WEST CHESTER, Pa.—A murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire, and jumping from a roof in a breakout that wasn’t detected by guards for a full hour, authorities said Wednesday as the killer eluded a widening manhunt for a seventh day.
The timeline and details of Danelo Cavalcante’s escape—including that he got out using the same route another prisoner took in May—were released as police from various agencies flooded a search zone of increasingly worried residents. A tower guard on duty during the breakout was put on leave as part of the escape investigation.
