Chilling new details in the murder case of Kada Scott show the final conversations between the Philadelphia beauty queen and her suspected killer.
Court documents revealed texts between Scott and 21-year-old suspect Keon King just moments before she vanished, according to People.
The young woman disappeared after leaving her workplace mid-shift the night of October 4. After nearly three weeks of searching, her remains were tragically discovered.
Officials said she died from gunshot wounds. Police said that King was the last person she spoke to before her brutal murder.
The two began messaging on September 28 and continued to do so until Scott’s disappearance, according to Fox 29.
In their first exchange Scott received a text message from a sender telling her that he had gotten a new number.
When Scott, 23, asked who it was, he responded ‘Kel,’ which police have since identified as King.
On the morning of her death, NBC 10 reported that Scott texted ‘kidnap me again’ to which King responded, ‘better be up too.’
Kayla Scott’s last moment were revealed in text conversations with her suspected killer
Keon King faces multiple charges in relation to Scott’s death including murder, kidnapping, and arson
That evening, the recent Penn graduate’s car was left parked at the senior living facility where she worked and her phone mysteriously went offline.
They allegedly made plans to meet up that night. Around 10pm Scott texted ‘cm [call me] when u here.’
Police believe she was killed less than an hour later.
A co-worker reportedly overheard her on the phone angrily saying, ‘I can’t believe you’re calling me about this.’
Just days before she vanished, Scott told her family that someone had been ‘harassing’ her via phone call.
After the conversation, she was seen walking to a black car outside of the nursing home. Authorities believe King stole the vehicle to meet up with Scott.
Her family, community, and police conducted an extensive search and asked for any evidence that could assist with Scott’s return.
Her remains were found on October 18, more than two weeks later.
Tips from locals led them to Ada H. Lewis Middle School, where they found her remains buried in a shallow grave. Medical examiners determined that Scott was fatally shot.
The 23-year-old allegedly met up with King after leaving her job
Scott’s body was found in a shallow grave near Ada H. Lewis Middle School
Another tip earlier in the week led police to the same school where they found the vehicle Scott was believed to have been driving the night she vanished.
Surveillance footage from October 5 reportedly showed two people removing a heavy object from the car and placing it into the grave.
Several of Scott’s belongings, including her debit card and phone case, were found inside the black vehicle. The front of the vehicle also sustained major damage from allegedly being set on fire.
Police arrested King in connection with her disappearance on October 15.
King was originally charged with kidnapping, reckless endangerment, false imprisonment, stalking, and tampering with physical evidence, according to court records reviewed by the Daily Mail.
He faces additional charges of murder, abuse of a corpse, gun offenses, arson, conspiracy, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and recklessly endangering another person, according to KYW.
King is being held on a $2.5 million bond and being held at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.
He is due in court on November 3.
