Who Is Eleni Cavalcante, Danelo Cavalcante Sister?
Eleni Cavalcante, the sister of escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante, was taken into custody by federal immigration officials after she did not cooperate with authorities in their search for the runaway inmate, police said Monday.
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement officials say they detained Eleni Cavalcante because she is no longer legally permitted to reside in the U.S. She could now face deportation.
She is an overstay. That is a process that would play out for anyone in her same circumstance... She has failed to cooperate, so there was no value in law enforcement keeping her here at this point," Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said at a press conference Monday afternoon.
Bivens would not confirm whether she provided any assistance to her brother since he escaped Chester County Prison on Aug. 31, but said her detainment should serve as a warning to others.
"I'll (leave) that to others to draw their own conclusions," Bivens said. "What I would say is, if someone is thinking about offering assistance and acts on that, we will take whatever actions are appropriate based on what they have done."
Anyone who offers help to Cavalcante will face prosecution, Bivens added.
Authorities are now 12 days into the manhunt for the 34-year-old escapee, who was sentenced to life in prison last month for killing his ex-girlfriend, Deborah Brandao, at her Schuylkill Township home in 2021. Despite at least eight confirmed sightings since his escape, Cavalcante has repeatedly circumvented an expanded police perimeter and utilized the dense cover at Longwood Gardens to elude investigators.
Cavalcante was last seen Saturday night in northern Chester County, about 25 miles from the prison. He appeared on a Ring doorbell camera in East Pikeland Township at the home of a former associate he sought out for help, police said. His face had been freshly shaved. Earlier Saturday, Cavalcante stole a refrigerated van from a dairy business near Longwood Gardens and later abandoned the vehicle in East Nantmeal Township, west of where he was spotted on the Ring camera.
The homeowners were not at the property at the time of Cavalcante's appearance, but were able to have a conversation with him through the Ring app. They then called 911, Bivens said. The conversation was in Portuguese, Cavalcante's native language in Brazil, and was recorded and turned over to police.
"I would characterize it as urgent, but friendly," Bivens said of the exchange. "It was someone he clearly had not spoken to in some period of time, and so there was a reacquaintence and an effort to get assistance."
At least two hours passed before state police were able to follow up on the lead that the homeowners in East Pikeland passed on to local police, Bivens said.
"We did not receive that information until about 12:30 that night. What steps the police department took to investigate that, I'm only speculating. Whether there was an issue or a concern because it was not in English ... I personally have not spoken to the officers. I know our investigators. What I can tell you is that period of time lapsed before we became involved
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