Cavalcante told officials he wanted to carjack someone and flee the US.Source: AP
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00:00 He asked Cavalcanti, "What was your end goal?
00:02 Where were you going with this?"
00:04 And he had stated that he intended to carjack somebody in the next 24 hours.
00:08 He said the law enforcement presence in this perimeter was becoming too intense and that
00:14 he felt that he needed to get out of the area.
00:17 That's why he decided to hold onto that rifle as long as he did.
00:20 First got out, he stated that he didn't move very much over the first three days.
00:25 He stated in a general area and that if police were around at any time during the investigation,
00:30 he would bury himself under thick, thick vegetation, shrubbery, thickets, almost to the point that
00:36 you had to step in on him.
00:37 As a matter of fact, he said on three occasion, law enforcement officers almost stepped on
00:41 him and that tracking dogs were within 10 to 20 yards.
00:46 So he moved at night, he used the tree lines, he slept during the day, and he didn't eat
00:52 for the first three days.
00:53 He said the first time he ate, he found a watermelon on a farm, he cracked it open with
00:57 his head and he drank from stream water.
00:59 So that's the indication he gave us as far as how he survived.