The fiend accused of snatching magnificence queen Kada Scott has now been charged along with her homicide — as chilling new texts seem to point out him discussing his plans to “kidnap” her simply hours earlier than she vanished.
Keon King, 21, was already charged with kidnapping Scott, 23, in Philadelphia on Oct. 4 — months after he was freed on money bail on related fees from January for taking a girl who was additionally choked.
He has now been charged with homicide and a slew of different crimes — together with abuse of a corpse — after the sweetness queen’s physique was found in a shallow grave behind an deserted center college final week, the Philadelphia District Legal professional’s Workplace introduced Wednesday.
Investigators are additionally trying on the risk that somebody helped him after surveillance caught two individuals shifting a body-size bag from a automotive to an space close to the place the physique was discovered.
An affidavit urged that Scott knew her now-accused killer and texted with him till hours earlier than she was reported lacking, in response to court docket paperwork obtained by WPVI.
“Kidnap me once more,” she even texted to a quantity linked to King round 12 hours earlier than she vanished, in response to the report, which pressured that police had no stories of earlier incidents between the 2.
“Higher be up too,” King allegedly texted again, together with plans to fulfill up later that night time.
King allegedly drove to fulfill Scott in a Hyundai Accent that he stole from a meals supply employee who had left it operating shortly earlier than midnight the earlier night time, in response to court docket paperwork.
Scott’s closing textual content alternate with King was “cm [call me] when u right here.”
Round 10:15 p.m., the 2 had been collectively close to a senior residence the place Scott labored, in response to cellphone knowledge reviewed by authorities.
One in all Scott’s co-workers instructed cops she final noticed her there across the identical time, and heard her saying, “I can’t imagine you’re calling me about this [expletive.]”
Courtroom paperwork say that’s when Scott walked towards a darkish SUV that was parked outdoors and left instantly after. Scott’s telephone then went offline.
King’s telephone, in the meantime, was tracked taking a number of journeys between a home on Belmar Terrace and the world across the vacant Ada Lewis Center College, the place Scott’s physique was discovered days later.
Police visited the home and located contractor luggage, a hammer, ammunition and different suspicious objects, however King was not there, in response to court docket paperwork.
Two ladies who had been on the property had been detained and interviewed however later launched.
On Oct. 5, simply earlier than midnight, King’s registered Toyota Camry was caught on surveillance digital camera parking on the rec heart subsequent door to the varsity. Two individuals exited the automotive and 4 hours later, the 2 appeared to take a big object — which appeared like a physique — out of the passenger facet.
The physique of Scott, who represented Philadelphia Township on this yr’s Miss Pennsylvania USA Magnificence Pageant, was found buried behind the shuttered college on Saturday.
Officers dominated her demise a murder, however haven’t revealed precisely how she was killed.
Authorities are nonetheless investigating the connection between Scott and King and the way they initially met, WPVI reported.
King had confronted kidnapping fees from a January incident by which he allegedly stalked a girl earlier than abducting her from her residence and assaulting her in his automotive. Nonetheless, he was allowed out on bail and the costs had been ultimately dismissed in Could when the accuser stopped exhibiting up for court docket.
Prosecutors have since reopened that case after Scott’s homicide.
