This photo provided by the Chester County Prison shows Danelo Cavalcante. Cavalcante, convicted this month of fatally stabbing his girlfriend escaped Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023 from the suburban Philadelphia prison and prosecutors say he is also wanted in his native Brazil in a separate slaying. (Chester County Prison via AP)

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — 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. Authorities gave details of the escape at a news conference Wednesday. The acting warden of the Chester County Prison said there a guard in an observation tower has been put on administrative leave. The fugitive Danelo Cavalcante has been spotted five times since he escaped from jail Thursday. He was awaiting transfer to serve a life sentence in state prison. A jury convicted Cavalcante of murdering his girlfriend in 2021. He’s also wanted in his native Brazil over a killing.