PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Police found a body Saturday near an abandoned middle school in East Mount Airy, where officers earlier in the week were investigating the disappearance of Kada Scott.
What we know:
Officers were searching Saturday near the campus of the former Ada Lewis Middle School.
Police said that they came back to the area of the school around 10 a.m. Saturday, after they had received a “very specific” anonymous tip through their tip line overnight, which led officers to a wooded area behind the school. In that wooded area, officers found a shallow grave with a human body.
“All indications at this point [are] that it’s a female,” Philadelphia PD First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford said. “We are not going to confirm at this point that it is miss Kada Scott, because that has to be done by the Medical Examiner’s Office. But we have been in communication with her family as to this process, and the fact that we have recovered a human being.”
According to Stanford, the body has been there for at least a few days.
Earlier in the week, officers searched the campus as part of their investigation into Scott’s disappearance. There, officers told FOX 29 that they had found evidence outside the school showing Scott had been there. Sources said they were able to recover Scott’s glasses, iPad case, cellphone case and a bank card.
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The backstory:
Scott was last seen on Oct. 4, when she left her overnight shift at the Terrace at Chestnut Hill senior home shortly after clocking in. Investigators said that after she left work, she “disappeared.” Her car was found in the facility’s parking lot, and her phone was turned off.
On Wednesday, police arrested Keon King and charged him with kidnapping and reckless endangerment. King was also charged with another kidnapping case from earlier this year, which was previously dropped.
What we don’t know:
Police have not yet positively identified the remains. Officials are still investigating, asking anyone with information about the case to call their tip line 215-686-TIPS (8477).
The Source: Information in this story is from the Philadelphia Police Department and previous FOX 29 reports.
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