PA - Kada Scott, 23, left work early, car found in work parking lot, phone is off, Philadelphia Oct. 4, 2025 *arrest*

[Inthedetails]

bus stop right in front of the building... anyone know the route/schedule?

Oh, that's interesting. Yes, the schedule might be very useful. I don't have the address handy, but can the busstop with route number be seen on google maps?

jmopinion

 

[Knox]

I wonder who spoke out to say she left work shortly after arriving? Reduced staff during a night shift, so it's very peculiar that someone didn't say, "Hey, Kada, where are you going?"

I wonder if she told a supervisor she had to leave. Wouldn't they need to replace her since she left at the beginning of her shift?

 

[swanniee11]

I wonder if she told a supervisor she had to leave. Wouldn't they need to replace her since she left at the beginning of her shift?

I would hope LE would know at this point that a supervisor was told that but who knows.
Has she recently been dating someone? This whole odd text stuff is driving me crazy. I can't believe we don't know more on that (maybe LE does), as a mother my butt would have been on that from the get-go IMO.

 

[Snoopster]

How long has she been receiving these text messages? I have not read anything on that. IMO

I'm not clear that it was text messages. All LE said in the press conference was the she told others that she was being harassed by phone "in the days leading up to her disappearance". So the timeline isn't clear. And whether it was via text or actual voice calls also isn't clear.

ETA: LE also said that it wasn't known whether it was one person or more than one person who was harassing her.

 

[swanniee11]

@Snoopster Thank you, my mind went straight to texting.
Just found this: Missing 23-year-old Philadelphia woman was harassed by unidentified individual before disappearing: Police.
Snipped: She was reported missing to police on Sunday, with law enforcement saying they have "some concern, more so than usual" regarding her disappearance due to worrying phone calls she was receiving.

 

[TMich6811]

It’s verry irresponsible to not have cameras in this type of facility. What are they thinking?

 

[Knox]

bus stop right in front of the building... anyone know the route/schedule?

Sign right on the corner of The Terrace, I think I found the schedule, see link below.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)

Serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. Call (215) 580-7800 or TDD/TTY (215) 580-7853 for Customer Service.

www.septa.org

 

[Warwick7]

I'm not clear that it was text messages. All LE said in the press conference was the she told others that she was being harassed by phone "in the days leading up to her disappearance". So the timeline isn't clear. And whether it was via text or actual voice calls also isn't clear.

ETA: LE also said that it wasn't known whether it was one person or more than one person who was harassing her.

I think it said they were phone calls.

 

[Inthedetails]

Sign right on the corner of The Terrace, I think I found the schedule, see link below.

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)

Serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. Call (215) 580-7800 or TDD/TTY (215) 580-7853 for Customer Service.

www.septa.org

Great find. I think this worth considering. Looks like the bus runs about every half hour or so that that time of night.

Did someone take the bus to see her or did she take the bus to leave the area on her own? Maybe someone has a dash cam and captured someone waiting for the bus?

Are there cameras on the bus? I'm thinking no, but idk.

Of course, this could be a false lead, but it also could be promising.

jmopinion

 

[TenaciousTBacon]

NO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS in this day and age?!

Especially in a senior care facility. I worked at a senior care facility in high school and our residents could wander. Even in those dark ages we had cameras. One man regularly went to the entrance at other end of the building to "catch the bus." He would wait on a bench in the lobby. (The town had no bus service, bless him.)

 

[Hotmud62]

Oh, that's interesting. Yes, the schedule might be very useful. I don't have the address handy, but can the busstop with route number be seen on google maps?

Yes it can. That's Septa Route 51 Southbound to the Olney Transit Center at Broad and Olney streets in North Philadelphia. It looks like the Saturday schedule is different from weekdays. Busses run this route every 20 minutes, 16/36/56 past the hour. So if the time that KS left her work place was around 10:40 pm on Saturday the Fourth she might have grabbed a bus ride. There are cameras on the busses so PPD detectives would have to ask SEPTA for the footage. It's only been five days, it might still be archived.

I'm keeping a eye on this one as it is very close to home for me. I grew up less than 10 minutes away in Flourtown and spent much of my childhood and a good part of adulthood hanging out with friends that lived in Chestnut Hill or Mt.Airy.

 

[Knox]

Great find. I think this worth considering. Looks like the bus runs about every half hour or so that that time of night.

Did someone take the bus to see her or did she take the bus to leave the area on her own? Maybe someone has a dash cam and captured someone waiting for the bus?

Are there cameras on the bus? I'm thinking no, but idk.

Of course, this could be a false lead, but it also could be promising.

jmopinion

You're correct, it doesn't appear there are cameras in SEPTA buses recording passengers. But they did install AI cameras which target illegal parking in bus lanes.

New Philadelphia law takes effect allowing AI cameras to catch drivers illegally blocking bus lanes

Violators of a new law intended to keep vehicles from illegally blocking SEPTA bus lanes will be fined by mail as the surveillance program takes effect in Philadelphia.

6abc.com

While fare evasion cameras are installed at stations, the new bus-mounted cameras are focused on traffic enforcement, not on passengers. The distinction is that video evidence for fare evasion on buses is typically gathered at transit centers, and passengers are then confronted by police. The new AI cameras on buses are not meant for internal surveillance of passengers, but rather for external surveillance of vehicle traffic.

 

[HoneyBunOne]

Kada Scott: Family speaks out after 23-year-old woman vanishes

The Philadelphia community is rallying in a desperate search for Kada Scott, a 23-year-old woman who vanished four days ago. Her family is deeply concerned, stating that she was at work one moment and gone the next, amid reports of phone harassment by a stranger.

www.fox29.com

Did anyone notice that at the 1 min 20 sec point in this video, there's a close up of what appears to be the front entrance to the facility, showing a ring camera sticker? Either that was put there as a deterrent, or the facility has a ring camera at that door. I know there's been mention of no CCTV there, but does a ring camera fall into that category? Could the ring camera have captured her leaving?

This does not sound like a voluntary disappearance to me unfortunately, especially given the concerning calls she had been receiving, unless of course she "set the scene" for a voluntary disappearance in the days prior with these perhaps alleged phone calls. But why?

It seems like some of this case is being kept from the public, and there's reasons for that no doubt. It just feels odd that they can claim she left her shift early, but haven't mentioned a time. How do they know this for sure? To me, it would have to be a case of her being seen either in person or on video/still footage. If her staff card was used to leave at a certain time, it doesn't necessarily mean she was the one using it, unless it was something like a finger print scanner or the like. Just because she can't be found inside the facility, didn't appear to be working, didn't attend something like a staff meeting or the like, it doesn't mean she left the building.

How many doors lead out of the facility I wonder?

 

[charminglane]

Did she have a pageant coming up?
Perhaps a competitor was harassing her, wanted her to drop out?
Or get rid of her?

 

[BronzeBird]

She had only been on the job for about 2 weeks. I would think that she would have still been on orientation or at the least, the other staff would frequently check in with her to see if she needed help. I’m curious as to exactly when and how her not being present at work was noticed. Something feels off. I feel like additional information is being withheld from the public. I understand her phone and Apple Watch not being accounted for since they were likely on person but her tablet? Are some of her belongings still at her job?

 

[Knox]

Finally had a little time to look around. Kada did have an IG account - kadafashionpage and a TikTok account. But when you try and pull them up you get 404 errors. Did she wipe her social media when the harrassment began?

She has a business filing - K Kouture LLC, makes sense as her Mom said she was pursing "entrepreneurial activities".

 

[truthfinder2019]

I'm not clear that it was text messages. All LE said in the press conference was the she told others that she was being harassed by phone "in the days leading up to her disappearance". So the timeline isn't clear. And whether it was via text or actual voice calls also isn't clear.

ETA: LE also said that it wasn't known whether it was one person or more than one person who was harassing her.

I am wondering if the harassment was actually blackmailing for sth

Facts: ex beauty peageant, trying to launch or having launched her business K$ Facial Beauty Spa
Ref linkedin.
Not implying anything with this, but it could explain why she left her shift upon arrival at the assisted living facility, to meet someone.

Just thinking out loud with the little i formation at hand.

 

[Inthedetails]

Finally had a little time to look around. Kada did have an IG account - kadafashionpage and a TikTok account. But when you try and pull them up you get 404 errors. Did she wipe her social media when the harrassment began?

She has a business filing - K Kouture LLC, makes sense as her Mom said she was pursing "entrepreneurial activities".

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She is beautiful and has ambitions. Maybe the job with the overnight shift was boring and not what she wanted. Could she have been lured by someone to sneak away for more exciting prospects?

Speculation only.


jmopinion

 

[A little bit intuitive]

I am a former Geriatric Charge Nurse and am hoping for the best outcome for this young lady.

 

[GraceG]

I found what appears to be her LinkedIn page (with photo). In it, in addition to her educational background (recent college grad,) it states she owns and operates a "Beauty Spa" in Mt. Airy called "K$ Beauty Spa". I can find no business listing for that (with that specific name) or anything similar in Mt. Airy, nor any other record of a physical business by that or similar name. Could it have been a home business (i.e. independent consultant for sales of cosmetics,/skincare eyelashes, etc.)? https://www.linkedin.com/in/kada-scott-788736232