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

[TMich6811]

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I think if anything she may have thought of it as playful banter.

 

[Eli9]

oh Gawd though, the retrospect on this is so tragic.
I will admit though as another poster pointed out the context is missing so we are left to draw conclusions based on, frankly not a lot. I'm broken over this girl. Ripe for prosperity in the bloom of her life.

 

[acutename]

this rings true for me. it strikes me as sexual, but also possibly like they were misunderstanding each other in some respect. (and i don't just mean the obvious point that he'd apparently already planned to murder her, and yet it's safe to say she did not plan to be murdered.) i mean possibly just about what each other were saying.

also, his "better be up for [it]" sounds like she said changed her mind and said no to something in the past and it frustrated him. and we can speculate that happened again, and the murder was his reaction. but then, how does the apparent premeditation fit with that?

i entertained the idea that the original purpose of stealing the car was to impress her, and then the rest of the theory would fit. but frankly, it was a 2008, which i'm guessing has seen better days. not the car i'd steal to impress a girl.

you cannot always steal an impressive car, IMO- you need to take what is available and avoid cameras, alarms, etc. esp if you are just reacting to opportunities. : (

 

[Ghostwheel]

As always, keep in mind that the text exchange with "kidnap me again" didn't necessarily take place on October 4. It is possible she had a couple of nice outings with Keon King, then she decided he wasn't for her and that is when he started harassing her. Or maybe someone, whoever was "harrassing" her, was trying to tell her how bad King was or not to leave or a multitude of other things. (I can't believe you are calling me about this).

I am trying to find some way I might get into a car if I had just talked to the someone in the car and told them "I can't believe you are calling me about this". I'm having a hard time with it.

 

[acutename]

As always, keep in mind that the text exchange with "kidnap me again" didn't necessarily take place on October 4. It is possible she had a couple of nice outings with Keon King, then she decided he wasn't for her and that is when he started harassing her. Or maybe someone, whoever was "harrassing" her, was trying to tell her how bad King was or not to leave or a multitude of other things. (I can't believe you are calling me about this).

I am trying to find some way I might get into a car if I had just talked to the someone in the car and told them "I can't believe you are calling me about this". I'm having a hard time with it.

maybe he did not want her to go on dates or see her friends or or or....we'll need to know how she met him and how long she knew him if her phone records show that. maybe she broke away from him or maybe he had charmed her before. he had bail $ so maybe he bought her something and thought she was his. IMO.

 

[Inthedetails]

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I think if anything she may have thought of it as playful banter.

That's what I'm thinking right now (unless we learn differently). I'm thinking of it sort of like, "Save me!" when you don't really mean you want/need saving, but just are joking around about wishing you could leave a situation (like boring work shift, family gathering, etc.).

And he took the opportunity to prey on her.

jmopinion

 

[ph!sh]

I remember the “harassment” being described very early on in the search for Kada. After seeing the texts I wonder if this was actually just what police were willing to speak to at the time regarding the co-worker’s interpretation of the moment when King called, and Kada got upset “you’re seriously calling about this?” JMO

 

[bdwong]

I just want to add that I still don’t blame Kada at all even if she did want to dip out of work, knew the car had been stolen, had any type of history with him, or whatever else that may not make her a perfect person or model employee for lack of better words.

She didn’t deserve any of what happened to her.

I know we’re all trying to hypothesize based on a few texts and what little info we have. It’s impossible to do. I just think it’s important to stay mindful of how we talk about it, because sometimes these theories can come off in a way that sounds like she isn’t deserving of what happened to her because she was a perfect person, and not focus on the fact that she just didn’t deserve it at all point blank period.

Sorry, just wanted to add that in.

 

[bdwong]

Kada Scott and Keon King's text messages revealed in court docs | FOX 29 Philadelphia

From the article:
Surveillance footage from Oct. 5 shows two people removing a heavy object, consistent with a human body, from the car to a shallow grave behind the vacant school.

Surveillance footage also indicates a third person might have been involved, as a gold Toyota Camry was seen leaving the scene.


A third person

 

[Knox]

Kada Scott and Keon King's text messages revealed in court docs | FOX 29 Philadelphia

From the article:
Surveillance footage from Oct. 5 shows two people removing a heavy object, consistent with a human body, from the car to a shallow grave behind the vacant school.

Surveillance footage also indicates a third person might have been involved, as a gold Toyota Camry was seen leaving the scene.


A third person

So I get the text message exchange with Keon. But the phone call which was overheard. Was that with someone else, maybe the person who was harassing her?

I’m confused.

 

[bdwong]

So I get the text message exchange with Keon. But the phone call which was overheard. Was that with someone else, maybe the person who was harassing her?

I’m confused.

Another article explains that the last phone call between them is right around the time she walks towards the dark car and a coworker overhears her saying that. So my best guess is that she said that to him while walking to the car to meet him.

 

[Knox]

Another article explains that the last phone call between them is right around the time she walks towards the dark car and a coworker overhears her saying that. So my best guess is that she said that to him while walking to the car to meet him.

Thank you for clarifying that.

 

[bluestsocks]

That's what I'm thinking right now (unless we learn differently). I'm thinking of it sort of like, "Save me!" when you don't really mean you want/need saving, but just are joking around about wishing you could leave a situation (like boring work shift, family gathering, etc.).

And he took the opportunity to prey on her.

jmopinion

I used to ask my best friend to come kidnap me from campus when I was over classes in college. I think it only takes on a weird tone because of what happened - I read it like you do.

 

[bdwong]

Thank you for clarifying that.

No problem!
This article explains it a little better. It also says that the kidnap me again text was sent at 10:07 am instead of PM. I read a different article earlier that explained the timing of the call and that made it more clear to me that it was likely the phone call the coworker heard. Maybe the coworker couldn’t provide an exact time because she didn’t know that anything was wrong until at best the next day.

Death of Kada Scott ruled a homicide, Keon King charged with murder, Philly DA says

 

[sunflowermomma]

Could Kada's messages have been sarcastic or goading rather than sexual? JMO

 

[marloweclover]

Just IMO from my own dating/texting life, playing around via texts is very different from taking actual personal phone calls, especially in a context like work. No one blinks in most cases ime if you're typing a few words intermittently, but that doesn't mean you want to say it out loud in front of people, or that you can have a whole phone call on the clock. No idea if that was the situation, but imo it's possible.

 

[Angelcat13]

From NBC 10 Philadelphia-

https://nbcphiladelphia.app.link/ZsEwd5AXGXb

NBC 10 Philadelphia story about Kada.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kada Scott's death ruled a homicide; officials approve murder charge

Scott's body was found Saturday in a wooded area near an abandoned middle school two weeks after she was last seen at the assisted living facility where she worked.

www.nbcnews.com

The death of 23-year-old Kada Scott has been ruled a homicide, prompting Philadelphia prosecutors to approve a murder charge Wednesday against the man arrested in her case.

In addition to murder, District Attorney Larry Krasner's office approved additional charges against Keon King, 21, who was charged during the search for Scott.

The additional charges include robbery, theft, violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and possessing an instrument of crime...

 

[tlcya]

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I think if anything she may have thought of it as playful banter.

I wonder if at some point prior he had ever said something in a joking way about kidnapping her and she was responding in kind with her text. Like she thought it was a cutesy inside joke between them. Just horrible in retrospect, us knowing what she did not at the time.

Or alternatively, he may have told her a story abut how he was accused of having done that in the past by a "crazy" ex, etc.

 

[sds71]

Kada Scott's exact cause of death released by medical examiner

The medical examiner says Kada Scott was killed by a gunshot wound to the head.

6abc.com