In this urban setting . Well, theres a lot of different investigative techniques. I dont want to specify exactly what they are, but were going to do the same thing we do every day in the city of philadelphia. Were going to go out, were going to talk to people. Were going to utilize the assets of the u. S. Marshal service. Certain investigative techniques that i dont want to reveal, but were going to try to stay one step ahead. And recall this based on [ inaudible ] geographic sorry. First part of your question . Said there was weaknesses in the perimeter. Right. Based on that maybe i misspoke. Not weaknesses. A lot of challenges inside the perimeter. I believe the Lieutenant Colonel says yesterday and was very accurate. Ive been inside of perimeter there with our investigators. A massive tunnel system, a lot of ravines, thick, thick vegetation there. Its a, it was a very, very difficult environment to maintain. Calling this the long game saying you dont expect to catch him soon . No. I mean, we expect to catch him as soon as possible, but were not going to put all of our ducks in a row say well have him by this thursday. Were planning for a long investigation, because we dont want to get caught planning for an immediate arrest and then not prepared later down the line. Sir, given that hes very close to, potentially a park, another vast area. Are you also anticipating the danger, and [ inaudible ] in the Southern District area versus, you know, 202 and cameras everywhere and easier to find him, via a cell phone or debit card . Do you think hes in the woods now . The colonel said, were investigating that area. Well continue to invoeft gate there. I reiterate the message from the colonel to the public. Please, be vigilant in areas were searching. Make sure your doors are locked, keys out of your vehicle and vehicles locked. Wed like to investigate 100 bad tips rather than miss that one good tip. And unusual not that were aware of. Talk about the search. What comes to mind [ inaudible ] there are similarities. Thats a question probably better for the colonel. Well what i would tell you is, every search has its challenges. Some similarities, large search area. Very difficult to know exactly where he was, and i would tell you that almost nine years ago to the day, some of you all were standing with me in that area up there. Some of these same questions were being posed. What makes us think we can catch him . Hes a trained survivalist. And i would add that he had already shot two troopers at that point. So it added another dimension to the whole thing. Some of those same challenges, some of those Lessons Learned from then have made us better as an agency. And weve taken those lessons and adapt those here. There have been a number of certains between then and now. And, again, we learned something from each one of those and well learn things from this search. In the end, collectively with our partners we will be successful and we will capture him. And continuing to say hes leaving pennsylvania. Any reason to think hes still in chaster c Chester County . Again, without information to the contrary. Yes, i believe hes in Chester County, but with that said, we have always considered other options. You know, the marshal just said that weve had plans all along. Hes exactly right. We collectively have been discussing right from the very beginning, what if, what if, what if. You know, its when we can bring this group of experts weve assembled here together it makes for an amazing team. A lot of good ideas. A lot of plans for contingencies and a lot of great resources that are put to work out there in the field every day. Were trying to

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