if some one were going to accost her, easiest times, I think, would be her arrival or if she went outside, but not sure why she would go outside again after arriving- would she have been called under some pretense? Curious if she was taking a meal from home- 8 hr shift, so typically two short breaks and a meal about 4 hrs in though I am not sure how regimented things are in a nursing home over night.
PA PA - Kada Scott, 23, left work early, car found in work parking lot, phone is off, Philadelphia Oct. 4, 2025.
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It sounds like the sighting of her leaving is confirmed or assumed to be correct... but I keep thinking of the ivy league student who was killed and hidden in a crawl space in the mouse research room at her lab. I hope they are indeed certain she left and also did not return, or have searched every nook and cranny in that nursing home.
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Whilst the facility she works at doesn't look huge, and therefore not a lot of staff, perhaps it's somewhat busy at the start of her shift with staff coming and going?
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The only thing we've heard is "in the days leading up to her disappearance". To me that implies after she started working at The Terrace, but it's not really specific. And, it doesn't sound as if any of her friends or family know the specifics regarding the harassment. Why didn't she share more? Was it simply because it was generic threatening comments?
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regarding her “leaving work shortly after her shift started” if there are no cameras, how was this determined? A coworker told police? What reason would she give for leaving so soon after arriving? Was she a smoker and going out for just a few minutes? Did she say she left something in her car? I got a ton of questions yall. I’m sure police know more but “left shortly after starting her shift” is so painfully vague
I also haven’t seen any mention of a purse and if that was located somewhere in the facility or her car or if it’s unaccounted for as well
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I also haven’t seen any mention of a purse and if that was located somewhere in the facility or her car or if it’s unaccounted for as well
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I keep thinking that the facts are she was last seen at 10:40 and she wasn't seen after. This doesn't mean anyone saw her actually leave, just that she was not there sometime after 10:40 and someone expected to see her. If someone did "see her leave", that would be my suspect #1.
At the 40 minute mark, she could have taken trash out, gone back out to her car to grab something, or stepped outside for some air. If she were wanting to get away from it all, could have gone somewhere with someone else or ubered away (hope they checked Uber type rides). With the phone going dark so fast, I only see kidnapping or escape from her life unless it went battery dead ( like not charged). That alone is a red flag. That the newest reports say she did not go voluntarily makes me wonder why they seem to know that.
Worrisome. Very much so.
At the 40 minute mark, she could have taken trash out, gone back out to her car to grab something, or stepped outside for some air. If she were wanting to get away from it all, could have gone somewhere with someone else or ubered away (hope they checked Uber type rides). With the phone going dark so fast, I only see kidnapping or escape from her life unless it went battery dead ( like not charged). That alone is a red flag. That the newest reports say she did not go voluntarily makes me wonder why they seem to know that.
Worrisome. Very much so.
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And perhaps she did leave behind something - maybe her meal - which indicates she didn't intend to leave entirely. Why would she step out of the building at all is a mystery. Or, perhaps the menance was IN the building, as others have suspected.
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I'd love to know if there was any staff member that hoovered around the nursing home after finishing the day shift.
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This makes me wonder if perhaps another employee may have been someone from the pageant world. Not another contestant, but perhaps a close family member. From covering that world for years, I observed that it was often the family who was more upset and bitter (or at least who allowed themselves to appear upset) than the contestants themselves.
She could have worked with a family member and not even have recognized them.
ETA: some of the scholarships available are quite substantial. I don't know which pageants KS participated in but more than a crown is involved.
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I’m leaning strongly toward a recent intimate partner, probably a male, having been the person responsible for disappearing her. Someone who knows her schedule, could lure her outside during her work hours, and could quickly subdue her. Since she apparently did not share the name of the telephone harasser, it seems reasonable to conclude that either she didn’t know the person, or she knew, but she didn’t want to share that information with family or friends. To me, that speaks to it being a recently former partner. Perhaps someone she broke up with and/or is less available to in light of her recently acquired night shift?
It seems unlikely to me that any person responsible for her disappearance would come from within her work acquaintances because it would be exceptionally risky to pull it off. Even with a skeleton crew, surely other potential witnesses were around, such as cleaners or residents. Furthermore, such a person would have had to disable her phone, remove her and her belongings, and do so without anyone noticing they are both missing.
Likewise, a stranger abduction seems highly improbable…it’s a low crime area. Who lingers around an assisted living area hoping to find someone to mug or abduct? Her car was still there, so such a hypothetical person would likely have to have had their own vehicle nearby for transport.
And while we don’t know a lot about her, just speaking pragmatically, why bother even going to work if you plan on disappearing yourself? Why leave your car behind? What would be the point of all of the mystery? She’s an adult and can do as she pleases.
Unfortunately, I think we’ll find with time that this case will have the same outcome that we are so sadly familiar with. All moo.
It seems unlikely to me that any person responsible for her disappearance would come from within her work acquaintances because it would be exceptionally risky to pull it off. Even with a skeleton crew, surely other potential witnesses were around, such as cleaners or residents. Furthermore, such a person would have had to disable her phone, remove her and her belongings, and do so without anyone noticing they are both missing.
Likewise, a stranger abduction seems highly improbable…it’s a low crime area. Who lingers around an assisted living area hoping to find someone to mug or abduct? Her car was still there, so such a hypothetical person would likely have to have had their own vehicle nearby for transport.
And while we don’t know a lot about her, just speaking pragmatically, why bother even going to work if you plan on disappearing yourself? Why leave your car behind? What would be the point of all of the mystery? She’s an adult and can do as she pleases.
Unfortunately, I think we’ll find with time that this case will have the same outcome that we are so sadly familiar with. All moo.
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They keep bringing up her being very active on social media. Has anyone found any of her social media accounts?
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The Awbury Arboretum website indicates that they are open to the public from dawn to dusk. Are there any locals who can tell us if there are gates which are closed at this time?
If there are no gates, do the local young people use it as a “lover’s lane”? Could someone who was in there after hours have notified LE of suspicious activity they observed that night?
Does Awbury have a roving security patrol on the grounds? Is that who may have notified LE of unusual activity?
If KS was being harassed by anonymous phone calls, would she really have left work to walk out to meet the caller?
Perhaps it was a caller who identified themselves as LE who told her her vehicle was hit or broken into in the parking lot.
Perhaps it was a friend, ex, acquaintance, coworker who lured her out.
If there are no gates, do the local young people use it as a “lover’s lane”? Could someone who was in there after hours have notified LE of suspicious activity they observed that night?
Does Awbury have a roving security patrol on the grounds? Is that who may have notified LE of unusual activity?
If KS was being harassed by anonymous phone calls, would she really have left work to walk out to meet the caller?
Perhaps it was a caller who identified themselves as LE who told her her vehicle was hit or broken into in the parking lot.
Perhaps it was a friend, ex, acquaintance, coworker who lured her out.
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I don't see how this could be the case - she only started work a couple of weeks ago.
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Your post is spot on and likely explains the source and reason for the phone harassment.
for people who checked her LinkedIn, did she study some kind of med or med tech subject? This overnight nursing home job just seems a bit odd for a young, social outgoing person, IMO. (Not sure it makes any difference vis-a-vis her disappearance, but...)
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The Terrace at Chestnut Hill is an Assisted Living Facility, not a nursing home. There is a rehab section, but most of the facility is assisted living.
See: The Terrace at Chestnut Hill | Senior Living in Philadelphia
Assisted Living Facilities do not require medical training for many of their employees, unless they're in a management position. Most have a short training period for the various positions they offer, as they are not regulated in the same way nursing homes are. My parents were in assisted living facilities, and the personnel did not have medical training, except for nurses. People who administered medications at night for example, just had a short in-house class on how to do this.
We don't know what kind of position she had. In any case, she hardly had any time there before she disappeared. Although a problem with another Terrace at Chestnut Hill employee is possible, it would seem to be a short period of time for an extreme level of animosity to build up.
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Police see signs that Philadelphia woman Kada Scott "wasn't voluntarily missing"
Kada Scott has not been seen since she left to go to her job at an assisted living facility on Oct. 4.
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I agree with above thinking, this could very much be an EX or something like that, the friends who she shared about the phone calls should also know if she's dating or has dated someone IMO. Do we know if they took the Cadaver dogs around the parking lot (employee cars) dumpsters etc?
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She was a liberal arts major, no medical training. But as others have said, for assisted living much of the staff are not nurses. The nurses will administer meds, take blood pressure, etc. but and some employees oversee activities such as exercise classes and other social events (though that's usually a "day" job). A job that would not require medical training (outside of CPR training) is a "resident assistant" and such persons help the residents with daily living needs or other non medical duties as directed by a nurse. Such things might be help with personal care such as bathing/dress/grooming, reporting any changes in health or vital signs to nursing staff, help with medication reminders (as opposed to dispensing), and help the resident with social and recreational functions. It's 24 hours though I doubt they have a large staff at night.
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