A murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail and was captured two weeks later told authorities he'd been planning to carjack someone and flee to Canada or Puerto Rico.

While the nation has been transfixed by the two-week manhunt for escaped prisoner Danilo Souza Cavalcante, another fugitive drama has been playing out in the nation's capital with comparatively minimal attention.

NBC News provided a Special Report at approximately 9:30 a.m. During the report, Pennsylvania law enforcement officials held a press conference to announce the capture of the fugitive killer Danelo Cavalcante who had evaded capture for 13 days.

Pennsylvania prison officials say 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 story published September 5, 2023, about the escape of Danelo Cavalcante, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the jail.

Authorities say a recently convicted murderer who escaped in suburban Pennsylvania this week was spotted on residential surveillance cameras in an area not far from the county jail.

Hundreds of law enforcement agents are searching for a man convicted of murder in Pennsylvania for the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, a day after he escaped from a county jail.