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.
Cavalcante's escape went undetected for more than an hour until guards took a headcount. The guard, who was put on administrative leave after the escape, also had his personal cell phone on him at the time, a violation of jail protocol, Bjork said.
County officials have said the watchtower guard should have seen Cavalcante trying to escape, but apparently did not, and they have not explained why he didn’t see or stop Cavalcante, including whether he was on his cell phone and distracted. On Friday, the ranks of searchers swelled to its largest number yet at around 400 personnel, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens told reporters at a command post.As the search for Danelo Cavalcante surpasses a week, police are exhausting all of their resources to track down and recapture the convicted killer. FOX 29's Chris O'Connell gives you a behind the scenes look at the Pennsylvania State Police command center.
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