The convicted murderer who escaped from the Chester County Prison late last summer, throwing a suburban Philadelphia community into turmoil in the ensuing manhunt, squandered his right to appeal by fleeing justice,

A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that Danelo Cavalcante's prison escape last year cost him his right to appeal his original life sentence.

A convicted killer’s escape from a Pennsylvania jail last year has cost him his right to appeal his original life sentence, a state court ruled Wednesday. Danilo Cavalcante escaped from a Chester County lockup while waiting to be transferred to state prison to serve a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend.