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

[Ghostwheel]

Don't forget though that she wasn't working your traditional hours. If she's handing over something, it's unlikely to be too far into her shift, like 2am or something, given most people are asleep at that time.

I am thinking of employers. This could be an exception, but most employers want their employees to work the hours assigned and not go wandering hither thither without knowing where they went. I can only speak to my own work experience. I have always had a flexible schedule, but it would still be considered odd if I left/ went awol less than an hour into my work time for any reason short of a restroom break or emergency unless cleared with my boss. But maybe this nursing home is different.

 

[HoneyBunOne]

I am thinking of employers. This could be an exception, but most employers want their employees to work the hours assigned and not go wandering hither thither without knowing where they went. I can only speak to my own work experience. I have always had a flexible schedule, but it would still be considered odd if I left/ went awol less than an hour into my work time for any reason short of a restroom break or emergency unless cleared with my boss. But maybe this nursing home is different.

I might be confused, but I thought we were talking about her stepping out to do some kind of transaction - hand over an item sold on Facebook marketplace, selling a beauty item a customer had ordered, that kind of thing. A quick step out on her way to do whatever tasks were required of her.

 

[nao]

Dbm.

 

[Ghostwheel]

I might be confused, but I thought we were talking about her stepping out to do some kind of transaction - hand over an item sold on Facebook marketplace, selling a beauty item a customer had ordered, that kind of thing. A quick step out on her way to do whatever tasks were required of her.

So, I don't get to just "step out" when I am on the clock (not on break or lunch) without telling someone where I'm going. And I have a flexible schedule.

From my point of view, it's odd to "step out" less than an hour into a shift. 5 minutes, ten minutes, just doesn't happen unless you are on a scheduled break, then you can do as you wish during your break. My experience over my umpteen year work life. So that is why I would consider it odd if someone did. Not something that would be acceptable in any company I worked for. You need to run to the car? You tell someone you are running to your car. You need to pass something off to someone? You ask if it is ok and say when you are going to do it. That is so if anyone needs you for anything during a time when you are not on your break, they know where to find you. It's also a safety thing so if a fire breaks out, they know who might be inside.

All I am saying is that in my experience, people don't just walk out of their workplace randomly without telling someone they are doing so, so to me it's weird. Doesn't matter the time of day or night. Anyone else's mileage may vary.

 

[HoneyBunOne]

So, I don't get to just "step out" when I am on the clock (not on break or lunch) without telling someone where I'm going. And I have a flexible schedule.

From my point of view, it's odd to "step out" less than an hour into a shift. 5 minutes, ten minutes, just doesn't happen unless you are on a scheduled break, then you can do as you wish during your break. My experience over my umpteen year work life. So that is why I would consider it odd if someone did. Not something that would be acceptable in any company I worked for. You need to run to the car? You tell someone you are running to your car. You need to pass something off to someone? You ask if it is ok and say when you are going to do it. That is so if anyone needs you for anything during a time when you are not on your break, they know where to find you. It's also a safety thing so if a fire breaks out, they know who might be inside.

All I am saying is that in my experience, people don't just walk out of their workplace randomly without telling someone they are doing so, so to me it's weird. Doesn't matter the time of day or night. Anyone else's mileage may vary.

Ok, but in my experience, it's something a young person might do. (I'm in Australia) Especially so if they're working the night shift (which would be fairly quiet in that industry), there are not many other staff members to be watching/telling on her, it's only for a few minutes, and maybe there's not a lot of work to be done and it's been made clear that you can fill your down time with anything within reason. If you worked on a factory line in a big manufacturing plant, you wouldn't just step out, but if you were an overnight security guard in a shopping centre, you might.

Not all, but some, younger people seem to be a bit more lax in the way they approach employment compared to us older folk.

 

[Serononin]

If you go to the official Miss PA USA instagram, there is a post from July 25th that has all the contestants' pictures. It's in alphabetical order according to the title. Kada is Miss Philadelphia Twp, not to be confused with Miss Philadelphia and Miss Philadelphia County. So I think that suggests these were at-large titles the girls paid for in order to compete at the state pageant. That level of redundancy in titles isn't usually seen for live pageants. I believe Twp stands for township and she requested that title so she could be a Philadelphia queen. When you pay for a title, it can be almost anything you want. She could have requested Miss Philadelphia Cream Cheese if she wanted. As long as you pay the fee, I'm not sure anyone cares.

MOO.

I think that must be it, because I couldn't find any reference to there being any sort of actual 'Miss Philadelphia Township' pageant anywhere, only the standard 'Miss Philadelphia'

 

[Kittypoo]

That way of doing things - paying an entry fee and choosing your title is foreign to me. I would guess there are a number of pageant systems, each with its own rules. They may also vary widely from one location to another. What I'm familiar with doesn't seem very cut-throat, but you do read about exceptions.

Something from the pageant world seems far-fetched to me, but I did mention it as a possibility as we explore possibilities.

Wasn’t Jon Benet from the pageant world and still a mystery to this day.

 

[JoeFromLB]

This is the kind of thread where @Filly is sorely missed. Last here in August, 2022.

 

[flowershop]

I have wondered if she could be a sugar baby? Some of her clothing seems very provocative and is probably not cheap. All of her hair and beauty care cannot be cheap, unless she buys the fabulous dupes at the Dollar Tree...

A sugar daddy could have gotten upset with her for a number of reasons: she left the relationship, she threatened to tell his wife, she wasn't be loving/attentive enough...he found out she had another sugar daddy besides him.....

He could have told her he was giving her a gift or some money and to meet him outside her work building...Or he could have threatened her she needs to come out and talk to him or else, maybe threatening he would go into the building and expose her? So many situations I could imagine here.

I do not mean to disparage her in any way. Just trying to speculate what could have happened here.

The sugar baby idea doesn't fit with the nursing home worker occupation for me. JMO

 

[Knox]

I can't help but wonder if there's more to Kada than we're being told, or that even her friends, family or police know. Has anyone created a list of things we do know? As far as I'm aware, we know she is/was a college student, recently started the night shift role, saw herself as a bit of a creative with art works and clothing design her main pursuits, was an entrepreneurial type, had been pursuing beauty pageants, lived at home and was very active on social media. On the social media front, she seemed to have a lot of accounts, and each one a different area of her life. I feel she was hoping for fame in one of those artistic areas, and possibly wanting to be an influencer. Her pics and posts all seem carefully curated to give a certain look. It seems she had her fingers in a lot of pies, and may have looked outside the usual ways to get rich or famous, maybe at her detriment. She definitely appeared to want to go somewhere with her life - her liberal arts education, the clubs she was involved with at college, her business, her artistic pursuits, all her social media accounts etc.

On her social media front, has anyone found an account that goes back a long way? Every Instagram account seems fairly recent or doesn't go back a long way. No pics of her looking younger, and at that age a few short years can make a huge difference in looks. Was she re-inventing herself fairly recently?

Can we link her linked in? There's a few interesting things there regarding her beauty business.

The fact she just mentioned being harassed by phone, seemingly without going into details to anyone, suggests to me that maybe she was being blackmailed over something she may not want known. Maybe in relation to one of her side hustles/business ventures, or maybe something in her private life? All MOO.

All valid points to make, she’s a beautiful young woman with a college education. But at 23, Kada doesn’t have the life experience to see potential ways things could go wrong. Many times in that age range young people feel invincible, confident, and know it all.

They also as you point out, don’t share everything actively going on their life with their family. Sometimes not even with close friends. That’s what makes her electronic data so critical at this point. It’s going to tell the story - who she’s communicating with, where she’s spending her time and money, and even where her money is coming from. That is a big question mark for me that I’m having trouble getting my head around.

We know from experience here at WS, that young women sometimes get involved in things which produce quick money. Not saying that the case here or judging those who do, but it’s not uncommon.

At this point I think LE is likely eyeing someone specific, but are not sharing any details.

 

[TMich6811]

Can someone refresh my memory

How do we know she left work?

 

[Knox]

The sugar baby idea doesn't fit with the nursing home worker occupation for me. JMO

Neither does anything seen on her social media or her college degree for that matter.

I’m curious how she got the job, was it though a personal connection? IIRC, her linktree had something about kids, a charity perhaps? I can’t check that right now, anyone else?

 

[Knox]

Can someone refresh my memory

How do we know she left work?

Kada Scott, 23, was last seen around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, leaving her job in Chestnut Hill at The Terrace, located on East Abington Avenue, according to Philadelphia police.

Search intensifies for missing Philadelphia woman who vanished after leaving work

Police scoured the grounds of Awbury Arboretum, which is about three miles from where Kada Scott was seen last Saturday night.

6abc.com

 

[TMich6811]

Kada Scott, 23, was last seen around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, leaving her job in Chestnut Hill at The Terrace, located on East Abington Avenue, according to Philadelphia police.

Search intensifies for missing Philadelphia woman who vanished after leaving work

Police scoured the grounds of Awbury Arboretum, which is about three miles from where Kada Scott was seen last Saturday night.

6abc.com

Thank you so it was really just reported


I find myself wondering if something happened with a resident.

 

[truthfinder2019]

“She was like a second week in, I believe,” the father said.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/15326630/missing-kada-scott-phone-calls-dad-pennsylvania/

 

[Knox]

Thank you so it was really just reported


I find myself wondering if something happened with a resident.

What do you mean just reported? Like as in a resident’s individual living space? Not sure I understand what you mean.

 

[Warwick1991]

I recall cases of violence at assisted living facilities where a resident was not elderly, but mentally ill. There are such situations, and depending on the physical strength of the resident, they can pose a threat to staff members or other residents.

I am not sure what happened here, and I have no strong opinions about where a threat to Kada would have originated.

 

[adot0902]

I just went on a search to find Camera's. I spent time on the official website, on Facebook, on Assisted Living Care review pages, and looked at about 100+++ pictures. I see not one Camera. I was really looking hard by doors, and not one on the outside or inside of the entrance/exit that I can find. They have what appear to be motion sensor lights but that's all the "security" I see, even the doors look like you can go in/out without being checked in or talking to someone at a front desk. But that's solely looking at pictures, I'm hoping to be proved wrong.

 

[sasha17]

Thank you so it was really just reported


I find myself wondering if something happened with a resident.

I wondered the same thing. Is there an actual eyewitness that saw her walk away, or camera footage of her walking away? Or was she suddenly just missing and could potentially be inside the facility still (that is, deceased but concealed somewhere on site)?

 

[Inthedetails]

I wondered the same thing. Is there an actual eyewitness that saw her walk away, or camera footage of her walking away? Or was she suddenly just missing and could potentially be inside the facility still (that is, deceased but concealed somewhere on site)?

It's my understanding that LE has info (that we don't have) that leads them to believe she left not long into her shift and that she left involuntarily. Her phone was turned off at some point, and it is missing, as are her car keys. Afaik, we don't have much info other than that. We don't know why LE believes she left involuntarily or why they searched the nearby garden/park.

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