Crime & Safety

More Charges Filed In Philly Woman's Disappearance

More charges have been filed against Keon King in the disappearance of Kada Scott, but not among the new charges is murder or homicide.

People gather at a memorial for Kada Scott, near the abandoned Ada H. H. Lewis Middle School Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Philadelphia, where she was found earlier. (
People gather at a memorial for Kada Scott, near the abandoned Ada H. H. Lewis Middle School Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Philadelphia, where she was found earlier. ( (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)

PHILADELPHIA — More charges have been filed in the disappearance of Kada Scott, but missing among the new charges are murder and homicide.

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office announced additional charges for Keon King, the 21-year-old man accused of kidnapping Scott sometime around Oct. 4.

King is now charged with arson, causing or risking catastrophe, conspiracy, receiving stolen property, all felonies. He's also charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and recklessly endangering another person.

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He is being held on $2.5 million bail.

According to the DA's office, a 2008 Black Hyundai Accent was reported stolen from 6600 Sprague Street on Oct. 3.

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On Oct. 4, Scott was reported missing after leaving her overnight job at The Terrance at Chestnut Hill, an assisted living facility located on East Abington Avenue.

Video evidence showed the same Hyundai Accent parking at the East Awbury Recreation Center on the 6100 Block of Ardleigh Street in the late evening on Oct. 4.

At about 3 a.m. on Oct. 7, police responded to a report of a burned Black Hyundai Accent at the 2300 Block of 74th Avenue.

When investigators arrived, the burned Hyundai was no longer at the location. Investigators later found the vehicle compacted at a nearby junkyard.

Authorities believe King used the vehicle.

Video evidence recovered from the East Awbury Recreation Center found the Black Hyundai on the property of the former Ada Lewis Middle School located in East Germantown.

Cell phone evidence and call detail records related to King puts him at these locations.

On October 18, investigators find Scott's human remains on school grounds.

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