Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
AP
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Remains found buried in a wooded space behind an abandoned school are these of Kada Scott, a 23-year-old lady who had been missing for about two weeks, prosecutors in Philadelphia mentioned Monday.
Authorities mentioned an nameless tip led police again to the world they’d beforehand searched they usually found the stays in a shallow grave. DNA exams confirmed her id.
Keon King, 21, of Dover, Delaware, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, stalking and different fees in Scott’s disappearance. Prosecutors say extra fees are within the works. A message looking for remark was left Monday for King’s protection lawyer, Shaka Johnson.
“I am confident that homicide charges will be brought,” District Attorney Larry Krasner mentioned at a information convention. “But I also have an obligation to follow the law and uphold the constitution. That means we don’t take shortcuts.”
Prosecutors say King and Scott had cellphone contact and {that a} stolen automobile found on hearth was utilized by King. His cellphone was in places associated to her disappearance, prosecutor Ashley Toczylowski informed reporters. She mentioned there may be intensive video proof within the case.
Toczylowski mentioned an preliminary tip final week led investigators to the school however they didn’t discover Scott’s stays, however a brand new and extra particular tip this weekend to “go back, she’s there, look again” led them to Scott.
She mentioned authorities “have reason to believe other people may have been involved after the fact,” a matter “very much still being investigated.”
King was arrested earlier this 12 months in an analogous case however posted $200,000 bail and was launched. In the earlier case, prosecutors mentioned, King is accused of kidnapping a girl from in entrance of her home and forcing her right into a automobile the place she was assaulted and ultimately let go. Those fees had been dropped when the sufferer and a witness didn’t seem for court docket proceedings, Krasner mentioned.
Scott, who labored in a nursing house, was remembered Monday in a press release by her mother and father as a supply of “light, kindness and beautiful spirit.” They mentioned their hearts had been “shattered” and requested for prayers.