BODY FOUND IN SEARCH FOR MISS USA HOPEFUL KADA SCOTT, IS THERE AN ACCOMPLICE?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Kada Scott's remains have been found in a wooded area behind an abandoned school in East Germantown.
Kada, 23, was last seen shortly after arriving for a shift at an assisted living facility in Chestnut Hill.
Police began searching the area on Saturday, Oct. 18, near the vacant Ada H. Lewis Middle School for Scott after receiving a "very specific" anonymous tip at around 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, authorities said.
Police previously searched the area of the school and arboretum in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia but reported only finding some physical evidence, without commenting on what evidence was uncovered. Community members voice anger and frustration at police while gathering behind the crime scene tape during the search on Saturday, saying they could have found the body sooner.
Investigators discover a person of interest. As the investigation continued, police determined 23-year-old Keon King of Dover, Delaware, is now a suspect.
Keon King had a criminal record prior to his alleged involvement in Scott’s kidnapping. Investigators say King kidnapped and assaulted another victim earlier in the year.
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- Mark Tate - Trial Lawyer, The Tate Law Group
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- Dr. Thomas Coyne - Chief Medical Examiner, District 2 Medical Examiner's Office, State of Florida; Forensic Pathologist, Neuropathologist, Toxicologist; X: @DrTMCoyne
- Joe Holden - Chief Investigative Reporter and Anchor, CBS News Philadelphia, cbsnews.com/Philadelphia; Facebook: Joe Holden Reporter, X: @JoeHoldenCBS3
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.0 | Human remains found in the search for a Miss USA hopeful, Kada Scott. |
| 0:19.9 | And tonight, a bombshell. Is there an accomplice? Who thought it would be a |
| 0:28.5 | great idea to bury her body behind an abandoned middle school or even worse, kill her? |
| 0:41.6 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime stories. I want to thank you for being with us. It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved daughter, |
| 0:47.3 | Katie Scott. Our hearts are shattered. Today, we'll say her name. Tomorrow, we'll say her name, |
| 0:53.7 | and forever we will say her name. In the last hours,. And forever, we will say her name. |
| 0:56.5 | In the last hours, we learn human remains found behind that abandoned middle school, |
| 1:05.0 | the Ada Lewis Scott Middle School. |
| 1:08.4 | Listen to what we've learned. |
| 1:09.7 | Based on a tip that came in like last night through the |
| 1:13.5 | night investigators began the process of following up on that tip and the tip was very specific |
| 1:19.0 | that led us back to this location here today week we received a tip to go to the ada lewis middle |
| 1:24.3 | school investigators went did a thorough search. Essentially, |
| 1:28.3 | what the new tip was this weekend was go back. It was go back. She's there, look again, |
| 1:36.3 | and they did give more specific details in terms of where to look. And ultimately, that is what |
| 1:41.4 | led us to her. Wow, that's some tip that from our friends at ABC6 joining me right now in All-Star panel. |
| 1:47.7 | But first, I want to go to the chief investigative reporter and anchor at CBS News Philadelphia, |
| 1:54.2 | who has been investigating this case right along with the police from the very beginning. |
| 2:00.6 | Joe Holden. |
| 2:02.0 | Joe, that was some tip that actually called into police anonymously, told them where to look. |
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