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PHILADELPHIA (AP) A man arrested in the disappearance of a
Philadelphia woman who went missing from her nursing home job
was also charged earlier this year in a kidnapping case
involving another woman.
Authorities have charged Keon King with kidnapping, stalking and
other charges in the disappearance of Kada Scott, 23, who was
last seen stepping outside at her nursing home job on Oct. 4.
King, 21, is being held on $2.5 million bail while police
continue to search for Scott. They found a damaged car they
believe King was driving at the time and other evidence linking
him to the missing woman. Authorities also say King was the last
person in contact with Scott.
All roads at this point lead to him, Assistant District
Attorney Ashley Taczylowski said at a news conference Wednesday.
King is also facing charges in what officials call a similar
case from earlier this year in which a woman was allegedly
kidnapped and strangled, but survived. Those charges were
dropped when the accuser failed to appear in court, but will now
be refiled, Taczylowski said.
In the first case, the prosecutor said King kidnapped a woman
from in front of her house, "threw her in her car, assaulted her
and eventually let her out.
King has a preliminary hearing in the Scott case on Nov. 3. A
telephone message seeking comment was left Thursday for a lawyer
listed as his defense attorney.
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