Danilo Cavalcante is known to have killed two people:
- Deborah Brandão: In April 2021, Cavalcante fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandão 38 times in front of her two young children in Schuylkill Township, Pennsylvania. He was convicted of first-degree murder for this crime and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in August 2023
- Valter Júnior Moreira dos Reis: In 2017, in Brazil, Cavalcante allegedly shot Valter Júnior Moreira dos Reis six times in the chest over a dispute related to a vehicle repair debt. Cavalcante fled Brazil before authorities could arrest him and faced an outstanding arrest warrant for this murder
Thus, Danilo Cavalcante killed Deborah Brandão and is suspected of killing Valter Júnior Moreira dos Reis.
